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Prices also increased by 0.9% month on month in May, taking the average house price to £269,914, Nationwide Building Society said.

Frasers Group has bought the intellectual property of the retailer and sister brand Mennace for around £20 million.

Children are enjoying tea, cake and maypole dancing during their first weeks in UK classes.

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals.

The stone has been in the National Museums Scotland collection since the late 19th century.

The weekend begins with Trooping the Colour and beacon lighting on Thursday, and ends with the pageant on Sunday.

The 27-year-old French centre-back admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Rescue 116 crashed off Co Mayo on March 14 2017 during a search and rescue mission with four crew on board.

Child poverty is a ‘major preventable driver’ of children being removed from their family home, researchers said.

The nation’s papers cover the build up to the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Lord Geidt has suggested that Mr Johnson’s fixed penalty notice may have breached the Ministerial Code.

The Monarch, 96, was travelling from Balmoral ready to join the nation’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking her 70 year-reign.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK.

A health leader called on the Government to ‘urgently’ deliver on its manifesto pledge to increase the number of GPs and practice staff.

Around 29% of its half-million population are under 20.

The West Yorkshire city beat fellow finalists County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough.

The music megastars joined Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and each gave short statements in their native Korean, assisted by an interpreter.

The Prime Minister was issued with an FPN over a birthday party in the Cabinet Room in June 2020 at a time when indoor socialising was banned.

Alan Paul Steel left HMP Sudbury at around 1.15am on Tuesday, Derbyshire Police said.

Airlines continued to axe flights on Tuesday with passengers forced to wait in long queues at airports including Manchester, Heathrow and Bristol.