stephanie hegarty, bbc news, on ukraine's border.y call the "lack of serious effort" to tackle gaps in the nhs cancer workforce in england. the health and social care committee fears staff shortages, combined with the disruption to services during the pandemic, could undo the progress made in the cancer survival rate. our health correspondent nick triggle explains more. this is a major stock—take of cancer services by the health and social care committee, headed by the former health secretaryjeremy hunt. in particular, they've been looking at the issue of early diagnosis. the government has set a target to ensure that 75% of cancer cases are diagnosed at stage one or two and that's deemed vital for increasing the chances of survival. up until the pandemic, a little progress was being made so the target, 75%, had been hovering below 55% for the past six years. we haven't got updated figures yet for 2020 or 2021 but what we do know is over the last two years, fewer people have come forward for cancer checkups. and there is estimated to

now on bbc news: stephanie hegarty finds relief and heartbreak in equal measure at ukraine's border,milies begin their new lives as refugees. air raid siren wails explosion it's been a relentless assault on ordinary lives. this is the neighbour, and that's where the bomb, or whatever it was. since the start of the war in ukraine, thousands of people have been killed... ..and millions have been forced to leave their homes, saying goodbye to everything they know. they're from kyiv? yeah, it's all the stuff they brought with them. i'm travelling to northern romania, to the small border town of siret, where relief and heartbreak come in waves... hey! ..to meet the ukrainian families separated by this war... itjust dawned on me that the possibility of me losing her, it's not zero, it's possible. ..and to find out how they're coming to terms with their new lives as refugees. they're here, they're waiting. kettle whistles this l is the video of the street parallel to my parents'. just a few weeks ago, galya was an estate agent, but she's just escaped ukraine with her daughters. lesia, hersi

stephanie hegarty, bbc news, on ukraine's border.gures were last updated, just under 90% of students were in school, meaning more than one in ten was off. almost a quarter of those were absent because of coronavirus. and it's notjust pupils. almost a quarter of state schools had more than 15% of their teaching staff absent in mid—march. 0ur education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been to see what effect those absences have been having in the classroom. the end of term and the children at stapeley broad lane primary in cheshire are excited about making easter treats. what colours might we use at easter? and teaching assistant miss morris is glad to be back, after being off sick with covid. it's been a difficult term. is that where you're going to put it? it's just been really hard work for teaching staff. we saw it come through the classroom like a wave. and as members of staff, mrs ackerman and myself, we were like, oh, we'll be fine, we've been fine throughout. and it got both of us at the same time. draw me a rabbit, then. the

stephanie hegarty, bbc news, on ukraine's border.tanks we have seen? yes, it's been very important. - russian tanks we have seen? yes, it's been very important. i - russian tanks we have seen? is: it's been very important. i think you had it right on the goals. the objectives of the ukrainians was to stop russians achieving their goals by taking kyiv and other areas that they fought hard using kind of what i study, the principles of urban defence. so they don't have to be bigger or even better than the russian forces if the russians are attacking and they are defending. but they have also gone on amazing counterattacks using surprise to their advantage. counterattacks using surprise to theiradvantage. i counterattacks using surprise to their advantage. i think it is amazing. their advantage. i think it is amazing-— their advantage. i think it is amazinu. . , . , their advantage. i think it is amazin_ . ., , . , ., amazing. we have seen images of citizens making _ amazing. we have seen images of citizens making molotov _ amazing. we h