Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

Organisations providing support for children said they are working in ‘progressively challenging circumstances’.

The findings have been released ahead of the NASUWT teaching union’s annual conference in Liverpool over Easter.

Simon Armitage has said he is “excited” to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life. The Poet Laurete, who was brought up in Marsden, West Yorkshire, attended ...