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The parents of one of two British men missing in Ukraine have said they are worried about their son's welfare following his disappearance.The men were last seen on 6 January heading to the town of Soledar, where fighting has been especially fierce in recent days.There has been no contact with the pair since they left Kramatorsk at 8am on Friday.

More than 700,000 people in England and Wales lack central heating in their homes this winter, new figures show.This equates to 367,000 households that are not using gas or electricity to warm their homes, data collated by the Office of National Statistics revealed.Each year there are about 10,000 excess deaths on average from cold and damp homes, and charities have warned that it is often elderly people who have to live in these inadequate properties.

For those at the forefront of the cost of living crisis, Therapy 4 Healing's services can offer a rare moment of comfort.The group provides a range of health and wellbeing facilities from pop-up clinics at churches and community centres as well as its headquarters in Forest Hill, Lewisham.Among its offerings is a massage service in partnership with St Peter's Church in Brockley, south-east London, where a social supermarket, a type of food bank where disadvantaged people get fresh food at highly subsidised prices, takes place on a Wednesday afternoon.

Police have refused to drive ambulances during two days of strike action later this month, saying they cannot handle the task on top of ever-growing demands.Ambulance services had requested support during walkouts scheduled for 21 and 28 December over NHS pay.Unions have said they will respond to life-threatening incidents, but it is unclear how category two calls, including suspected strokes, heart attacks and seizures, will be dealt with.

Former Liverpool and Sunderland striker Anthony Le Tallec has described the moment a man started attacking young children in a playground in the French Alps on Thursday.The former footballer, who now coaches in Annecy, claims he shouted at police to shoot the man, allegedly a Syrian refugee, as he ran towards him after attacking children and adults in the park.

Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed that her lung cancer has progressed to stage four.The 82-year-old broadcaster, known for presenting BBC series That's Life! and founding charities such as Childline, confirmed in January that her lung cancer had spread.Dame Esther said at the time she decided not to keep this secret any more because I find it difficult to skulk around various hospitals wearing an unconvincing disguise and is remaining optimistic.

Thousands of British nationals in Sudan have been warned that there is no guarantee on further evacuation flights once the ceasefire expires on Thursday night.Military chiefs said at least 500 people a day can be rescued from an airfield near the capital Khartoum, amid fears bloody clashes will resume when the fragile truce between the warring factions ends.

A British aid worker said he has never experienced this level of suffering, death and destruction following the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.Atiqur Rahman, who works as head of development for the Global Relief Trust, told the PA news agency he was in Syria when the 7.8 magnitude quake hit and said he thought a high-speed train was going past the building.