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Helen Joyce, the director of advocacy at the campaign group Sex Matters, says the ruling is "incredibly important for the half of humanity who need single-sex spaces".

But its chief executive, Helen Walker, warned clearing the backlog was likely to result in many more carers discovering they have debts.

The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the general industry reaction has been that commissioning a UK version is a "courageous" move - wishing the team luck with the "difficult proposition".

According to Helen Cheyne, professor of maternal and infant health research at the University of Stirling, "it is not known" how a cryptic pregnancy like Bryony's can happen.

"While we welcome any increase in support for Ukraine, this package is small change compared to what's needed to combat Putin's barbaric war," the party's defence spokeswoman Helen Maguire said.