THEY SAID WHAT?

“My eldest’s reaction, he’s a very sensible kid, he said, ‘Dad, can I have my own room?’. I said, ‘No problem, of course you can son’. My middle son said, ‘Can I have a Tesla?’, and my daughter asked for a pink iPhone and she’s going to get that” - Father-of-three Steve Thomson on his children’s reaction to his £105 million EuroMillions win

“There were probably three or four different times in the last 18 months where I had had conversations with my family and also with my team that I did want to stop”

- Sir Andy Murray on his struggles with injury

“When December 12 arrives, I ask every person to vote with their conscience. Be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake”

- Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, above, warns of the “poison” of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party

“Time-limited sales can be a good opportunity to bag a bargain, but don’t fall for the pressure tactics around Black Friday. Our investigation indicates that this popular shopping event is all hype and there are few genuine discounts”

- Natalie Hitchins, of Which?, on

Black Friday sales

“Your back’s going to go out, your knees are going to buckle. I am going to have to bring you back from the dead after this. I don’t understand it”

- Ayda Field to Robbie Williams as revealed he approached boxing promoter Eddie Hearn over organising a fight between him and Liam Gallagher

“This ‘deal’ now seems to have broken down and I’m concerned about the way the family is portrayed in The Crown. Indeed, I’m not sure they should be portrayed at all in a multi-million blockbuster of this sort”

- Veteran broadcaster John Sergeant fears the Netflix hit damages the “deal” between the public and the “royal and distant” monarchy