THEY SAID WHAT?
“It was a collaboration between and me and my da over a year ago over lunch. We had a cup of tea and a sandwich and talked about a couple of different things he could do and we decided to record into my phone him pretending to wake up and be let out of the coffin”
Jonathan Bradley, describing the prank played on mourners at the funeral of his father Shay Bradley “It’s extremely pleasing to see these young people taking hold of that, understanding it, and pointing out that if people don’t fix this particular crisis, stuff like book prizes are going to become very, very irrelevant, very quickly. This isn’t even a question of your grandchildren, it’s quite a distance away, it’s not even your children. It’s going to be you” Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood when asked about Extinction Rebellion “I’m deeply sorry about this failure and I’m deeply sorry for the distress we caused to millions of customers who booked holidays with us and who were on holidays with us” Ex-Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser (above), giving evidence to the business select committee “The England players and management showed tremendous dignity and the Prime Minister commends the players who were targeted with this despicable abuse for their response. Uefa need to face up to facts. This stain on football is not being adequately dealt with. Racism and discrimination must be driven out of football once and for all” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman “This ban is completely contrary to Britain’s long-held traditions of policing by consent, freedom of speech, and the right to protest” Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott on the Metropolitan Police’s decision to ban Extinction Rebellion protests from London “A new UK Parliament building may not be the answer. The carbuncle housing the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh cost ten time its original budget” Fred McManus of Paisley in a letter to the Daily Mail YOUR CHRONICLE: If you have any queries regarding the quality of production of this newspaper, please do not hesitate to contact our Newspaper Sales Department on 0191 232 7500 or write to the Newspaper Sales Department, ncjMedia, 2nd Floor, INTU Eldon Square, Eldon Court, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7JB The recycled paper content of UK newspapers in 2016 was 62.8%