Who said it On this day

“We are doing everything we can to enable the reopening of our country so people can return to the events, travel and other things they love as safely as possible, and these reviews will play an important role in allowing this to happen” - Prime Minister Boris Johnson after trials were announced to enable the safe return of crowds to mass gatherings including Wembley football cup finals and indoor events such as comedy clubs. “Labour must be bold. Ahead of us is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink what Britain can be, where power lies and who it works for” - Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. “Government needs to stop looking for quick fixes and grabbing media headlines. Instead of catch-up, they need to catch on to the long-term damage inflicted by their own policies. Catch on to the need for much greater investment in all those services that will provide the foundation for the education recovery”

Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union.

“We have a choice over the next few years. We can go on as before Covid, where the most powerful and richest gain and so many fall behind. We have seen where that left us. Or we can go with the flooding life and purpose of the resurrection of Jesus”

- Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during the Easter Day service at Canterbury Cathedral.

“I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know, some well known, some starting out, who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will stand in the way of their being cast in straight roles” - Kate Winslet. 1614: American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

1827: Joseph Lister, the surgeon who introduced antiseptics, was born in London.

1874: Johann Sebastian Strauss’s opera Die Fledermaus was first performed, in Vienna.

1900: Spencer Tracy, American actor who won Oscars two years in succession (1937 and 1938), was born.

1902: A stand at Ibrox Park in Glasgow collapsed during a Scotland v England match, killing 26 people and injuring more than 500.

1910: Kissing was banned on the French railways because it could cause delays.

1955: Sir Winston Churchill, aged 80, resigned as Prime Minister, and the following day Anthony Eden took office.

1976: Billionaire recluse Howard Hughes died on his private jet on his way to Houston, Texas.

1994: Kurt Cobain, singer of US grunge band Nirvana, took his own life.

2008: Hollywood legend Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as BenHur, died at the age of 84.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide exceeded a million.

Charlton Heston in his Oscar-winning role as Ben Hur.