The MailOnline trainees have finished their third week in Kensington and have one week to go before they head off on placement. They had a session on the editor’s code with Editor Emeritus Peter Wright, a run through office practicalities with assistant managing editor Natalie Glanvill, a look at how the group’s social media works with Chris Lawrence and an entertaining run around showbiz with Rebecca Davison. The trainees pitched story ideas to travel editor Ted Thornhill and Femail deputy editor Steph Linning (I am looking forward to seeing some of them published) and deputy video editor Olivia Bateman gave them feedback on their video ideas. Former trainees Emer Scully and Jemma Carr popped in with some helpful tips. The trainees also wrote a personality profile and other stories. The best picture headline award went to Elmira Tanatarova. Sports trainee Izzy Baldwin had two stories published during the week - both her own ideas.
One was an interview with Newport County's Kevin Ellison who went from the factory floor to being the oldest person to score in the play-offs. Read it here. The other involved some detailed stat-crunching which revealed that Liverpool played a staggering 20 different centre-back pairings last season - and which one, surprisingly, conceded the most goals. Read it here.
Well done Izzy. As usual we rounded the week off with the newsquiz. Top scorer this week was Chay Quinn with 17 just ahead of Izzy on 16. It is all to play for next week when the four-week winner will collect a bottle of champagne. The trainees’ scores last week were impressive and Izzy’s 20, narrowly ahead of Chris Matthews on 19.5, was equalled but unbeaten by the solo online players. The leaderboard was Izzy Baldwin, Hannah Tomes, Toby Brown and Liz Gerard, who all scored 20, Chris Matthews on 19.5, Robert Rea and Gavin Devine 19, Tony Smith 18, Jonny Rose 17.5, Ed Mortimer 17 and Jayme Bryla 16.5.
The Roberts Family were the top team with 24. My Three Legs drinking buddies, Les, Nicky, Peter, Stacey and Bryan, scored a PB of 23, the same score as Simon, Sue and Will Cole. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 22, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 21 and Maura and Phil Parsons 19. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know your score.
A selection of today's front pages
2. The Prime Minister’s bride Carrie Symonds rented her wedding dress, worth £2,800 new, from MyWardrobeHQ for how much?
3. Announcing Portugal's move to the amber list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps blamed a 'mutation of the so-called Indian variant’ and said it wasn't known whether it could be 'vaccine defeating’. Where did he say the mutation was from?
4. Portugal was taken off the Government’s green list but which one of these countries remained green following the announcement?
a) Barbados b) Japan c) Singapore d) Malta
5. Which Government minister, who went to Portugal to support Chelsea in the Champions League final, has to take daily Covid tests after coming into contact with someone with the virus?
6. The UK has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children between what ages, saying it was safe and effective and the benefits outweighed the risks?
7. What is the name of the Government’s education ‘catch-up’ chief who resigned this week after his proposed landmark investment of £15billion was diluted to £1.4billion?
8. Jasmine Hartin, the daughter-in-law of Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft, was arrested in which country suspected of shooting dead a police superintendent?
9. What is the first name of the five-month-old boy who became the first patient in England treated for spinal muscular atrophy with Zolgensma, believed to be the most expensive drug in the world at £1.8million a dose?
8. Jasmine Hartin, the daughter-in-law of Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft, was arrested in which country suspected of shooting dead a police superintendent?
9. What is the first name of the five-month-old boy who became the first patient in England treated for spinal muscular atrophy with Zolgensma, believed to be the most expensive drug in the world at £1.8million a dose?
10. Which company announced it was to invest £140million into a factory near Wigan which would see its ketchup, mayonnaise and salad creams produced in Britain for the first time since 1999?
11. Oxfordshire announced plans to have all outside smoking banned by 2025 but five local authorities introduced an immediate ban on smoking in pavement pubs, cafes and restaurants. Name any two of the councils for one point.
12. England manager Gareth Southgate had to cull seven players when he named his final Euro-squad but which one of these Manchester United players did not make Southgate’s initial 26? a) Harry Maguire b) Marcus Rashford c) Jesse Lingard d) Luke Shaw
11. Oxfordshire announced plans to have all outside smoking banned by 2025 but five local authorities introduced an immediate ban on smoking in pavement pubs, cafes and restaurants. Name any two of the councils for one point.
12. England manager Gareth Southgate had to cull seven players when he named his final Euro-squad but which one of these Manchester United players did not make Southgate’s initial 26? a) Harry Maguire b) Marcus Rashford c) Jesse Lingard d) Luke Shaw
13. In which country did eight political parties reach an agreement to form a new government, although they still need parliamentary backing before taking power?
14. Naomi Osaka withdrew from which tennis tournament following her boycott of post-match interviews?
15. Which company said it was 'working on a company-wide project to update its pioneering nutrition and health strategy’ after it was revealed that more than 60 per cent of its 2,000 products were not healthy?
16. Which company said it was looking to hire 5,000 chefs and delivery drivers to meet increasing demand and replace 'pandemic recruits' who were returning to their normal jobs?
17. It was announced that a four-day holiday to celebrate the Queen's 70 years on the throne will be held on what dates next year?
14. Naomi Osaka withdrew from which tennis tournament following her boycott of post-match interviews?
15. Which company said it was 'working on a company-wide project to update its pioneering nutrition and health strategy’ after it was revealed that more than 60 per cent of its 2,000 products were not healthy?
16. Which company said it was looking to hire 5,000 chefs and delivery drivers to meet increasing demand and replace 'pandemic recruits' who were returning to their normal jobs?
17. It was announced that a four-day holiday to celebrate the Queen's 70 years on the throne will be held on what dates next year?
18. Steve Waller, 61, made the headlines when a model of which town, that has taken him 27,000 hours to create, was revealed in his bedroom?
19. Actor Joe Lara, who died in a plane crash in Tennessee, was best known for playing which title role in an 1989 film and again in a TV series called The Epic Adventures?
19. Actor Joe Lara, who died in a plane crash in Tennessee, was best known for playing which title role in an 1989 film and again in a TV series called The Epic Adventures?
20. Which football team won the Championship play-off final at Wembley to return to the top flight of English football for the first time since 1947?
21. On Piers Morgan’s life stories Sir Kier Starmer revealed that he hated his middle name so much that he did not put it on his marriage certificate. What is his middle name?
22. Why were the Embassy Gardens Legacy Buildings in Nine Elms, south-west London, in the headlines?
23. Hailey Morinico, 17, ended up with a sprained finger and grazed knee, although experts said she was lucky to be alive, after she did what?
24. Actress Jodie Turner-Smith’s role as which historical character in a Channel 5 series caused a lively online debate?
25. Which long running BBC drama is to end next March after 23 years on television?
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