WHAT THEY SAY
We will inform Nato that we want to become a member of the alliance. Sweden needs formal security guarantees that come with membership in Nato – Sweden’s prime minister Magdalena Andersson announcing that Sweden will join Finland in seeking Nato membership in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
I just felt so much, just encouragement and support and love from home. And not just home, but in the Eurovision community in general, because there’s so much love, sitting in that arena is like being in a church, it is just incredible – The UK’s Eurovision entrant Sam Ryder who finished second to Ukraine.
I have put everything on the line because I think that that is the right thing to do. That is the complete opposite to the Prime Minister – Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on promising to step down if he is fined over alleged Covid rule breaking.
Though I have been blown away by the love and support I’ve received from the public, I also received vile messages of racist and homophobic abuse. Faced with such hate, I could have been tempted to hide from the world as I had once tried to do as a child. But dance had taught me that I belong. That I deserve to take up space –
Johannes Radebe.
It’s arguably one of the best days I’ve had. We left under almost a full moon, crystal clear, the stars were just all over the place. We hardly needed headtorches, it was comparatively warm, we weren’t wearing mittens, which we would normally do – Kenton Cool after his record-breaking 16th ascent of Everest