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Safe Passage International, a charity working with unaccompanied children and refugees, has been granted permission to launch a judicial review of the decision to halt refugee family reunion after it claimed the suspension was unlawful. Mr Justice Fordham accepted that the suspension should be open to a legal challenge after the court heard that the decision breaches the Home Office's duty to have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

State schools in Scotland have been pushed to create toilet policies based on "biological sex", under updated guidance from Holyrood. New recommendations issued by the Scottish government on Monday (29 September) called for all schools to have separate facilities, including toilets and changing rooms, for boys and girls "on the basis of biological sex". For the purposes of the guidance, the term "biological sex" referred to "sex recorded at birth", and schools will also be "required to provide accessible facilities for young people with a disability".

Organisers reported approximately 100,000 attendees at London Trans+ Pride, making it the largest event of its kind, a notable increase compared to last year's 60,000.

The game was crass and inappropriate. It casts no one who participated in it in a good light.

The Download Festival's toilet policy has sparked backlash from artists who are concerned about the safety and accessibility for trans attendees. Noahfinnce remarked on the dangerous implications of having to out themselves to use restrooms.

We are united not only in message, but in purpose. At a time when trans rights in the UK are under growing attack, our resolve has never been stronger.

The cross-party letter from MPs emphasizes the need for the EHRC's guidance to consider transgender individuals adequately, and not solely follow the recent supreme court ruling.