The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)

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“So there’s a stark choice: carry on with the prime minister’s approach, which will lead to weeks and weeks and months and months of prolonged agony in all your constituen­cies for millions of people in Tier 2 and Tier 3, with no exit, or put in place a two-to-three week time-limited circuit-break to break the cycle and bring it back under control” - Sir Keir Starmer. “There’s no way we come out of this wave now without counting our deaths in the tens of thousands” - Professor John Edmunds of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencie­s.

“The knock-on effects of coronaviru­s have been felt widely, but the impact on cancer treatment has been one of the most acute and challengin­g” - The Duke of Cambridge on a visit to the Royal Marsden’s south London hospital.

“It was clearly a difficult moment for the Government. It was a mistake – whether everyone should quit every time they make a mistake, I don’t think is right. But it clearly undermined the Government’s coherent narrative about people following the rules” - Former head of the Civil Service, Lord Sedwill, on Dominic Cummings’ trip to County Durham.

“The number of children with little to no access to food has risen significan­tly” - England footballer Marcus Rashford maintains his free school meals campaign.

“I am heartbroke­n to see the senseless brutality in Nigeria. There has be to be an end to Sars” - Beyonce pledges her support for protesters in Nigeria demonstrat­ing against the controvers­ial Special AntiRobber­y Squad.

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