THEY SAID WHAT?

“In retrospect, and I have responsibility for this as someone who was health secretary for six years, because we were over-focused on pandemic flu, and not on pandemic SARS-like viruses, we haven’t been thinking for some time about the importance of testing”

- former health secretary Jeremy Hunt admits some responsibility for an initial lack of coronavirus testing

“What our trusts are telling us at the moment is that they cannot guarantee sufficient, reliable and consistent access in a timely way to the tests that they need”

- Chris Hopson, chief executive officer of NHS Providers, says the health service is still facing testing issues

“In a period of spooky surreality, it was one more extraordinary and unexpected experience, though wholly charming and beneficent in this case, to hear myself saying these words again”

- Stephen Fry, above, the narrator of Harry Potter audiobooks, after it was announced he would read a chapter of the first book

“Thank you for all the messages. Horrible experience but we’re all okay now. Appreciate the support”

- England footballer Dele Alli after he was robbed at knifepoint at his home

“I think there was a process that needed to be gone through. I think lessons have been learned and things are improving. We’re learning all the time – the BBC learns, I learn, move on”

- Naga Munchetty says the BBC has learned lessons after a row over her calling out of “go back” comments made by US President Donald Trump