Prior to a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, the UK Government announced a £450 million ‘surge’ of military support to Ukraine.

Three weeks of sunshine in the south of England have helped produce a glut of strawberries, meaning the British-grown fruit will be in supermarkets in time for Easter.

Kevin Hassett, a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump, suggested the blanket 10% tariff rate most countries now face was likely to be a ‘baseline’.

Four supermarket café branches across the county, which the company says shoppers don’t use, are closing their doors.