Who said it

“We’re in for a pretty grim period, I’m afraid,”

- Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance reacts to the government’s daily reported coronavirus death toll reaching a new high.

“The companies in question

– or certainly one of the most notorious pictures, the company responsible for that, and others – have been hauled over the coals and asked to explain how this has happened,”

- Boris Johnson says suppliers have been asked to explain photos on social media showing meagre free school meals food parcels.

“This year has shown us how dangerous and life-altering many children’s access to food is and frankly too many children have been falling through the cracks, at risk of being seriously left behind,” - Footballer Marcus Rashford calls for a major

review of the free school meals system.

“This detailed and highly painful report is a moment for us as a society to recognise a profound failure of empathy, understanding and basic humanity over a very lengthy period,” - Irish premier Micheal Martin apologises to the survivors of homes for unmarried mothers and their children.

“Seeing him in the neighbourhood is like seeing the Loch Ness monster... and I saw him driving his car,” - Actor Rob Lowe tells James Corden how rare it is to see his Los Angeles neighbour the Duke of Sussex.

“New York City doesn’t do business with insurrectionists,” - Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, says business contracts with US President Donald Trump will be terminated following the riot at the Capitol.