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Mr Zahawi, who fled to Britain as an Iraqi child refugee to escape the Saddam Hussain regime, plans to increase the capacity of schools to help Ukrainians continue their learning.
The Government will unveil a hotline and webpage where individuals, charities, businesses and community groups will offer rooms to those escaping the conflict.
Home Secretary Priti Patel is expected to bow to pressure and fix the shambolic refugee scheme amid reports that the Prime Minister is losing faith in her handling of the crisis.
This year’s Britain’s Got Talent winner, Jon Courtenay, used a piano from a Lancashire music store to compose his show for the Royal Variety Performance. Mr Courtenay contacted Rimmers Music in Leyland just weeks before the finale of Britain’s Got Talent with an instrument query that was picked up by branch manager, Martin Green. Mr Green immediately recognised Mr Courtenay's name and voice - but not from BGT - the pair had had worked in the entertainment business together almost 20 years ago. And after receiving help for his instument query, Mr Courtenay joked that should h...