THEY SAID WHAT?

“I am the biggest Second Amendment person there is, but we all must work together for the good and safety of our Country. Common sense things can be done that are good for everyone!”

- Donald Trump tweets following recent mass shootings in the US

“And also Prince George, your first ant you ate today. And that is a great moment. Well done you”

- Bear Grylls to Prince George at the King’s Cup regatta

“The present world situation involving nuclear weapons is extremely dangerous”

- Mayor of Nagasaki Tomihisa Taue on the 74th anniversary of the attack on his city “This is a rare and beautiful example of Monet’s Venetian studies and I hope that the funds can be raised to keep this treasure in the UK”

- Arts minister Rebecca Pow, above, placing a temporary export bar on the £28m Le Palais Ducal by the French Impressionist painter

“GDP contracted in the second quarter for the first time since 2012 after robust growth in the first quarter. Manufacturing output fell back after a strong start to the year, with production brought forward ahead of the UK’s original departure date from the EU”

- Rob Kent Smith, head of GDP at the ONS, on the UK’s shrinking

economy

“Stewards have been instructed that should this type of deliberate behaviour be observed at the match, those responsible will be immediately removed from the ground”

- Scottish Championship football club Queen of the South warns fans not to feed seagulls at its Palmerston Park ground