They Said What?

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), July 5, 2008

"It is beginning to feel as if there is a real evil in our society and although the numbers are not enormous, they are horrifying and each one is an absolute tragedy" - Simon Hughes, for the Liberal Democrats, after more violent deaths in the capital.

"We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce our dependence on oil" - Warning from Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

"Metal detecting is quite entertaining - and it's very good for finding the car keys when you've lost them" - Actor Hugh Bonneville, star of new BBC archaeological drama Bonekickers.

"I think I will take two small bottles of Dubonnet and gin with me this morning, in case it is needed" - A handwritten note by the Queen Mother discovered in royal memorabilia amassed by her favourite page, the late William "Backstairs Billy"

Tallon. "This was the championship where we all said you were going to get all the way through to the end of the second week - and you are bombing out at the quarter-finals" - Tennis commentator Sue Barker (pictured) on Tim Henman, B former number one, sent home from the BBC commentary box at Wimbledon after losing his voice.

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DISASTER: Smoke rises from the stricken Piper Alpha oil platform as the deadly fire takes hold. In all, 167 people died.