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Twenty out of 30 councils see a rise in proportion of pupils getting their first choice of secondary school.

Sajid Javid also expressed hopes there will be ‘many more’ flights to provide aid to the people of Ukraine.

Robert Whippe, 64, admitted directing two tweets at the former England player over his Euro 2020 commentary.

The supermarket business also said it is launching consultations over closing some hot food counters.

The Woodland Trust is urging landowners to mark the monarch’s 70-year reign as part of a national tree-planting project.

Anna Proskurnina, 24, slept in her bath on Monday night listening to bombs fall on her city.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said there was unlikely to be enough state accommodation to cope with the number of Ukrainians expected.

Holyrood’s Finance Secretary said firms have a ‘moral responsibility’ to boycott Russia as part of efforts to end the invasion of Ukraine.

The firm said it made the decision due to the ‘wellbeing’ of its workforce and those ‘within our extended network’.

Charles was speaking at a ceremony to grant city status to Southend-on-Sea in Essex.

Maria Volkova, who lives in the centre of the Kyiv, has been photographing her city since Russia’s Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion.

An estimated two million people have turned to some sort of private healthcare during the pandemic.

Boris Johnson said ‘considerable numbers’ of Ukrainian refugees would be taken in by the UK.

Lowered levels of the female sex hormone oestrogen could be a factor in the possible connection between early menopause and dementia, experts said.

A Midlands branch of a Ukrainian community group said it has been contacted people wanting to travel to Ukraine to fight.

Passengers have been hit hard by the price increase of up to 3.8% in England and Wales.

Chris Bryant was due to appear on Radio 5 Live on Tuesday morning.

The monarch tested positive for Covid on February 20.

A report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said that ‘for some children, their residential school, in effect, may be their home’.

Officials are also examining supply chains in the wake of the conflict.