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The minister estimated that in the Department for Education the figure is around 20-25% on any one day.

Some 777 deaths involved cocaine – a 9.7% rise from 2019.

Scott spoke to his parents via video call after securing a second successive Olympic gold in the men’s Finn.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will seek to increase the pressure on Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

Burnet, 28, secured silver in the mixed Nacra 17 class at the Tokyo Olympics alongside her sailing partner John Gimson.

Plans for an ‘amber watchlist’ category under the coronavirus travel system were abandoned following a backlash by Tory MPs and industry.

The pizza delivery business leapt to a pre-tax profit of £41.3 million for the 26 weeks to June 27.

Great Britain’s 49er pairing Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell, and Finn class sailor Giles Scott, took gold on the water at Enoshima.

The oil giant has pledged more dividend rises and share buybacks of around £720 million a quarter until 2025 as oil prices bounce back.

The high street bakery business said it has an opportunity to grow to 3,000 stores.

Scotland’s First Minister will say whether or not most measures implemented as a result of the pandemic are to be lifted on Monday August 9 as hoped.

Microwave engineers, infectious disease specialists and polymer scientists from the universities of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde teamed up.

Online healthcare provider Lime found that 43% of workers would look for a new job if employers did not improve access to mental health support.

Lessons regarding school closures and examinations from the first lockdown were ‘not learnt’, a paper by the Institute for Government found.

Boris Johnson said he wants ‘an approach that is as simple as we can possibly make it’.

The papers on Tuesday splash on the Government abandoning its plans for a travel ‘amber watchlist’.

Sasha Attwood spoke about the abuse she has received in a video on her YouTube channel.

The team claimed a record eight swimming medals, eclipsing their previous best of seven at the 1908 Games.

Jude Walker will be joined by two MPs on his 200-mile-journey to raise awareness of the need for a carbon tax.

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