QUOTES OF THE DAY

“The tragic death of Awaab will and should be a defining moment for the housing sector in terms of increasing knowledge, increasing awareness and a deepening of understanding surrounding the issue of damp and mould”

- Senior coroner Joanne Kearsley on Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old boy who died of a respiratory condition caused by mould while living in a damp housing association flat.

“Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has profound implications for us all, because it has undermined the fundamental principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity ... It is very simple countries should not invade their neighbours, they should not attack civilian infrastructure and civilian populations, and they should not threaten nuclear escalation”

- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the G20 summit in Bali. “That demonisation just shows how afraid they are of you and I’m sure - maybe you can’t keep this in or whatever - but the treatment of you, and I’m so sorry you’ve had to withstand it, it has re-highlighted for us the intense unkindness and bigotry and misogyny of our media”

- Jameela Jamil, above - a friend of Meghan - criticises the treatment of

the Duchess of Sussex in the media.

“At the time it was as I was running around New York City in my yellow tights I was thinking ‘this could be my last movie’. Little did we know we were making a movie that would stand the test of time”

- Actor Will Ferrell, who says he once feared the classic Christmas film Elf

could end his career in Hollywood.