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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.

Journalist Daria Kaleniuk told Boris Johnson in Warsaw that he must do more to protect civilians in Ukraine.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out for 24 hours.

The Financial Conduct Authority estimates the changes will collectively save people around £9.6m per year.

Sarah Panitzke was held in Catalonia on Sunday after going on the run in 2013.

In 2020/21, Childline carried out 31,899 counselling sessions with girls about mental health issues compared with just 5,622 for boys.

Chris Armstrong, 50, was fined £180 and given an 18-month community order at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.