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A number of local authorities have seen a fall in the proportion of children receiving their first choice compared with last year, a survey suggests.

Jonathan Hall KC said failing to permit her to return could lead the UK to be an ‘outlier’ in Europe.

Sarah Lloyd-Jones, 40, and Alun Titford, 45, were both jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Kaylea Titford, 16.

Michaela Lillysue said being out of school causes her child ‘upset’ as her routine is disrupted.

Elsi-Haf Cunningham presented Kate with the flowers during the parade at a barracks in Windsor.

Network Rail released dramatic CCTV footage of the incident which police said shows ‘stupidly reckless behaviour’.

The Science and Technology Committee heard ‘devastating’ evidence from Space Forge.

The Government said it will consider payments made after the deadline on April 5 ‘on a case-by-case basis’.

New figures were published by NHS England.

The Justice Secretary said preparatory work to establish the independent public advocate is ‘well under way’.

Police have launched a murder probe in Greenock after a 37-year-old man was shot in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Princess of Wales was given a leek corsage to mark the occasion.

The SNP leadership candidate said she would start work on a Scottish currency ahead of an independence vote.

The Sinn Fein president said her MLAs are anxious to get back to work while the DUP considers its verdict on the protocol deal.

Twitter users were still able to tweet on the site during the outage, allowing the hashtag TwitterDown to become the top trending phrase in the UK.

Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton suggested his country should choose a ‘proven’ US design rather than a British submarine.

Mohammed Taroos Khan, of Thornbury Road, Bradford, denies murder but has admitted perverting the course of justice.

The SNP leadership hopeful was responding to comments made by her opponent Humza Yousaf regarding a shift away from the party’s ‘progressive agenda’.

Kaylea Titford, who suffered from spina bifida, was found dead at her home in Newtown, Powys, in October 2020.

SNP MP Joanna Cherry noted that Rishi Sunak had ‘boasted’ the latest Brexit deal puts Northern Ireland in an ‘unbelievably special position’.