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The judges who oversaw court proceedings about Sara Sharif's care before she was murdered have "serious concerns" about the risks to them and their families if they are now named, the Court of Appeal has been told.Mr Justice Williams ruled in December that the media could not identify three judges who oversaw historical family court cases related to Sara, as well as others including social workers and guardians, due to […]

A father accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart told emergency services they were just play-fighting in the kitchen at the time, a court has heard.Simon Vickers, 50, denies both the murder and manslaughter of his daughter Scarlett Vickers in the kitchen of their family home in Darlington on 5 July last year.He told police they had been playing, and then the next moment blood […]

Thousands of children are being failed because of the "inequitable" special educational needs system, MPs have said.In a damning report the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says too many families are struggling to access support their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) "desperately need".Over the past nine years, the number of young people receiving SEND support in state schools has increased by 140,000 from 1m to 1.14m. Budgets have […]

Police are appealing for information after an 11-year-old girl was grabbed by a man and woman while she was walking to school. The girl, who managed to run away before telling an adult what happened, was approached by the pair on Silver Street in Irlam, Greater Manchester, at 8:30am on Tuesday 14 January. Police believe the man and woman had been driving in the area in a car and van […]

Comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner has said.The actor was famous for appearing on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and other series such as Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You. He had recently been touring a comedy show and launched his podcast, Tony Slattery's Rambling Club, just a few months ago, […]

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been named by investigators in Bangladesh who allege she was involved in the illegal allocation of land to members of her family while serving as an MP. Sky News has obtained an affidavit - or legal written statement - filed by the anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh that accuses Ms Siddiq and others of being involved in fraudulently obtaining plots in the diplomatic zone of a […]

The Queen was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly-released files.In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and distinguished art historian, finally confessed he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. When he was a young don at Cambridge he was recruited into one of the most […]

Semina Halliwell's mother has described how her daughter would have been dreaming of going to the school prom this year.Warning: Readers may find some of the details of this story distressing Rachel Halliwell spoke to Sky News' north of England correspondent Shingi Mararike after the first day of the inquest into Semina's death.The 12-year-old took her own life in 2021 after making a sexual assault allegation.Police officers visited Semina's home […]

British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury says he is retiring from the sport.The 36-year-old former world champion took to social media to say he was hanging up his gloves. In a video posted on his Instagram account, he said: "I would like to announce my retirement from boxing."It's been a blast. I've loved every single minute of it and I'm going to end with this - Dick Turpin wore a mask."Fury […]