Of the week

His passing, for someone so young, is an absolute tragedy Simon Cowell on Darius Campbell Danesh, found dead in his US flat at the age of 41

Periods are an issue for everyone

Jason Grant, Scotland’s first period dignity officer, speaks out after the appointment of a man to the role sparks worldwide debate

I will do whatever it takes to ensure Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican critic of Trump, after losing nomination

INNUMBERS

10.1%

rise in consumer prices last month – the biggest rise in 40 years

173,000

over-65s have returned to work in the three months to June

£14.9

million of fraud detected by Scotland’s public sector in just one year

What needs to happen is more…more graft

Liz Truss says Britons need to work harder, in leaked remarks made five years ago

I’m nowhere near how they portray me on Netflix

What Prince Charles said to MSPs at Holyrood, according to Labour’s Anas Sarwar