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Sara Sharif family court judges to be named next week, Court of Appeal rules

Move comes after several media organisations challenged the ban on naming the judges

Evening Standard

Judges involved in Sara Sharif care cases should be named, Court of Appeal told

Several media organisations are appealing against a High Court decision barring judges involved in historic proceedings being named.

Evening Standard

Parents face asking councils for permission to homeschool at-risk children

MPs debated the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on Wednesday

Evening Standard

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Sara Sharif: Why the judges from cases before schoolgirl’s murder won’t be named

Mr Justice Williams refused a request from media organisations to name judges involved in historic proceedings related to Sara Sharif.

The Independent UK

Naming judges from Sara Sharif cases ‘like blaming Titanic lookout’, judge says

Mr Justice Williams refused a request from media organisations to name judges involved in historic proceedings related to Sara Sharif.

Evening Standard

Appeal over naming of Sara Sharif family court judges to be heard in January

Judges involved in previous family court proceedings involving the 10-year-old cannot be named due to a court order.

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif’s grandfather says he will fight to keep her siblings in Pakistan

Muhammad Sharif said Jhelum, Pakistan, is the ‘safest place’ for Sara’s five siblings.

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‘Dictatorial’ father of Sara Sharif said daughter ‘brings smile to my face’

Urfan Sharif was convicted of the 10-year-old’s murder on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif care concerns first raised when she was less than a week old, shock new details of case reveal

Previously unreportable details about the family’s contact with social services and the courts have been published.

Evening Standard

New details revealed about Sara Sharif case as PM says questions to answer

Previously unreportable details about the family’s contact with social services and the courts have been published.

The Independent UK

Social services had concerns about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth

Surrey County Council repeatedly raised “significant concerns” that Sara was likely to suffer abuse from her parents, family court documents show.

Evening Standard

Furious children’s commissioner says Sara Sharif failed by social services

Social services closed schoolgirl’s case six days after teachers made a referral over bruises on her face

The Independent UK

Developers stop oil drilling in Surrey amid legal row after Supreme Court ruling

Lawyers for Friends of the Earth urged Surrey County Council to take immediate enforcement action against the developer of the Horse Hill site.

Evening Standard

Landmark court ruling will have huge implications for new fossil fuel projects in UK

The UK Supreme Court recently ruled that Surrey County Council acted unlawfully in granting planning permission to a developer to expand their oil-drilling operations at Horse Hill in the Surrey countryside without considering the negative climate impacts both now and in the future.

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Social care in 2024: the needs, the challenges and reasons to be optimistic

From emerging examples of best practice to recruitment and retention initiatives, we hear from social workers on the key issues facing their profession right now

The Independent UK

‘Major incident’ declared in Surrey as thousands lose water supply and supermarkets sell out

Thames Water has apologised to customers who lost their water supply on Saturday afternoon

The Independent UK

Grandfather of ‘murdered’ girl calls for son to turn himself in as police track phone

Pakistani authorities believe they are closing in on Sara Sharif’s father after girl was found dead in Woking, Surrey

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif, 10, found dead in Woking was known to authorities

Sara Sharif was found after police were called from Pakistan by her father, Urfan Sharif.

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The Independent UK

Girl, 10, found dead in Woking was known to Surrey County Council

Sara Sharif was found after police were called from Pakistan by her father, Urfan Sharif.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan suggests Home Counties create their own Ulez scrappage schemes

Evening Standard

Ulez revolt intensifies as home counties councils refuse to install signs

A home counties rebellion against Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone has intensified just weeks before it is due to be rolled out to the London boundary.

The Independent UK

Councils lose High Court challenge against expansion of Ulez in London

The boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon and Surrey County Council took legal action against mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans.

The Independent UK

Man charged with attempted murder after two men injured in stabbings

Two men are in a serious but stable condition.

The Independent UK

Oil well ruling ‘could have significant repercussions’, Supreme Court told

Friends of the Earth said 59-year-old Sarah Finch’s legal battle with Surrey County Council was ‘critically important’.

The Independent UK

Environmental campaigner in Supreme Court fight over oil drilling

Sarah Finch was challenging Surrey County Council over its decision to allow a well near Gatwick to be retained and expanded.

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