THEY SAID WHAT?

“PC Harper died in the line of duty protecting the public and his incredible bravery and extraordinary sacrifice will not be forgotten”

- Home Secretary Priti Patel following the death of PC Andrew Harper in Berkshire.

“Police officers display incredible bravery by going towards danger when others would run away”

- Jo Swinson, leader of the Liberal Democrats.

“The overwhelming feeling of the 5,000 workers at British Steel is one of relief”

- Harish Patel, Unite’s national officer for steel, welcomes the news that Ataer Holding has been named as the preferred bidder for British Steel.

“I got reported because they thought it was fake. They said, ‘Matt won’t take kindly to you using his photos’. It was quite funny”

- Bros star Matt Goss, pictured, tells the Daily Mirror that dating site Tinder feared his profile was a fake.

“If I told you how good, you probably wouldn’t believe me”

- Reply from Suits character Mike Ross (Patrick J Adams) when asked how his on-screen wife Rachel Zane was doing. The character was played by Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex.

“Don’t ever think that because people don’t work in offices or buy loads of plastic crap, they aren’t just as sophisticated as us”

- TV presenter Kate Humble.

“Are they any more distracting than recalcitrant children, talking to a passenger or being berated by one’s spouse for forgetting the house keys?”

- Charlie Bloom defends the use of hands-free mobile phones in cars in a letter to the Daily Telegraph.