Meike wins the newsquiz

The Daily Mail and Evening Standard trainees had another fascinating week in London. They had sessions with managing editor Alex Bannister, associate editor Andrew Pierce, investigations editor Tom Kelly and assistant editor Fiona Hardman talked to them about how Femail works. They learnt about the IPSO code from editor emeritus Peter Wright and spent half a day with three of the Mail’s lawyers. Former trainee Dolly Busby explained the showbiz desk and they had talks from head of money Sarah Hartley, crime correspondent George Odling and women’s football correspondent Kathryn Batte. They pitched story ideas to chief reporter Sam Greenhill, wrote animal picture stories and took a story from the Press Association wires and turned it into a Mail page lead. The best picture headline of the week was by Rachel Petticrew who won a scratch card. Last night Tash Mosheim had tickets for London’s answer to the Met Gala and her story gained a byline on Page 2 of today’s paper. 

Tash's page 2 and 3 spread

As always we finished with the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Meike Leonard  with 21, just ahead of Kristina Wemyss on 20 and Lucy Evans on 19.5.

The top solo scorer in last week’s quiz was George Mann with a score of 21.5, ahead of Marion Fountayne on 20.5, Janet Boyle on 19.5, Marguerite Turner on 18, Jayme Bryla and Meike Leonard on 17.5, Robert Rea on 17 and trainees Tum Balogun and Kristina Wemyss on 16.5. The top team was the Tibbs Farm supper crew with 23, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18.5, Neil and Jo Benson on 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 17.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. Give it a go and see if you can beat Meike's score. 

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of the Work and Pensions Secretary who said the state pensions triple lock was unsustainable in the long-term?
2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said which breed of dog would be banned after a man was killed in Walsall and an 11-year-old girl was attacked in Birmingham?
3. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said he was committed to introducing whose rule to give patients the right to a second opinion?
4. Who resigned as chairman of the Commons defence committee after saying Afghanistan had been ‘transformed' under the Taliban's rule?
5. Bernard Looney resigned as chief executive of which company after failing to reveal relationships with colleagues?
6. A survey found the 30 per cent of women working as what had been sexually assaulted and more than 40 per cent had received uninvited comments about their appearance?
7. A researcher in his 20s, who was accused of what, issued a statement saying: 'To do what has been claimed against me in extravagant news reporting would be against everything I stand for’?
8. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and 5,000 are still missing, after an earthquake devastated villages in which mountain range?
9. Two major dams collapsed in Libya causing a torrent of water to burst into which city, killing between 18,000 and 20,000 people?
10. What was terror suspect Daniel Khalife doing when he was arrested on a canal towpath in London four days after his escape from Wandsworth?
11. Police arrested a man after schools in which two English cities put lockdown measures in place after an email threatened violence to children and staff? Half a point each.
12. Why were Patsy Stevenson and Dania Al-Obeid in the headlines?
13. Britain’s largest pub group, the Stonegate Group, which owns chains including the Slug & Lettuce and Yates’s, announced 'dynamic pricing’ in which a pint of beer will go up by how much during busy periods?
14. Parents were warned that unvaccinated children may have to isolate for 21 days as a major outbreak of what disease may be imminent?
15. Pepco, the owners of Poundland, agreed to buy up to 71 stores belonging to which troubled high street chain?
16. It was revealed that, in 2022, a Russian fighter jet fired two missiles at an RAF plane carrying 30 crew in international airspace over which body of water?
17. Which comedian and impressionist, who died aged 82, holds the UK record for the largest single Christmas Day audience of 21.4 million viewers for his 1977 show?
18. The Princess of Wales visited a male prison in Surrey with her hand bandaged after being hurt doing what?
19. Who kicked all 27 points in England's Rugby World Cup victory over Argentina?
20. Ben Stokes scored how many runs against New Zealand at the Oval, giving him the record by an England batsman in a one-day international?
21. Which long-serving TV newsreader announced that he had been diagnosed with early dementia?
22. Who defended his decision to charge £2 for condiments, such as gravy, curry sauce and aioli, at his restaurants?
23. Whose mother said of her son on Instagram that the 'level of negative and abusive comments' he had received was 'disgraceful and totally unacceptable to any walk of life’?
24. An annual trends report revealed that around 30 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds did not own what, while more than 90 per cent of over 45s did?
25. What was the name of the party, held in Covent Garden and attended by celebrities, that launched London’s Fashion Week on Thursday night?

Answers here