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three judges who oversaw family court hearings involving sara sharif in the years before she was murdered can be named for the first time. it follows a legal appeal by media organisations, decision—making to be the subject of public scrutiny. who has, by what owing who has, be: what owi happened today. what is happening today that we have _ today. what is happening today that we have been _ today. what is happening today that we have been permitted i that we have been permitted to three family court name the three family court judges who presided over the judges whee presided ever the involving sara judges rwhe presided ever the involving sara and her hearings invelvihg sara and her the mainjudge hearings invelvihg sara and her t most njudge hearings invelvihg sara and her t most of udge hearings invelvihg sara and her t most of the e hearings invelvihg sara and her t most of the hearings therefore most of the hearings was r: as; if who want therefore most of the hearings was {t as; {t who want —— was districtjudge who want —— alison raeside, and there were other just to give otherjudges. just to give people a sense of what happened in the family heroes was in the family heroes come was born, she had come to the attention of social workers he attentienrefrseeiatwerhers he concerned about are not
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was concerned aboutare net sharif. first full born sharif. the first full about her was she hearing about her was when she just a few days old in the was jestefew dayseld in the with was jestaffew dayseld in the with mother and heseitate'ith her n'tetherandm ~ , , ~ ~ .,, issue she and the issee—wesfsheeld she and are being taken care? jud-e decided; % decided that after not raeside decided that after not that should stay raeside decided that after not home hat should stay raeside decided that after not home but should stay raeside decided that after not home but we should stay raeside decided that after not home but we closelyi stay at home but we closely with a court order by supervise with a court order by social workers. supervise with a court order by socialworkers. now, supervise with a court order by social workers. now, there were seeiat vverhers; ttevve there eve-e mar—”wire” more mc'alwerker: newthere were , , more hearings mc'alwerker: newthere were t t more hearings over the many more hearings over the course of the next two years or so and those called course of the next two years or so ant law se called course of the next two years or so ant law hearings, called course of the next two years or so ant law hearings, but alled course of the next two years or so ant law hearings, but by ed public law hearings, but by social workers when very eesiat eterhere when eef¥ . about eesiat eterhere when serif t about their eesiet werhere when eerie t about their children concerned about their children pose safety, they concluded at the end of 2015, by stage, they were 7 7 they were back 77 they were back their and theyrwere back, with their �* and there mother and there was another order. this supervision order. this meant close surveillance by social wgrkers sharif had contact workers and sharif had contact with his children, the father, what is is that what is striking is that there no and in 2019, are no hearings and in 2019, they'll was a private law
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made by sharif who application made by sharif who said that the children were :-= had officially mother had officiallyassae�*lted daughter and they had been the daughter and they had been back since 2019, was his private law application that the children should be allowed to with him for al to staywithhi—m fergeed. at the mother, that stage gore, the mother, at that stage was supporting it. the social :-= �*took tt; �* took tgthe present and worker took to the present and all of the two are involved and it to. —— all of the two are involved and it to. -- it they supported it to. —— it ruled that sara and her siblings should stay with her contact father and have contact with their mother. so it is a series father and have contact with th offences r. so it is a series father and have contact with th offences buto it is a series father and have contact with th offences but what a series father and have contact with th offences but what we eries father and have contact with th offences but what we eri not is how the children understand is how the children to be living with their came to be living with their father the of the law hearings and the public law hearings and the start �* the public law hearings and the start �*the private law 7 we han't, until w 7 "£51; able to name was some concern judges. there was some concern about what might happen on media. that was of efielel fieee tfiét was fine it reaseny that 555515555 t55t iiit5? 555 5t reasen,—— that the 555515555 t55t iiit5? 555 5t reasen; that the bbc the reason; given that the bbc other broadcasters, the
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view, therdegisien made was to 7 iiiiiriiif' " 7 w i think, you need to gifgzz—hgg 2§§§eh§§ 777what {nejaagé’ 777what {heiudéghas 777what {hejudéghas in consider what thejudge has in front of them at any given moment in time. that hearing 2019, thejudge a positive 2919, thejudge had a positive from 2919, thejudge has a pesitive from the social worker. report from the social worker. she had evidence that sarah herself did not feel safe with herself did not feel safe with her mother by with her mother by trouncing with her mother by trouncing with her father so she the her father so she made the decision that he did something —— but felt safe with her father. this the judge that presided =§zz �* the ear7lier77 workers were so worried social workers were so worried about the safety of the children for how would children for them how would that have gone away but i think you to look what the 7 is ri-ht in front of 7 is right in front of them judge is right in front of them at the time and the reports in the workers who give evidence court. with the court. i know in advance _ with the court. i know in advance for _ with the court. i know in advance for many - with the court. i know in advance for many yearsl with the court. i know in i advance for many years try with the court. i know in - advance for many years try to open up the of open up the report of the family courts. giving todaymy and what you have done decision and what you have done over the last years is ever the last three yearsrisr , ~ ~ ~ . . to change our geihg te change eur of gaihg ta change ear
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of cases 7 into 77 into the like this come into the public domain. 7 d0 like this come into the public domain- ?— like this come into the public domain. ? ~ , domain. ? do we think big thing has domain. ? do we think big thing - has happened _ domain. ? do we think big thing - has happened this - domain. ? do we think big thing - has happened this week - domain. ? do we think big thing - has happened this week is l that has happened this week is that has happened this week is that all family courts in england and wales is subject to what is called cord that means tra nsparencyflhat rhea ha and legal tra hsparehcyflhat rhea he and legal bloggers journalist and tegal'blaggers go to journalist and tegal'bloggers go to a legal court, a transparency order 7 allows us what allows us what we see in which allows us what we see in talk to cguciallyandget key documents those as lena as ease heee these-z anonymous. as lana as are sass thasa anonymous. it's families anonymous. it's really... close observers would have seen over the last four years here at the bbc, if done of reporter those lots of reporter under those conditions and broke a lot of important stories and i hope that we have showing people how the system works. it is not always work very well but we always work very—wett but we show people �* it works. have show people how it works. i know that is heated down to of that discussion of 7 {f tha7t7dis7cussio7n o7f7all7 77 all of that discussion of all of your that you have done 7i �*you i �* you have i �*you have worked for time so thank you. you
