The subbing trainees with trainer Mike Brough and some of their pages
Daisy Outram was published on the Mail website with a story she pitched and wrote about the 50th anniversary of the first British mountaineers to climb Everest. Read it here.
Last night we enjoyed farewell drinks at the Greyhound and today we wrapped up with the newsquiz. The winner was Daisy with a score of 16. It was the fourth week in a row that she got the top score so she collected the champagne.
1. What did Prime Minister Keir Starmer say would make the borders tougher but Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch call a 'desperate gimmick’?
2. A YouGov polling projection suggested an election held tomorrow would see a hung parliament with Reform UK winning how many of the 650 seats?
3. Which country reported that three Russian MiG-31 jets had crossed into its airspace for 12 minutes?
4. What did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say was ‘a reward for terrorism’?
5. When asked about whether he would challenge Keir Starmer as Labour leader, who said: 'It's not up to me, it's not my decision. It’s up to the Labour Party in Parliament.’
6. What was given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander at a cost of £2.2billion?
7. Seven charities dropped the Duchess of York as a patron or ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein her '__ friend’. What is the missing word?
8. Hackers stole pictures, names and addresses of around 8,000 children around the world from which nursery group, which has 18 nurseries in and around London?
9. US President Donald Trump demanded an investigation and arrests after claiming what could have left him and First Lady Melania 'gravely injured'?
10. Who had to leave his car and walk half an hour through New York after being blocked by a Donald Trump motorcade?
11. The Lib Dem conference was held in which town?
12. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey told his party conference not to let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain, saying under Farage's plans there would be no NHS and that what laws would be 'rolled back’?
13. Which ‘cruel and devastating disease' was successfully treated for the first time, according to doctors at University College London?
14. Former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies (Ming) Campbell, who died aged 84, held the British record in what from 1967 to 1972?
15. The bullet casings used by a gunman who shot dead two people in Dallas had what written on them?
16. How many minutes after dropping off the Southport killer at a nursery did taxi driver Gary Poland ring 999?
17. US President Donald Trump said doctors in the US would be advised not to prescribe paracetamol to pregnant women, citing a link between the drug and what condition?
18. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was jailed for how many years after being found guilty of 'criminal conspiracy' in a plot involving $50million in laundered cash from former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi?
19. Veteran broadcaster John Stapleton, who died aged 79, was diagnosed with what disease in 2024?
20. The legendary cricket umpire, who died aged 92, was universally known as Dickie Bird. What was his real first name?
21. Footballer Wayne Rooney said that if it wasn’t for wife Colleen he would be what?
22. Singer Lulu revealed she had slept with which rock star who she called the 'coolest dude on the block’?
23. Which West End star and former Love Island winner is to replace Dani Dyer in the Strictly Come Dancing line-up?
24. England’s women beat France to reach their seventh successive rugby world cup final and will play which country tomorrow (Saturday)
25. Which singer ran the Berlin Marathon in under three hours using the pseudonym Sted Sarandos?
The trainees are a bright and likeable bunch who will undoubtedly do well. I wish them all the best of luck.
Subbing trainees Lily Patel, Daisy Outram (with the champagne), Giorgia Ambo and Sarah Smith
I spent the rest of the week with seven reporting trainees, who started on Monday. They had a welcome from group managing editor and editorial director Alex Bannister and sessions with editor Andy Milne, global editorial director Ben Bailey and executive managing editor Robyn Kelly. They had briefings from deputy news-editor Elly Blake and assistant Femail editor Elmira Tanatarova and will be pitching story ideas to them next week. Jac Fuller, assistant Mail+ editor, who was over from New York office, talked to the trainees about the strict need for clean copy. The trainees wrote stories, intros and turned Press Association copy into Mail style.
Olivia Kemp won a scratchcard for the best intro of the week. They finished with the newsquiz and the top scorer was Joe Rossiter with 20.5, ahead of Isabella Machin on 18.5 and Jamie Boys on 16.
The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, just ahead of Tim (still totally unremarkable) on 21. Robert Rea and the Rev Leon scored 20 and Daisy Outram 17.5. The top team was Tim Humphrey and the GlobalsNewsroom with 23, ahead of the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Anna and Dale who scored 21.5, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and the FOC including Our Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole, Bill and Christine on 19. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 18 and the Broad Oak Boozers including Thom, Tim, Craig, Danny and Taylor 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. See if you can beat Joe’s score.
The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, just ahead of Tim (still totally unremarkable) on 21. Robert Rea and the Rev Leon scored 20 and Daisy Outram 17.5. The top team was Tim Humphrey and the GlobalsNewsroom with 23, ahead of the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Anna and Dale who scored 21.5, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and the FOC including Our Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole, Bill and Christine on 19. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 18 and the Broad Oak Boozers including Thom, Tim, Craig, Danny and Taylor 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. See if you can beat Joe’s score.
Today's front pages
1. What did Prime Minister Keir Starmer say would make the borders tougher but Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch call a 'desperate gimmick’?
2. A YouGov polling projection suggested an election held tomorrow would see a hung parliament with Reform UK winning how many of the 650 seats?
3. Which country reported that three Russian MiG-31 jets had crossed into its airspace for 12 minutes?
4. What did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say was ‘a reward for terrorism’?
5. When asked about whether he would challenge Keir Starmer as Labour leader, who said: 'It's not up to me, it's not my decision. It’s up to the Labour Party in Parliament.’
6. What was given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander at a cost of £2.2billion?
7. Seven charities dropped the Duchess of York as a patron or ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein her '__ friend’. What is the missing word?
8. Hackers stole pictures, names and addresses of around 8,000 children around the world from which nursery group, which has 18 nurseries in and around London?
9. US President Donald Trump demanded an investigation and arrests after claiming what could have left him and First Lady Melania 'gravely injured'?
10. Who had to leave his car and walk half an hour through New York after being blocked by a Donald Trump motorcade?
11. The Lib Dem conference was held in which town?
12. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey told his party conference not to let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain, saying under Farage's plans there would be no NHS and that what laws would be 'rolled back’?
13. Which ‘cruel and devastating disease' was successfully treated for the first time, according to doctors at University College London?
14. Former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies (Ming) Campbell, who died aged 84, held the British record in what from 1967 to 1972?
15. The bullet casings used by a gunman who shot dead two people in Dallas had what written on them?
16. How many minutes after dropping off the Southport killer at a nursery did taxi driver Gary Poland ring 999?
17. US President Donald Trump said doctors in the US would be advised not to prescribe paracetamol to pregnant women, citing a link between the drug and what condition?
18. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was jailed for how many years after being found guilty of 'criminal conspiracy' in a plot involving $50million in laundered cash from former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi?
19. Veteran broadcaster John Stapleton, who died aged 79, was diagnosed with what disease in 2024?
20. The legendary cricket umpire, who died aged 92, was universally known as Dickie Bird. What was his real first name?
21. Footballer Wayne Rooney said that if it wasn’t for wife Colleen he would be what?
22. Singer Lulu revealed she had slept with which rock star who she called the 'coolest dude on the block’?
23. Which West End star and former Love Island winner is to replace Dani Dyer in the Strictly Come Dancing line-up?
24. England’s women beat France to reach their seventh successive rugby world cup final and will play which country tomorrow (Saturday)
25. Which singer ran the Berlin Marathon in under three hours using the pseudonym Sted Sarandos?
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