QUOTES OF THE DAY

If the new regime in Kabul want international recognition and access to the billions of dollars currently frozen in overseas accounts then we and our friends will hold them to their agreement to prevent Afghanistan from ever again becoming an incubator for terrorism, and we shall insist on safe passage for anyone who wishes to leave, and respect for the rights of women and girls. Boris Johnson has insisted he will do “everything possible” to help people

flee the Taliban

Although we knew this day would arrive I am somehow still feeling at a loss for words that our stunning, unique, crazy, quirky, kind and soft-hearted girl has departed.

Cheryl, formerly Cheryl Tweedy, on her Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding who has died from cancer aged 39