QUOTES OF THE DAY

“Schools have a crucial role to play in teaching young people about sexual consent and respect for women and girls. They must also be places where all children feel safe, and where they are able to report any incidents of abuse or harassment and be confident that what they say will be acted upon”

– Ofsted chief inspector Amanda

Spielman following the announcement by the Government of a review into sexual abuse in

schools.

“This is a huge honour and it is a pleasure to be surrounded by these incredible women. It is very exciting. This is like the fourth time I have been up for one and I have always been the bridesmaid and I expect to be the bridesmaid again, but that’s OK because I am going to really enjoy it this year”

– Singer-songwriter Jessie Ware after being nominated for album of the year at the Brit

Awards 2021.

“People sometimes ask me if my back ever hurts having broken it all those years ago in a parachuting accident. The answer is every day. And the treatment I get for it can be quite intense but life can at times be a battle for everyone and most people have their stuff to carry with them through the adventures. I choose just to be grateful for the opportunity to still be able to live life as best I can.”

– Adventurer and TV star Bear

Grylls.

“Put simply, we no longer see a Britain where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities. The impediments and disparities do exist, they are varied, and ironically very few of them are directly to do with racism. Too often ‘racism’ is the catch-all explanation, and can be simply implicitly accepted rather than explicitly examined”

– Dr Tony Sewell, chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic

Disparities in the foreword to a landmark review published by the

body on Wednesday.