The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

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“It makes me angry to see them. It looks to me he was asked to go and thank a member of staff who was leaving, raises a glass to them and, I imagine, comes in and out pretty quick, which is presumably why the police have not issued a fixed-penalty notice to the prime minister for that event” - Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on images of Boris Johnson with a drink at a leaving party in lockdown. “Your mind goes into a place where you don’t want to do anything. You can’t make any decisions. During the worst one I had, I couldn’t get out of bed” Newsreader Huw Edwards on his worst bout of depression. “It’s one of those ‘pinch me’ moments. We’re experienci­ng an expansion of public transport in London we’ve not seen in more than 50 years” - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, on the opening of the long-awaited £18.9 billion Elizabeth Line railway. “Let me just explain what was happening – behind the scenes someone was training to learn how to use the ticker... they were just writing random things not in earnest and that comment appeared” - BBC presenter after the words “Manchester United are rubbish” appeared on the news ticker. “There were about 30 people, if not more, in a room. Everyone was stood shoulder to shoulder, some people on each other’s laps” - Witness at Downing Street leaving do for Lee Cain during lockdown, according to the BBC. “We are only partway through the price cap window, but we are expecting a price cap in October in the region of £2,800” - Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley.

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