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A row of brightly coloured houses

Average house price 70 years ago ‘was around £56,000 in today’s money’
Estate agent Savills carried out analysis of house price growth to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Commuters and a ScotRail train

Train passengers hit out as ScotRail timetable changes come into effect

Professional dance duo Kate Garvie and her daughter Ruby Garvie, age 13, with violinist Sally Potterton, perform at the Brewin Dolphin garden designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show abuzz as it returns to its traditional May slot

Edinburgh Waverley station

Train driver demands for 10% pay rise ‘unsustainable’, says Scotrail boss

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the audience from Kyiv on a screen during the World Economic Forum in Davos

Volodymyr Zelensky calls for more sanctions on Russia during speech in Davos

Police officers guard the entrance of the Qatar embassy on Monday May 23 2022 in Paris

Guard at Qatari Embassy in Paris killed in attack

Staff on a hospital ward

First case of monkeypox detected in Scotland

A bottle of beer

UK on brink of beer bottle shortage amid rising costs, warns wholesaler

Michelle O'Neill and Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: I’ve been knocked for six by ‘nasty’ Covid-19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky displayed on a screen as he addresses the audience from Kyiv on a screen during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday May 23 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky calls for more sanctions on Russia during speech in Davos

University students

Marking boycott to be enforced by half of university union’s branches

Smoke billows from ferry M/V Mercraft 2 as it is towed to an island off of the town of Real, Quezon province, Philippines, on Monday, May 23 2022

Seven dead and more than 120 rescued from water after ferry fire in Philippines

A child and a man, fleeing from heavy shelling, wave to a photographer before departing in an evacuation train at Pokrovsk train station

Civilians fleeing Ukraine’s east say Russian forces have ‘ruined everything’

Boris Johnson would have been ‘churlish’ to decline Sue Gray’s invite – minister

Teachers fear being ‘cancelled’ if they discuss racism with pupils – footballer

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo

Biden: US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan

Children’s social care system needs ‘radical reset,’ review leader warns

Spaghetti Junction

Heinz honours Spaghetti Junction’s 50th anniversary with limited edition pasta

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker

One more ‘I do’, this time in Italy, for Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker

Thomas Docherty with the 40th birthday coin

William’s 40th birthday to be marked with £5 coin featuring his portrait

Kingfisher financials

B&Q owner posts ‘resilient’ trading as supply issues ease

Residents pass by a quiet shopping centre area in Beijing

Beijing extends work-from-home order as Covid-19 cases rise

Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Hospital staff member arrested over alleged poisoning after death of infant

An ultrasound on a black mother to be

Year-long inquiry finds ‘systemic racism’ in UK maternity care

Monkeypox sores on hands

New monkeypox guidance tells high-risk close contacts to isolate for 21 days

Children holding hands

Major review calls for windfall tax on biggest private children’s home providers

Two national guard soldiers drink a shot to honour the memory of two late soldiers in Kharkiv cemetery, eastern Ukraine

Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city

Signage on display at Paddington station

Timeline of troubled Crossrail project

A collection of British newspapers.

What the papers say – May 23

Anticipation over Gray report mounts as PM urged to explain ‘secret’ meeting

Dog leaps into water

London dogs at greater risk of heatstroke, study suggests

People push an auto rickshaw through a flooded road as a school boy rides his bicycle behind in the Bagha area in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on Monday May 23 2022

Deluges of rain flood parts of India and Bangladesh

No cases of monkeypox yet recorded in Northern Ireland

Footballer Benjamin Mendy denies nine sexual offences

Covid-19 memorial tribute

Flu and pneumonia mentioned more times than Covid-19 on death certificates

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky displayed on a screen as he addresses the audience from Kyiv on a screen during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday May 23 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky calls for more sanctions on Russia during speech in Davos

A UK Health Security Agency sign

UK’s monkeypox response is worthy of praise, says expert

New French minister of solidarity Damien Abad

Minister in new French government denies rape claims

National Gallery to bring together work from renowned artists for the first time

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before departing Tehran’s Mehrabad airport for a trip to Oman on Monday May 23 2022

Iran vows revenge over killing of Guard member in Tehran

A submarine in Holy Loch

UK-Australia defence pact could ‘go further’, says Boris Johnson

Clearview AI fined £7.5m by watchdog and ordered to delete UK data

Congressman Richard Neal

US delegation sends warning to British Government over unilateral protocol plans

Few visitors walk inside the Gum department store in Moscow

How life in Russia has changed after three months of war

A Universal Credit poster

UC uplift will not be brought back to help with cost of living, says minister

Cody Simpson recovers after his men's 100m butterfly heat at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide

Cody Simpson to swim rather than sing at Commonwealth Games

US President Joe Biden meets Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio at Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal and warns over inflation

Anthony Albanese (left) is sworn in as Australia's Prime Minister by Australian Governor-General David Hurley

Albanese sworn in as prime minister in Australia ahead of Tokyo summit

Raheem Bailey finger loss

Anthony Joshua among sports stars supporting bullied boy who lost his finger

An Elizabeth line sign

Countdown to Elizabeth line opening

Emma Barnett and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had to sign ‘false confession’ before being freed

The front door of number 10 Downing Street in London (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

No 10 admits it did instigate meeting between Boris Johnson and Sue Gray

Boris Johnson visit to Kent

Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian children after praising their country’s resilience

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Johnson urges people to ‘hold your horses’ ahead of Sue Gray report publication