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a time so thank you. thank you for us up—to—date. i for bringing us up—to—date. i want to bring you news of mm mm another big story here in the uk. this is out scotland. police in aberdeen searching for 2 sisters who've been missing since the beginning ofjanuary say they have recovered a body. henrietta and eliza huszti, both aged 32, were last on tuesday january 7. the police have been carrying out extensive searches for the past 3 weeks. police scotland said a body was recovered from the river dee early on friday morning. that is breaking news coming that a body has been recovered in that investigation into the to unite7d 7 7 unite7d states 7 7 unite7d states now... 7 crashed in washington,
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have secured the site where the wreckage is and there are low level surface level to the difficult conditions. those operations have temporarily pause. we also yod ’:zii€’*’€:” you black boxes have been that you black boxes have been recovered the one of the 7 77 one7of the cockpit recorders as well the data recorder under flight aata recsraer unaer will hopefully provide those will hopefully provide clues as to what caused some clues as to what caused this fatal crash. meanwhile, as the nation grieves, president donald comments donald trump's comments on the linking directly to the has been met with face kite has been met with face criticism, is veggie from democrats, including the former rotation secretary he his 7 his as describedhis comments as —— on the former 77 secretary. 3; " 7 7 7 transportation secretary. at this moment of national mourning, should on 7on the victims. it was focusing on the victims. it was a the leader a had from the house leader that this was idle speculation are not something we
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be 77 be hearing77from a should be hearing from a president. we also heard that from the governor of kansas, as well, who said that this time this morning that the focus will be made available to nhs patients in england. and the �*groundbreaking' new gene therapy which is to be as you said, and around 15,000 people in england have it and millions around the world.
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now, the problem is for people who have a severe form of the disease, this can mean that they can live failure and greatly reduced quality—of—life. haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that in shape and that means they clump together in blood vessels and can cause blockages that cause this severe pain. how does this gene therapy work? what is it du? in this case, it does not take out the faulty gene, it actually takes advantage of something that happens to us in the womb when we are babies.
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when we are in the womb, we make something called faecal people have to have their sound cells removed from their body and then in the lab, the gene editing takes place live a disease—free life. it does have side effects including bleeding, and lots of other things that really do need to be discussed. the price tag, the listed price, is £1.65 million per person. it's taking lots of things into account.
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gene therapy is coming out for things like sickle cell disease that will mean more people will get the chance to have it. more on that story the news website and app. it's one of the cheapest forms of energy around but one of the main challenges faced by those wanting to increase for the future. have found a solution, which could work been to find out more. this isn't some high—tech digital innovation — civil engineering. this hill is a clue to how the whole thing works.
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so, stephen, what have we got here? creating a kind of reservoir, and that is the secret can i get inside? we can certainly find a way of getting you inside. have you guessed yet? is in short supply. so what i've just described is known as a pumped hydro scheme, and these projects have been around for more than 100 years. they're normally built in mountains in scotland or wales.
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so this beaker with 100ml weighs the same as this beaker with 250ml. it means two things. we can either make projects 60% smaller, put these projects on. absolutely. the heavy water is released down the hill, gathering speed as it goes, and drives a turbine at the bottom that generates electricity. this is where it ends up, but this isjust a demonstration project, right? more batteries by the end of the decade, but that'll
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marjory has this to say. if there's something that you enjoy and you're active — 0n court with marjory, and it's clear there's only one winner. ll is a gordon, bbc news, ll is definitely bbc news, ll is definitely not: news, ll is definitely not lola, s, ll is definitely not lola, is it? marjorie. why? the bears hunt seals across the arctic ice, melts more quickly. of mothers and cubs.
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every summer when the hudson bay and subarctic canada thaws, polar bears head for shore. through the summer. for them to truly adapt. and cubs the hardest. we can say how long that bear can go for without taking in energy, based on our understanding of how they're burning their limited energy reserves. so after around 117 days without eating, we know that
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the polar bears near churchill in manitoba are some of the best studied in the world. and revealed how they forage for berries and vegetation when they're on land. this scientists were able to combine their new calculations that showed that the direct link between calorie intake scientists say the findings will help them make more accurate projections about polar bear populations, in a warming world. victoria gill, bbc news. . earlier, this it said he a weatherfor said he felt like a weather for bears. let's to the
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hello. lovely afternoon for much of ireland, brighton sabha cross at the western fringes of amount of cloud, some patchy light rain or drizzle but above about what we should be for the end of the month. france in the next few hours be prepared. of. a cold night back in the uk. fog. vast majority. this weather system is trying to push its way. strengthening winds across
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the next three israeli hostages to be released as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. sara sharif in the years before she was murdered are named following a legal appeal by media organisations, including the bbc. cold weather hampers recovery efforts in washington, coming up in business today — brexit at a crossroads. hello. breaking news from the middle east.
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