Campaigners ‘tremendously happy’ after government decides to permanently allow children from families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) to access free school meals

Families face biggest drop in real incomes since the 1950s - worse than the aftermath of the 2008 recession

The campaigners are staging the action in response to an open letter from Extinction Rebellion Ukraine.

Alcohol and tobacco sales were hit last month as customers flocked back to restaurants and pubs.

He says ferry company boss showed ‘brazen, breathtaking, incredible arrogance’

Grant Shapps said chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite should resign after his ‘brazen’ comments about ‘knowingly breaking the law’.

Rail, Maritime and Transport union bosses welcomed the public and political support for its campaign after almost 800 workers were sacked.

The business could be handed more than £30 million a year for running the line.

British foreign secretary Liz Truss says those linked to Russian war should ‘pay price’

The announcement comes as the Government prepares to publish more criminal justice scorecards.

Earlier, the Ministry of Justice promised to spend more than £440 million on victim support services over the next three years.

The nation’s papers carry the latest from Ukraine and the cost of living crisis.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are touring the Caribbean to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The project involved the transcription of 130 years worth of handwritten rainfall records – more than five million individual observations.

Technology ‘using something that isn’t easily quantifiable for human ears’ to detect those potentially at risk, expert says

17-month-old died after family pet attacked her at home in St Helens on Monday

Boris Johnson said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ‘Churchillian’ as he said the invasion could not be ‘compared to anything since 1945’.

‘I can’t comprehend what they’ve been through,’ Matt Westfall said.

Victor Mayevsky, 62, said he witnessed blood and body parts on the streets of his home city after he and his wife narrowly avoided explosives.

The Home Office expects to spend £3.6 billion on the recruitment programme up to March 2023.

‘He had literally no idea that Ukrainians were going to mount resistance that they are,’ PM says of Vladimir Putin

The Chancellor said he had always been honest that he could not protect the public from every challenge.

Decision now expected in latter half of April

Chancellor branded an ‘illusionist’ after tax cuts leave workers paying more tax

The campaign of cyber attacks and hacking spans at least 10 years, the Government said.

However, it will still be a legal requirement to wear a face covering in health and social care settings.

The 68-year-old husband and father arrived back in the UK last week.

The retired civil engineer arrived back in the UK last week.

The law will be changed to “undo” P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, the government is vowing – just hours after a minister warned that would harm the economy.

The light aircraft crash occurred at around 2pm on Thursday, Suffolk Constabulary said in a statement.

Picture marked a 5p cut in taxes on petrol and diesel in spring statement

Gary and Natasha Waterhouse had a combined income of £48,000 five years ago. Today, they and their children have found themselves using food banks

Britain is still experiencing Saharan dust in its atmosphere, expert says

The businessman is embroiled in a legal battle over a divorce payout.

The two birds have previously successfully raised three chicks.

The selection process to find a suitable candidate has been repeatedly delayed.

The Prime Minister said western allies would try to give Kyiv as much military support as possible.

Paul Bond’s appeal was granted by judges.

DUP MLA Peter Weir said the forthcoming election would be the most important he had ever fought.

Andrew was given the Honorary Freedom of the City of York in 1987 and this was due to be debated at a virtual meeting on Thursday evening.

The embassy has become the focal point for Irish anger over the war raged by Vladimir Putin.

Angharad Williamson, mother of murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi, only admitted knowledge of abuse in a fourth police interview, a court heard.

The prime minister looked on while his western counterparts were reacquainted

Region gets ‘very high’ rating while five other areas hit by ‘high’ levels

Claire Holland, 32, from Bristol, was last seen on the evening of June 6 2012, the day after the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend.

The PM said after an emergency Nato summit he was not ‘remotely anti-Russian’ and did not rule out in principle accepting Ukraine’s request for tanks.

The new Ofcom chief has held senior positions at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

Martin Levermore, the Government’s independent adviser on Windrush, acknowledged there had been criticism of the scheme.

Video shows two Essex police constables ordering Ali Harbi Ali to drop knife in church hall

The selection process to find a suitable candidate has been repeatedly delayed.

