There's also been "argy bargy" with the unions, one union leader told me, with "robust conversations" about the best way to get the economy going, and where to spend public money to support growth. "The bottom line is that growth is anaemic – they need to massively invest," they say.

The home of Ukrainian Eurovision contestant Khrystyna Starykova has been destroyed by Russian shelling in the city of Myrnograd.The 19-year-old is currently in Switzerland rehearsing for her performance with the band Ziferblat, but posted photos of her damaged apartment block in the Sviltly neighbourhood.

"Home. And I dreamed so much of returning home," she captioned the post, which showed the building shrouded in smoke, with its windows blown out and several balconies collapsed."Fortunately, all my relatives and friends are alive and well," she said, and vowed to perform at Eurovision next week "for the sake of our country"."[I want] to show what a strong people we are."

, Starykova said she had almost anticipated the destruction of her home."Four months ago, my grandmother lost her home - it was just such a big hole," she said. "Then my aunt lost the roof over her head.

"I understood that maybe I could be the next one and, unfortunately, it happened. It's very terrible news. I had really hoped to go back."

The singer's home is less than five miles from the frontline, near the industrial city of Pokrovsk, a key battleground on Ukraine's eastern front.He also said that visitors to the area were not staying as long as they used to, and that going to the cinema was no longer a "priority".

For cinemas to stay open, "people need to come to them", he added.Mr Morris, who runs several cinemas, said: "I've been depressed about it for quite some time.

"I've put a lot of time and money into the cinema, we moved up here to take over the Royalty and our principal reason for our being here is no longer."So it's lots of sad things all rolled into one, really."