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“We cannot have a foreign secretary dodging scrutiny on arms sales, which is a matter of enormous legal and diplomatic importance” - Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy accuses Lord David Cameron, the foreign secretary, of having “gone silent” over the UK’S arms sales to Israel.

“I am pleased that I didn’t turn away and I am pleased that the concerns I raised in my report have been borne out, and more. What I feel terrible about is all the children who have suffered unnecessar­ily and been damaged by the wrong treatment”

- Tavistock Trust whistleblo­wer Dr David Bell ahead of the publicatio­n of the final report into the Independen­t Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People.

“Today there is an empty armchair, an absence of ready wit, and one less animal lover in the world” - Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle announces the death of his father, former Labour MP Doug Hoyle, aged 98.

“The growing instabilit­y and insecurity directed at Britain and her allies means that the whole of society needs to make a step change towards recognisin­g that our core duty is to think about our defence and our resilience” - Ben Wallace, the Conservati­ve former defence secretary.

“But here in this room, I can admit that when I relax at home and put on some music, it’s not Waterloo” - Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus reflects on the band’s Eurovision win 50 years ago.

“Some will be annoyed I don’t sound like Claudia. Hopefully people get to like it, or they won’t and I’ll get sacked. Either outcome is all right” - Romesh Ranganatha­n is prepared for pushback from BBC Radio 2 listeners when he takes over Claudia Winkleman’s show. “No one is going to catch Max this year. His driving and the car are just spectacula­r” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists Max Verstappen’s fourth consecutiv­e title is already a foregone conclusion after the Red Bull driver won the Japanese Grand Prix.

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