That well known economic guru Meghan Markle has been opining on the global fiscal crisis, saying she hopes that in a “time of recession” her recently launched products will bring “joy” to many. With prices such as £11 for a small jar of jam, £12 for edible flower sprinkles and £11 for shortbread cookie mix, they’re sure to bring joy to the person flogging them.

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With Europe’s largest local council under Labour control in Birmingham where rats are reported to be “breeding at unprecedented levels” due to the bin crisis now entering its second month, and the health service in Wales, also run by Labour, creaking under £650 million of debt and the number of people waiting more than two years for certain procedures growing, anyone regret “lending” their vote to Labour yet?

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Whatever happened to the best man or woman for the job? Why is that akin to some kind of racist slur now? West Yorkshire Police, one of the largest in the country, has paused applications from white British candidates in a bid to boost diversity.

A whistleblower claims black and Far East Asian candidates are fast-tracked with a “gold” status, South East Asian applicants get “silver” and “white others” are relegated to bronze. It is of course absolutely correct to try and mirror the people you want to police, but picking who will make the best officers must be colour blind.

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While I promise there will be no spoiler material here, did you, like me, wonder precisely why you’d devoted so much of your life to White Lotus, which ended last week? If the first series was a firework, the second a rocket, then this was little more than a damp squib. Definitely not “all white” on the last night.

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All hail the Golden Oldies who picked up a clutch of gongs at the brilliantly staged Olivier Awards in London. It’s fair to say the veterans have been frozen out and left on the subs’ bench over the last few years as younger stars got the nod, but this year was different.

Best actress was Lesley Manville for Oedipus, best actor went to John Lithgow for Giant and Imelda Staunton triumphed in the best actress in a musical category for Hello, Dolly. With a cumulative age of 217, time for these stars to take a bow. But perhaps slowly?

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The Prisons Watchdog has urged that transgender prisoners be provided with a wardrobe full of wigs and underwear funded by the taxpayer to help support them on their “journey.”

And there you neatly have why our judicial system is such a laughing stock.