Clash looms over UK ban on growth treatment, as Ottawa’s trade minister insists: ‘I am here to sell brand Canada, boy-oh-boy’

Entrepreneurs Max Haining and Glenn McWhinney said their platform will provide a ‘digital solution’ to aid the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Exclusive: ‘Urgent clarity’ needed on rights of Ukrainians arriving in Britain without visas as some families being put into asylum process that is ‘not fit for purpose’

Previous research has found that abnormal repetitive behaviour can damage relationships between dogs and owners.

Rev Sue Parfitt, 80, sat in a camping chair outside an entrance to the complex at Abbey Wood, in Filton, near Bristol in December 2020.

Princess Haya will now have sole responsibility for their two children in regards to their medical care and schooling

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall toured Waterford on Thursday.

The Duke of Cambridge took the salute of the young men and women who will in future years lead troops in their homelands.

‘What is the good of that if the actual companies owning the petrol stations aren’t going to pass on the reduction?’ said Louise Ali.

European leaders and US president Joe Biden gathered in Brussels on Thursday for discussions on the latest response to the war in Ukraine.

The Health Secretary spoke after the number of Covid patients in hospital hit a record high for the fourth consecutive day.

Two Essex police officers, armed only with a baton and CS spray, pinned suspect Ali Harbi Ali to the floor, a court was told.

Crossings have continued throughout the week amid warmer weather and calm seas.

The company has hired administrators from FRP Advisory to oversee the insolvency process.

Exclusive: Joint letter from 31 parliamentarians warns leaked proposal is not good enough

The pictures were taken on March 7 when the spacecraft crossed directly between the Earth and Sun.

Boris Johnson was rallying allies to provide further defensive support to Ukraine at a Nato summit on the invasion.

Shoppers may be more vulnerable to misleading sales tactics when they are feeling distracted or tired, the Competition and Markets Authority said.

Brady Hickman’s victim felt “totally violated and stripped of her dignity” court hears

The Office of Rail and Road prosecution comes six years after incident that also left 51 people injured

The animals are known to use gentle petting with strongly bonded allies, but as the numbers of these relationships grow, they have less time for this.

Benefit claimants will see ‘significant fall in their spending power’

Leaders of the alliance, including Boris Johnson, called on China to refuse to back Vladimir Putin’s war effort.

Scotland has recorded 50 coronavirus linked deaths in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.

Conservative MP Richard Drax urged the Treasury to ‘go further’, as ‘lower taxes generate more cash’.

The value of crypto assets around the world increased tenfold between early 2020 and November last year, hitting as high as 2.9 trillion dollars.

The company replaced its crews with cheaper agency workers last week.

Polina Kovalena is the alleged stepdaughter of Sergei Lavrov, and is said to own a London property worth around £4m.

Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has set out the legislative options being explored in a written ministerial statement.

Sadiq Khan said he is determined to ‘drive the changes and reforms needed’ within the police force.

Roger Tweedle has been banned from attending football matches for four years after admitting assault of Matty Cash.

Headteachers say the figure reveals the disruption youngsters taking exams have faced during the pandemic.

A scathing report published in February found there are ‘extensive failures’ in the way child sexual exploitation by criminal gangs is tackled.

The monarch held two audiences via video link on Thursday.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak attacked for failing to do more to help low-income families through cost of living crisis in Spring Statement as household bills climb

It is up to ‘the individuals concerned’ to take the firm to a tribunal, minister tells MPs

Bid from Vladimir Putin’s ostracised nation is ‘not a runner’, says prime minister

The ferry company’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before the committee on Tuesday.

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite said the average pay of the new crew is only £5.15 per hour.

Black teenager launches legal action against force after being left ‘traumatised’ by incident while on period

The Sunderland striker, who has retired aged 39, made a beautiful friendship with the seriously ill little boy before he died aged only six.

Some manufacturers have had to urgently switch to refined rapeseed oil because of supply issues linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The findings suggest people with heart conditions can continue to drink coffee as part of a healthy diet.

Maher Maaroufe, 22, is said to have been in a relationship with the 19-year-old before he allegedly attacked her.

Archetypes, hosted by the duchess, will investigate female stereotypes through interviews with historians, experts and women who have been typecast.

Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has announced a number of changes to policy which will come in on April 22.