The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

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“We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet” - Mimi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, after the helicopter completed the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

“That man is not allowed in my pub” - Rod Humphris, landlord of The Raven in Bath, asking Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to leave the premises.

“It was a very emotional moment but at the same time a proud moment and probably the greatest honour of my military career” - Pipe Major Colour Sergeant Peter Grant, from Deeside, who played the Lament at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

“I want to stress one thing to people who are vaguely tuning in. People should not form the impression that the upper echelons of the British civil service have got loads of people who are double-hatting, as it were, doing two jobs” - Boris Johnson on the Westminste­r lobbying row.

“It feels like a responsibi­lity but in a lovely way, because if people are comfortabl­e enough to say something compliment­ary about my work or me as a person, I really do appreciate that because I care very much. Not only about my job, but I also really care about being a steady, decent human being” Actress Kate Winslet.

“Our goal is to ensure the vaccine protects against this dreadful disease, whatever it throws at us, to keep us safe and to protect our much-cherished return to normal way of life” - Health Secretary Matt Hancock tells MPS the government is “ramping up” plans for a Covid-19 booster shot.

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