Some 180,329 people had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September.

There were 422 new hospital admissions for flu in England last week, up from 251 the previous week.

Seven-day consolidated ratings of 14 or even 15 million is not impossible.

The figures cover four types of childhood abuse: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect.

The figures have been published as part of the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme.

Figures are averages for the period 2020-24.

Only 1960 and 1968 saw less sunshine during the month.

Bad weather is likely to have played a role in stopping people attempting to reach the English coast.

Some 10,737 foreign nationals were in prison at the end of September, down on the quarter but up year on year.

Hospital admission rates are highest among people aged 85 and over, and children aged four and under.

The Office for National Statistics said the figure of 1.22 million is the highest since 2015.

The findings are not forecasts or predictions, but projections based on previous demographic trends.

Most asylum seekers are placed in privately managed houses, flats or rooms in properties of multiple occupancy.

The age profile of people convicted for shoplifting has shifted in recent years towards older groups.

Knife crime is down 5% year on year and is 7% below pre-pandemic levels.

Despite a recent uptick, Radio 2 has lost nearly two million listeners since autumn 2021.

Annual food price inflation stood at 4.3% last month, down from 4.8% in August.

While the majority of the elderly population continue to be women, the gender balance has shifted over time.

The data is the first of its kind to look at deaths by suicide of children and young people in England across the academic year.