Words of the week

As long as the West continues buying Russian gas and oil it is supporting Ukraine with one hand while supporting the Russian war machine with another hand. – Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Their indiscriminate attacks against innocent civilians during Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes. – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

I don’t want to stop and I don’t want having a baby to stop my career so it’s great to have those role models to show you it doesn’t have to. – Olympic sprinter Katy Nicholls.

I don’t think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events. And maybe that’s a controversial thing… but it just seems to me to be sensible. – Boris Johnson.

There is a cost on creativity. When we are tangled up in lawsuits, we are not making music or playing shows. – Ed Sheeran and cowriters Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon.

He was a man that always gave his word, his word was solid. He always fought for what he believed in. – Sally Billinge-Shandley, daughter of D-Day veteran Harry Billinge, who has died aged 96 after a short illness.

I am sorry for the error of judgment I have shown. – Helen MacNamara, formerly deputy cabinet secretary, apologises over the fine she received.

I’m calling on the good people with good intentions to stay focused on building on the great gains we’ve recently made. – Actor David Oyelowo discussing Will Smith’s Oscars slap.

It’s not the route that we want to go down. – Transport Secretary Grant Shapps rules out rationing energy.

One of the great things about leaving the Beeb is that you become free to defend it in a way that you could never do when you were working for it – Former BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Shaun Keaveny.

I really worry that what we’re seeing is what we’ve seen in the United States with Fox News. We are going to fight that every step of the way – Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey on the news that Channel 4 will be privatised.