One employee said: “ I’ve been here eight years and never sold a single one before this all started. Recommended Johnson and Sunak issued Partygate fines by police “ We sold out within days when the war began and now we are constantly making them to order.” The biggest buyers are councils and hotels, the company said. The Flag Shop, also based in Chesterfield, has also experienced an extremely high demand from all over the country.As well as the standard Ukraine flag, the firm said it is also ma

Tributes have been left at the scene of a house fire in Lancashire after two children died. One neighbour said the mother of the three-year-old girl and five-year-old boy called for her children after being rescued from the blaze in Preston on Friday evening. Lancashire Police said the children, who were brought from the terraced house along with their mother, died on Tuesday after medical intervention was withdrawn.On Wednesday, flowers and toys, including a doll and a cuddly dog, had been left

A woman whose charity work helped more than 500, 000 Afghan children has been given an honorary degree at her daughter’s graduation ceremony.Dr Sarah Fane set up Afghan Connection in 2002, a charity which built or renovated nearly 180 schools, supported healthcare and has been credited with sparking the ongoing renaissance in Afghan cricket. She also engaged in hands-on medical work, delivering babies in mountain villages and even disguising herself as a man so she could reach patients during th