QUOTES of the week

‘Hello everyone.

Just wanted to say

I’m OK. Well sort of.’

F1 driver Romain Grosjean after miraculously surviving a fireball crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

‘They’ve used the virus itself to perform a biological jiu-jitsu, to turn the virus on itself in the form of a vaccine.’ The Prime Minister after regulators approved the Pfizer coronavirus jab for use in the UK.

‘We’re a much better country than every single one of them.’ Education Secretary Gavin Williamson upsets Belgium, France and the US with his view on why the UK got a vaccine approved first.

‘Even my father once said, “Put the kettle on, Ken.”’ Coronation Street veteran Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow for 60 years.

‘Oh, you’ll be like Elizabeth Taylor – you’re going to get married eight times.’ Gemma Arterton recalls the reaction of her friends after her divorce. She tied the knot for a second time last year.

‘He’s a bit of a drama queen – he’d have been better wearing a skirt.’

Football pundit Steve Thompson is banned by the BBC for using sexist language during a commentary.

‘I used to have my hair like that in the Sixties so I know your pain.’

The Duchess of Cornwall jokes to singer Emily Capell about her beehive style during a visit to the famous 100 Club in London.

‘This poor Italian actress – the first thing she has to do in America is kiss an old man and be beaten to death.’

Hugh Grant sympathises with Matilda De Angelis, the murder victim and his love interest in television drama The Undoing.