THEY SAID WHAT?

“I think he would be so pleased. He would be chuckling and he would just think that is wonderful”

- Lucy Teixeira, daughter of Captain Sir Tom Moore, on how her father would feel about plans to plant trees around the world in his honour.

“What is poisoning our democratic institutions, in my view, is politicians standing up and hurling assertions and accusations without a shred of evidence to back them up”

- First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking at First Minister’s

Questions.

“The first, maybe, even 20 years of my career, I think I subconsciously felt quite disposable, and then later down the line consciously felt very disposable. Because you are. You know you can be replaced in an instance and your job will get done” - TV and radio presenter Fearne Cotton, below, speaking about

her career.

“It’s central to life. I’m conscious that I’m so lucky to have greenery around me - without it I think my brain would explode. It helps me balance. I’m naturally a depressive, I’m not a cup-half-full person. I’m someone who tends to feel problems very close-up and gardening is such a help, it’s one of life’s great therapies”

- Queen star Brian May on the

benefits of gardening.

“I think those are a series of dates towards which people can work, and I think that the people of this country would rather trade some haste for some certainty, and that’s why we’ve done it in the way that we have and we will still continue to stick to that plan”

- Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the Government’s timetable for

lifting lockdown in England.