QUOTES OFTHEDAY

“I know how difficult this is. They, like us, like everyone in this House, are grappling with very real dilemmas, but we cannot let the NHS fall over when lives are at stake,”

- Boris Johnson on the introduction of a new three-tiered system of

restrictions.

“We need to break that cycle, finally get on top of the virus, rebuild public confidence. I hope the measures announced today will do so, but the House and the country will be deeply sceptical whether they can,”

- Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer questions how effective the new restrictions will be.

“We have increasingly strong evidence about shouting and singing as pressure points on the virus in terms of making the expulsion of virus-laden particles go further and the transmission therefore to become more intense,”

- England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, above, warns against singing and

shouting.

“I’m not a shouty mother at all and then I’d end up crying in the car, apologising to the children, going, ‘I’m really sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with me’. My keys were in the fridge, my phone was in the bin, my libido was through the floor. It was just a nightmare,”

- Davina McCall, above, opens up on

the experience of menopause.

“The skill and creativity of this year’s images provide a moving and fascinating insight into the beauty and vulnerability of life on our planet,”

- The Duchess of Cambridge reveals her excitement at the final stages of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.