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More than 171,000 pupils missed at least half of possible school sessions in 2023/24, Department for Education statistics show.

Government figures show variations in average annual council tax increases across different types of councils.

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville welcomed the investment as showing the Government’s ‘commitment’ to tackling the housing emergency.

The Environment Secretary also failed to guarantee that his budget won’t see further cuts, ahead of the Chancellor’s spring statement next week.

The change will apply to practical cake craft, practical metalworking and practical woodworking.

Drivers are being urged to avoid the area unless their journey is ‘absolutely necessary’.

Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.

‘Let’s be quite certain, the Squeaky Blinders are definitely not welcome,’ Wendy Morton said.

Move by Office for Environmental Protection follows its report last year finding targets to clean up water bodies were likely to be missed.

Graeme Thomson will join the Government-owned shipyard from May 1.

Aalia Mahomed, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene at the Strand, near the King’s College London campus, on Tuesday.

The former Formula One team owner has died at the age of 76.

Corbett allowed a customer to stake £47,000 and lose £14,000 during an eight-month period, without verifying the player’s source of funds.

A total of four deaths have been recorded by the French coastguard in its rescue operations in the Channel this year.

Data should be collected on both sex and gender identity to ensure that nationally held statistics are accurate, officials were advised.

However, shares in the company lifted higher in early trading on Thursday after it pointed to a ‘good start’ to trading in 2025.

The fatal accidents occurred in the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway within hours on Wednesday afternoon.

Officers were called at around 5.10am on Thursday to Brixton Road, Lambeth.

Ofwat found ‘serious failures’ over how the company operated and maintained its sewage network resulted in excessive spills from storm overflows.

The employment rate for those aged 16 to 64 was 74.1%.