Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
“Barbara would be so proud that she has had this legacy which will hopefully mean that families in the future won’t have to go through the same heart-breaking experience that she and I had to endure. I can’t stop thinking about her looking down with pride”
– Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell after Boris Johnson said the Government would commit an additional £95 million in research funding and recruit a “Bab’s army” of volunteers to take part in clinical trials on new preventative therapies for dementia. “In addition to now being told there were multiple walkouts and ‘abuse of staff’ my act is now being cheapened and simplified as unsafe, homophobic, misogynistic and racist”
– Comedian Jerry Sadowitz hits back at the Edinburgh Fringe venue that cancelled his show. “We work well together. When a film crew is at its best, it feels like a big family, so it felt natural”
– Angelina Jolie on working with two of her children, Maddox and Pax Jolie-Pitt, while directing her latest movie Without Blood. “I’ve never been in love like this. I’m obsessed with him”
– Adele on her boyfriend, American sports agent Rich Paul. “Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are delighted to visit with several charities close to their hearts in early September”
– A spokesman says the couple will travel to the UK next month.
“Do you know this is one of the longest jobs I’ve ever held down. I only came to do a few hours for Elaine Paige and look what happened”
– Paul O’Grady as he signed off from his final BBC Radio 2 show.