The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)

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“It is really important that we remember that there are thousands of councillor­s all around the country who are going to be standing for election in May. We need people to focus on what they have been doing to help their local communitie­s and not be obsessed with Westminste­r psychodram­a” - Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch says Tory plotters seeking to oust Rishi Sunak should “stop messing around” and end the “Westminste­r psychodram­a”.

“Having him there meant that I felt safe and looked-after, and I knew, in the production and in the post, he’d look after me. So actually it’s kind of liberating to work with your family, I may do it again” Elizabeth Hurley says she found it “liberating” to be directed by her 21-year-old son Damian.

“It’s been in my head a little while, the sacrifices of leaving the children and your family at home is really quite big and it really is a big decision to make. More and more, I was struggling to do that. More people asking me what races was I doing, what training camps was I going on – I didn’t want to go ultimately and that’s what it came down to” - Dame Laura Kenny, Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete, announces her retirement from cycling.

“It’s just great – when we read about it last night, we knew we had to come and see it as soon as possible. We feel so proud to think he chose our street” - Lidia Guerra, a resident of Hornsey Road in Islington, north London, says she is “proud” anonymous street artist Banksy chose her street for his latest work, a mass of green sprayed on a wall behind a bare tree made to appear as its foliage.

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