Who said it?

“He was without question a giant of a musician, and his harmonic sensibilities were nothing short of genius. The glue that held us together as our vocals soared, like Icarus, towards the sun” Stephen Stills following the death of his Crosby, Stills and Nash bandmate David Crosby. “Words will not rebuild confidence, only action and the public seeing the results of that action” - Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council as he asked chiefs across England and Wales to have all officers checked against national police databases by the end of March in the wake of the crimes of David Carrick. “Because of my pastoral care and responsibility of being a focus of unity for the whole communion I will, while being extremely joyfully celebratory of these new resources, not personally use them in order not to compromise that pastoral care” - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaking about plans for the Church of England to bless same-sex married couples. “I want to see a positive that comes out of this. Elle’s name will be used for good in the future. She can’t be forgotten” - Tim Edwards speaking about his hopes that a foundation in the name of his daughter, Elle Edwards, who was shot dead outside a pub in Wallasey Village on Christmas Eve, will combat gun violence.

“I’ve made it very clear there is not a bottomless pit of taxpayers’ money. I think they’ve got a fair offer and it’s comparable to what you’ve got in the private sector,”

- Transport Secretary Mark Harper on the “best and final” offer made to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union.