9 h. ago Sara Sharif's helpless final days forced to wear hijab while begging for mercy from evil dad

As a damming report reveals Sara Sharif's murder at the hands of her vile father and stepmother was preventable, the heartbreaking reality of her final tortured days has been laid bare

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18 h. ago Sara Sharif's mother claims Surrey Council did 'too little, too late' and that her daughter could have been saved from being tortured to death

Sara's mother Olga Domin said her daughter would still be alive if authorities had realised the risks posed by Sharif and accused Surry Council of acting 'too little, too late'.

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18 h. ago Sara Sharif's mother claims Surrey Council did 'too little, too late' and that her daughter could have been saved

Sara's mother Olga Domin said her daughter would still be alive if authorities had realised the risks posed by Sharif and accused Surry Council of acting 'too little, too late'.

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35 h. ago Screams ignored and fears of 'racism'... Sara Sharif's hideous murder in a quiet street appalled me

Ten-year-old Sara Sharif was living in a quiet suburban street in Woking, Surrey, when, two years ago, she was hideously tortured and murdered.

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45 h. ago 'She wore a hijab to hide bruises from her father's beatings': The catalogue of blunders and missed opportunities that sealed Sara Sharif's fate

A harrowing safeguarding review today revealed how Sara's father was well-known for violence against women and children years before she was born.

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46 h. ago Neighbours' fear of being seen as racist and called out on social media contributed to blunders that doomed tragic 10

Schoolgirl Sara Sharif was tortured to death by her father after a catalogue of blunders by those scared of 'causing offence', a devastating report revealed on Thursday.

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47 h. ago Two Big Brother housemates forced to leave ITV show immediately day before final

Big Brother house was transformed into land of Oz before two housemates received a ticket home

Culture

50 h. ago TOM PETTIFOR: 'Sara Sharif joins a grim list of killed kids that will haunt us forever'

'Errors like those in Sara Sharif's case can never be eliminated completely, so the best way to reduce them is by being open and willing to change as the picture develops'

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53 h. ago Review into safeguarding failures ‘shows Sara Sharif’s murder was preventable’

Despite a ‘great deal of information’ available to various authorities during her lifetime, Sara ‘was not protected from abuse and torture’.

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55 h. ago Murdered Sara Sharif's abuse was 'overlooked' and 'underestimated' as report finds she was failed by system

The 62-page review found that Sara had been a victim of abuse from birth onwards

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55 h. ago The areas with the LONGEST A&E waits revealed: More than 1,700 patients A DAY are forced to wait at least 12 hours in emergency departments but waiting list shrinks (for now, at least)

Some 54,000 people who attended England's emergency departments in October waited half a day before admitted, transferred or discharged, NHS figures show.

Science

57 h. ago Children’s services should come before Parliament over Sara Sharif failings – MP

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

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57 h. ago Sara Sharif: Council checked old address for girl, 10, days before she was killed

Social workers, police, teachers and health professionals were 'groomed and manipulated' by brutal Urfan Sharif and numerous opportunities to save his 10-year-old daughter were missed, the report concludes

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57 h. ago Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother ‘should never have been trusted’ with her care, damning review finds

Urfan Sharif’s history of domestic abuse was ‘overlooked and underestimated’ by all professionals who came into contact with the family

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58 h. ago Sara Sharif killed despite 15 warnings over violent dad, review finds

Sara Sharif was murdered by her father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool in August 2023 after a series of missed opportunities to save the tragic child.

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58 h. ago Murdered Sara Sharif 'failed by system' that missed chances to save her

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead in a bunk bed at the family home in Woking, Surrey, in August 2023, after suffering "horrific abuse"

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58 h. ago Sara Sharif was tortured to death by her father after a catalogue of blunders by authorities

Sara Sharif was tortured to death by her father after a catalogue of blunders by authorities who missed bruises under her hijab as they feared causing offence, a report reveals today.

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58 h. ago ‘Fever pitch’ screaming and father’s history of violence: The red flags before Sara Sharif’s tragic death

Neighbours and Sara’s teachers had raised concerns, while social services were aware of Urfan Sharif’s alleged history of domestic violence

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58 h. ago Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother ‘should never have been trusted’ with her care, review finds

Urfan Sharif’s history of domestic abuse was ‘overlooked and underestimated’ by all professionals who came into contact with the family

Politics

58 h. ago Sara Sharif: How one trial laid bare the brutally short life of a 10

From one abusive household, to foster care to the home where she would die - the 10-year-old never stood a chance against her controlling and tyrannical father

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