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“What did Star do to deserve that her life, which had just begun, be snuffed out so prematurel­y? It’s hard to comprehend that a girl that we knew could do something so heinous” - Bernard Hobson, grandfathe­r of 16-month-old Star Hobson who was murdered by her mother’s partner Savannah Brockhill after months of assaults in the toddler’s home in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

“I’m afraid we have to be realistic that records will be broken a lot over the next few weeks as the rates continue to go up. What we’ve got is two epidemics on top of one another, an existing Delta epidemic, roughly flat, and a very rapidly growing Omicron epidemic on top of it” - England’s chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty at a Downing Street briefing.

“It was a serious error of judgment at a time when Londoners were making immense sacrifices to keep us all safe and I regret it wholeheart­edly”

- Former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey apologises for attending a party at Conservati­ve headquarte­rs in December last year.

“I was nervous about the whole thing. I was very reluctant at first. I said I probably wasn’t going to sign back on because I felt like there would have to be a sea change to happen to make this show the show we would want it to be in 2021 and beyond... So I was really worried that the transforma­tion wouldn’t be big enough, and my fears are very allayed”

- Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon on the reboot of the franchise.

“When he went to number one, I was just like, this is so amazing. He’s so undeniable and brilliant, and so gay. It’s so good” - Olly Alexander tells of his joy when Lil Nas X broke into the music industry.

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