Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to pursue appeal, Supreme Court rules

Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum (centre) and Amira Abase at Gatwick airport (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in February 2015.