Shah has since apologised, saying: “I deeply regret the hurt I have caused.” It emerged later that she had stepped down as PPS to McDonnell.

The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed.

The precocious plant was already blooming flowers by day 4.

Your mother called. She wants you to go home at 10:00.