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The campaign aims to encourage children to visit their local library.

Six in ten primary school teachers have no access to new books.

Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted to the SpaceX founder, saying: ‘Elon Musk, while you try to colonise Mars – Russia tries to occupy Ukraine!’

The Foreign Secretary said Britain will make it ‘deeply painful’ for the super-rich allies of Vladimir Putin.

He said the UK has had “a historic and proud role in taking refugees from all conflicts”.

The Prime Minister, speaking at RAF Brize Norton on Saturday evening, described the situation as ‘sad’.

The PM welcomed an agreement to exclude Russian banks from the Swift global payments system, but warned of of ‘grim days’ ahead for Ukraine.

In a statement on Saturday, a YouTube spokesperson said the platform was taking action against a number of accounts.

The Prime Minister said it was essential to isolate Russia financially and diplomatically following invasion of Ukraine.

Labour said it was ‘immoral’ that normal rules still apply, but the Home Secretary accused the opposition of ‘misinformation’.

It is understood the postponement is because of the conflict in Ukraine.

The embassy’s walls were covered in chalk-written messages, Ukrainian flags, eggs and fake blood.

NetBlocks, a company that monitors web outages, reported access to Twitter is being ‘restricted on leading networks’ in Russia.

The trio were at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon.

There have been growing calls for the Government to expel the Russian Ambassador to Ireland.

The embassy’s walls were covered in chalk-written messages, Ukrainian flags, eggs and fake blood.

Kate is now patron of the Rugby Football Union.

Friends, colleagues and fellow politicians gathered in south Belfast on Saturday afternoon to pay their respects to Mr Stalford.

A number of shows and high profile events have been cancelled in response to the escalating conflict in Ukraine.

Crowds gathered near Holyrood on Saturday with campaigners chanting ‘please help Ukraine’.