QUOTES OF THE DAY

“The clock is ticking towards a tipping point when the impact of what we are doing will become dangerously irreversible. We have a responsibility and obligation to the next generation to drastically reduce the extent to which we plunder the world’s natural resources.

The Duke of Cambridge.

“I’m a pretty bad actress when I’m playing anyone but myself.

Comedian Katherine Ryan, who is to play a problematic single mother in a new TV series.

“The Prime Minister isn’t putting together a deal that will last. Instead, she’s promising all things to all people and hoping no-one will notice. It is simply not possible to pull the wool over people’s eyes in this way and it is a recipe for Brexit disaster.

Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister.

“I was literally hanging on to one handrail and over my right shoulder was just the rest of the universe. It’s very, very black, very intimidating but really incredible.

Astronaut Tim Peake describes walking on “the furthest edge of the space station”.