QUOTES OF THE DAY

”I thought it would be kind of cool for the kids to see the helicopter land in the garden. He [Tom Cruise, above] basically arrived and got out and it was like ‘Wow’.”

Alison Webb, who gave permission for Tom Cruise to land his helicopter in her Warwickshire garden while Coventry airport was closed “He has business experience in that country, he knows the people well and we’re confident that he can help British businesses sell more products to our Australian counterparts” The Prime Minister’s official spokesman after Lord Botham (above) was named as a trade envoy to Australia

“The challenges lately have been medical. They are getting worse.”

Comedian Sir Billy Connolly, who has Parkinson’s disease, says the medical challenges he faces making TV programmes are getting worse