THEY SAID WHAT?

“I don’t trust the police any more. If anything went wrong I don’t know whether I would want to call the police as I’d worry that they would send a male officer like him”

- One of the impact statements from victims of former Metropolitan Police officer and serial rapist David Carrick.

“James Corden is a 12-time Emmy winner and the host of The Late Late Show. He’s also living proof that a man can move from London to LA and not tell everyone about his frostbitten penis”

- Grammys host Trevor Noah referencing the Duke of Sussex while introducing James Corden to the stage.

“It’s always there in the back of my mind but I just take it game by game, season by season. It’s definitely there to be broken and I’m feeling good and feeling fit, so we’ll see what happens”

- Harry Kane on Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League scoring record after he became Spurs’ top scorer. “It’s very nice that everybody was so moved by this, you know? I had never thought about how people would react if I was assassinated, or almost assassinated”

- Sir Salman Rushdie, above, in his

first interview since he was repeatedly stabbed last year during a literary event in New York.

“I think there’s going to be a lot of clouds of despair today because it’s over and done with. I think we should start a campaign to bring [main character Catherine Cawood] back – bring her back as a probation or social worker. She’s too good a character to lose”

- Les Leedham, from Something Sweet confectioners in Hebden Bridge, the setting for hit drama

Happy Valley.