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Measures to boost housebuilding in England risk being thwarted

Experts say councils may be given too much time to produce local plans that permit increased development

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Author: Joshua Oliver,Jim Pickard

‘She died because of me’ – five words that changed the Sara Sharif trial

A dramatic admission by Sara’s father left jurors open-mouthed and a courtroom shocked.

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Author: @BBCNews

Father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found guilty of her murder

Urfan Sharif, 43 and Beinash Batool, 30 were convicted along with Urfan’s brother, Faisal Malik, 29, who was found guilty of causing or allowing her death

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Inside Sara Sharif’s life of violence and torture as father and stepmother found guilty of murder

Inside Sara Sharif’s life of violence and torture as her father and stepmother are found guilty of murder.

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Author: LBC

How did our prisons get so crowded and can the cell blockage be solved?

Some 4,500 more prison spaces are needed every single year to keep up with demand but locking people up cannot be the be-all and end-all of dealing with offenders, writes Sean O’Grady

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Author: Sean O’Grady

U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens Indefinitely

A freeze placed this year on their use to treat gender dysphoria will remain in place for young people under 18, except in clinical trials, Britain’s government said.

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Author: Stephen Castle

Murdered Sara Sharif was ‘failed’ by authorities

Sara was ‘known to social care even before she was born’

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Author: Emily Dalton

Indefinite ban on puberty blockers to be introduced

Health secretary says use of drugs a scandal as review finds using them would be unacceptable risk.

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Author: @BBCNews

PMQs: Starmer rejects Badenoch claim of backing criminals over law-abiding people

Prime minister and leader of the opposition clash over immigration in Commons

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

18-year-old Briton chop prison sentence for Dubai sake of sex wit 17-year-old girl

Marcus Fakana has been sentenced for a year over the relationship, a campaign group in Dubai says.

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Author: @BBCNews

UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Under-18s With Gender Dysphoria

The UK government will indefinitely ban prescriptions of puberty blockers for children in cases of gender dysphoria, the condition characterized by distress over the incongruence between one’s gender identity and birth-assigned sex.

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Author: Alex Wickham

Consult us on tax changes, farmers’ leaders urge Keir Starmer

Farmers driving tractors stage another protest against the Budget changes in central London.

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Author: @BBCNews

Prisons will still run out of room despite building plans

Shabana Mahmood has announced more measures in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis.

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Author: Flora Thompson

Shabana Mahmood suggests ministers will override objections to new prisons

Justice secretary says lack of cells ‘is of more concern’ than people’s worries about jails being built near their homes

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Author: Aletha Adu

Ilford: House explosion caused by gas, fire brigade says

Two people are in hospital after an explosion at a terraced house in Ilford.

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Author: @BBCNews

Moment Kay Burley leaves Labour minister completely stumped in prison plan clash

Since September, thousands of inmates have been released early in an attempt to alleviate overcrowding in prisons.

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Author: Rebecca Robinson

Watch the moment terraced house explodes in Ilford

Two people were hospitalised after the blaze at a terraced property in east London, which had been converted to flats

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Author: Seren Hughes

Met Office has its early verdict on whether UK will see White Christmas

Aidan McGivern, who is a meteorologist with the Met Office, declares the weather service’s confidence on whether the UK will see snow arrive by – or on – Christmas Day

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Author: Bradley Jolly

Four-month-old baby ‘likely’ suffocated to death after being left on play mat

An inquest heard that Leonidas Ramsden, who was born on Christmas Day 2021, died at his home in April 2022. The mat carried a safety warning for babies and toddlers not to be left on it unsupervised

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Author: Paige Ingram

Healthy baby boy dies after being left alone on play mat in tragic accident

Leonidas Ramsden, who was born on Christmas Day 2021, died at his home in Buckfastleigh, Devon, in April 2022. The mat carried a safety warning for babies and toddlers not to be left on it unsupervised

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Author: Nick Irving

Prisons ‘will run out of space’ despite 14,000 new places

A £10 billion plan to ease overcrowding in jails include four new prisons but forecasts suggest even that will be insufficient

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Author: Steven Swinford, Political Editor

Four-month-old baby ‘likely’ suffocated to death after being left on play mat

Leonidas Ramsden, from Devon, died at the age of just four months old in April 2022 after being left asleep on a toy mat which carried a safety warning

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Author: Nick Irving, Paige Ingram