prevent teachers sensitivities prevent teachers from alerting the authorities ahead of her murder.7 could it have been prevented? one ahead of her murder? could it have been prevented? one mp suggested the school may have been afraid after she started wearing a hijab to cover her bruises. they didn't say anything. the prime minister had this to say. >> the most awful case. it's very hard to see and to read about for many people will be viewing this. just shocking. so that's where i start on this. obviously, there's going to be questions that need to be answered in. >> there were 15 missed opportunities at least, to help save sarah's life before her appalling murder following the prime minister's intervention. will those questions be answered? >> the prime minister plans to bulldoze nimby objections to build houses on the greenbelt. a sensible idea, or will he make britain a concrete jungle? >> and one nhs trust likens

cousin marriages to white british women having children over the age of 34. that says the health service advertises roles for midwives specialising in inbred babies. just how big is this problem? >> and the government bans puberty blockers for teenagers indefinitely over what's being described as an unacceptable safety risk for children. >> i've been banging on about this all morning, haven't i, cameron? i am absolutely furious that an nhs website could appear to compare the first cousin marriage with white british women having babies over the age of 34, as if they're the same risk factor as if they're the same sort of cultural choice. >> yeah, i think the nhs website was trying to compare perhaps

two different cultures of what the pakistani community predominantly, perhaps sometimes doesin predominantly, perhaps sometimes does in bradford, and what white british women tend to do having babies a little bit later on due to getting on a career or something like that. >> that's what they said, isn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> they said, because they might choose to put their career first or this liberalism. yeah. >> and this liberalism and the nhs website was suggesting that perhaps that could create a higher danger of having an abnormality with a baby because you are having a baby later. but it's difficult because the statistics don't lie. i think it was about 30%, perhaps, of birth defects from babies born within a first cousin marriage have defects, whereas 19% of white british women having babies over the age of 34 have a birth defect. >> so there is a bit of no, that's only 19% of babies that were born with defects were from women who were over the age of 34, which is very different, very different. but can you believe that our nhs is advertising jobs specifically for nurses to deal with the

issue of first cousin marriage? it's quite something. we're going to get deep into this issue because yes, as you can see it, it angers me quite a lot, that framing of it anyway. but gbnews.com/yoursay, i mean, keir starmer as well, saying that building houses is more important than nature. that's a punchy one. what do you make of that? get in touch. it's your headunes that? get in touch. it's your headlines with tatiana. >> and emily. thank you very much. and good afternoon. the top stories the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says questions need to be answered over the awful case of ten year old sara shanf awful case of ten year old sara sharif, who was murdered by her father and stepmother. describing the details as shocking after years of what prosecutors called horrific abuse, three members of her family have now been convicted over her death. yesterday, sarah's father irfan sharif and stepmother bannau batool, were found guilty of her murder. her uncle, faisal malik, who lived with them, was convicted of causing or allowing her death.

the prime minister has today said that there needs to be safeguards for children, especially those being homeschooled like sarah. elsewhere, the number of hospital beds in england occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, according to nhs england, as it warned of a tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals. nhs leaders are warning that hospitals are bracing for a so—called quad demic of disease over the winter months, with an increase in cases of flu and expected increases in covid 19. an average of 1861 patients with flu were in hospital every day last week, up from 1099 in the previous week and 3.5 times higher than the same time last yeah higher than the same time last year. health secretary wes streeting has urged people eligible for free vaccinations on the nhs to take them before it's too late. the government is today demanding immediate mandatory housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the

next general election. sir keir starmer is vowing to override blockers and put builders first as he prepares to unveil sweeping changes to the planning process. the new plans could mean increased developments on the green belt, though the government has pledged to prioritise brownfield sites, although the plans have been met with criticism. deputy prime minister angela rayner sees it as a landmark overhaul. however, shadow levelling up secretary kevin hollinrake says labour's housing plans would amount to bulldozing green belt sites. >> what i'm concerned about with these rules is that they're really going to drive a coach and horses a bulldozer, if you like, through local concerns about where they're going to be built and how they're going to be built. 1.5 million homes, but lots of those homes are going to be built in green belt in rural areas. targets in london will be reduced targets in most of rural areas. big rural areas across the country will be doubled. so it's really where they're going

to be built is the concern. and the thing is people's concerns are going to be completely swept aside by angela rayner in this headlong rush to build more homes when we've already got lots of planning consents around the country. >> housing and planning minister matthew pennycook says the government are committed to boosting economic growth, and he's also rejected calls that the government are bypassing local communities. >> we want local communities involved early on with the production of local plans because local plans, local development plans are the best way for individual communities to shape development in their areas and to come to a view as to how housing should be developed and where it should go. but it does have to be a conversation about how and where it goes, rather than whether it happens at all. and that's because we've got an acute and entrenched housing crisis in england, and you will all know your viewers will know what that crisis means for people out there. it means 1.3 million people languishing on social housing waiting lists. it means

a generation locked out of home ownership. >> a man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint longest prison sentence in connection with the uk's summer of riots. levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the houdayinn stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn express in rotherham dunng holiday inn express in rotherham during a spate of disorder on the 4th of august. the 31 year old initially denied violent disorder and arson with intent to endanger life, but later pleaded guilty to the charges. jailing him, judge jeremy richardson kc said this is one of the worst cases of its kind stemming from the rotherham disorder. fishlock sentenced, which also includes a five year licence period after he's released from jail, is the same as that of thomas burley, who was also part of the mob, some of whom attempted to torch the hotel in south yorkshire. in other news, the backlog of criminal cases waiting to be deau criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts in england and wales hit a new record high of 73,105 in

september. that's according to new figures shown by the ministry of justice. the government is considering fundamental reform in the courts after the crown court backlog backlog almost doubled in five years. the caseload increased 3% on the previous quarter and 10% on the previous quarter and 10% on the previous year. those latest figures prompted the government to announce it has drafted in retired judge sir bnan drafted in retired judge sir brian leveson to carry out a major review of the court system. leveson, former president of the queen's bench division, will explore options to speed up justice for victims and keep streets safe. however, the options mentioned in today's announcement from the ministry of justice would lead to fewer jury of justice would lead to fewer jury trials and drivers planning christmas getaways are being warned to expect long queues because of record traffic levels. the aa predicted that friday, the 20th of december, will be the busiest day on the roads during the festive period, with an estimated 23.7 million drivers planning a trip that's more than the busiest christmas

getaway day of any year since the aa began recording their data in 2010. the joint second worst days for traffic jams over the 2024 festive period are expected to be the 21st and the 23rd, 15