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       1. Volodymyr Zelensky pleads with the West to prevent genocide by Russia in Ukraine

       The Ukrainian president has begged the West to intervene to stop a genocide in his country after Russia intensified its bombing campaign.

       Volodymyr Zelensky implored Nato to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine as a missile struck a television tower close to the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial in Kyiv. In September 1941, the Nazis murdered 30,000 Jews within a 48-hour period in the Babyn Yar ravine. Read the full story.

       2. Named, the ‘amoral’ British lawyers muzzling media on behalf of Vladimir Putin’s ‘henchmen’

       An MP on Tuesday night used parliamentary privilege to name and shame a string of “amoral” British lawyers whom he said had allowed Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” to intimidate and silence a free press.

       Bob Seely, the Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, told the House of Commons that the UK’s legal system had become “corrupted” by kleptocrats, criminals, and oligarchs. Read the full story.

       3. Patients promised face-to face appointments on Saturdays

       GPs must offer face-to-face Saturday appointments, under a new NHS contract which is opposed by doctors’ leaders.

       Health officials have issued terms which say patients must be able to access in-person appointments six days a week. Read the full story.

       4. Post-Brexit shortfall of EU workers cancelled out by staff from rest of world

       The Brexit shortfall of EU workers has already been filled by staff from the rest of the world, official figures show.

       Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals that the rise in jobs filled by people from non-EU countries more than compensated for the drop in those occupied by EU workers. Read the full story.

       5. Isolation and sacrifice: what Prince Charles told Kenneth Branagh about the life of a future king

       The Prince of Wales confided in Sir Kenneth Branagh that he lived a life of isolation and sacrifice as he helped the actor to prepare a film adaptation of Henry V.

       Sir Kenneth directed and starred in the screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s play in 1989. He said the Prince and other members of the Royal family acknowledge that their privileged position is “an accident of birth”. Read the full story.

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