Trainees from left: Eleanor Dye, Eirian Prosser, Tom Scotson, Summer Goodkind, Will Pickworth, Nell Salvoni and Rachel Muir with the champagne, Arthur Parashar, Hannah McDonald, Alice Giddings and Brooke Davies
The MailOnline trainees have finished their four weeks in Kensington and are now heading off to their three-month placements at the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin, the Scottish Daily Mail in Glasgow, the Liverpool Echo, the Sunday Post and the Press Association. In their final week they did a Q&A with six of last year's trainees, a session on the Editor’s Code with Peter Wright and talked about the Ukraine coverage with chief foreign reporter Chris Pleasance. Assistant video editor Talya Varga gave them feedback on their pitches and trainee Will Pickworth spent a day on the sportdesk. They also did a live breaking story in real time and drew up a newslist for their placement papers. The trainees also had seven stories published to add to the ten of previous weeks.
Rachel Muir interviewed the author of a book looking at the case of Valerie Storie who was raped and shot in 1961. Her attacker killed her boyfriend and was one of the last murderers to be executed in Britain. For years Valerie was vilified for sending an ‘innocent’ man to his death until 20 years ago when DNA proved he was the killer. Her remarkable story is here.
Rachel also looked back at the ill-fated Panda crossing on its 60th anniversary. Read her story here.
Will Pickworth wrote a good piece on the 40th anniversary of Ken Bates taking over Chelsea and his legacy at the club today.
Arthur Parashar tracked down two dads who are offering advice to new fathers who are finding fatherhood - the sleepless nights, the noise, the mess - a challenge. His story is here.
Nell Salvoni carried out her own FOI on the number of people who had been spiked by drink and drugs last year. Read her investigation here.
There are many more stories by the trainees in the pipeline. Last night we enjoyed farewell drinks at the Greyhound. The trainees are a very bright, talented and likeable bunch and I wish them well as they start their careers. Stars of the future. We finished as always with the newsquiz. Nell was this week's winner with 20 points, ahead of Rachel on 18. It means they both finished on the same score over the four weeks and shared the champagne. The top solo scorer in last week's quiz was Rachel with 20, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 19.5, Marguerite Turner on 19 and Arthur on 18 and Stuart Bagnall, Jayme Bryla, Robert Rea, Nell and Tom all on 17. The top team was the Roberts Family with 23, ahead of Phil and Maura Parsons on 19, Sarah and Bruce Hayward and Heather and Bryan on 16 Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Nell's score.
2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking partly in Russian, urged people living in the country to use what to access independent information about the brutality of Vladimir Putin’s military campaign?
3. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Grammys in Las Vegas, speaking via videolink to introduce which act, who sang a song for the people of Ukraine?
4. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty was embroiled in a row over her 'non-dom' status and claims that she could have avoided millions of pounds in UK tax on money made from a Bangalore-based IT firm. What is it called?
5. Chancellor Rishi Sunak broke his silence in the row over his wife's tax affairs, by declaring: 'To ___ my wife to get at me is awful.' What is the missing word?
6. What is the name of the Conservative MP for Somerton and Frome who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after allegations about his behaviour led to the party whip being withdrawn?
7. Karen Smart, managing director of which airport, quit after weeks of chaos in which thousands of passengers missed flights because of queues up to seven hours long?
8. What was the name of the LGBT+ conference, due to take place in London in June, which was cancelled after a boycott over the Government's stance on conversion therapy?
9. At a visit to a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Prime Minister Boris Johnson when asked about the Government’s position on conversion therapy, said: ‘I don’t think that ___ men should be competing in female sporting events.’ What is the missing word?
10. British lawyer Mehraab Nazir and his nine-year-old son were killed in a landslide while hiking in which national park?
11. According to a Netflix documentary who wrote a dossier on how the Queen should behave and how members of the royal family should not be in competition with each other?
12. The Government unveiled its Energy Security Strategy which set out an ambition to build up to how many nuclear plants to meet a quarter of projected electricity demand by 2050?
13. Why was 52-year-old Can Arslan in the headlines?
14. What did presenter Kirstie Allsopp say was 'utter twaddle’, Matt Lucas describe as the ‘wrong decision’ and Tory peer Ruth Davidson say was the 'opposite of levelling up’?
7. Karen Smart, managing director of which airport, quit after weeks of chaos in which thousands of passengers missed flights because of queues up to seven hours long?
8. What was the name of the LGBT+ conference, due to take place in London in June, which was cancelled after a boycott over the Government's stance on conversion therapy?
9. At a visit to a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Prime Minister Boris Johnson when asked about the Government’s position on conversion therapy, said: ‘I don’t think that ___ men should be competing in female sporting events.’ What is the missing word?
10. British lawyer Mehraab Nazir and his nine-year-old son were killed in a landslide while hiking in which national park?
11. According to a Netflix documentary who wrote a dossier on how the Queen should behave and how members of the royal family should not be in competition with each other?
12. The Government unveiled its Energy Security Strategy which set out an ambition to build up to how many nuclear plants to meet a quarter of projected electricity demand by 2050?
13. Why was 52-year-old Can Arslan in the headlines?
14. What did presenter Kirstie Allsopp say was 'utter twaddle’, Matt Lucas describe as the ‘wrong decision’ and Tory peer Ruth Davidson say was the 'opposite of levelling up’?
15. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said that people's waist should be what size in order to help stave off serious health problems?
16. Former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal announced he was suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer and would stand down from coaching which country after the World Cup?17. Which former footballer stepped down from his role as ambassador at his club following reaction to a controversial social media post on the war in Ukraine?
18. Which brand’s sweet products, made in a Belgian factory, were recalled over a link to salmonella cases in the UK?
19. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, made an application to the United States Patent Office to trademark which word which is the name of her Spotify podcasts?
20. Actress June Brown, who played Dot Cotton in the BBC EastEnders soap for 30 years, died this week at what age?
21. Ed Sheeran reacted to his High Court copyright victory over his song Shape of You by saying on a video: 'Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify. That's 22 million songs a year and there's only ___ notes that are available.’ What is the missing number?
20. Actress June Brown, who played Dot Cotton in the BBC EastEnders soap for 30 years, died this week at what age?
21. Ed Sheeran reacted to his High Court copyright victory over his song Shape of You by saying on a video: 'Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify. That's 22 million songs a year and there's only ___ notes that are available.’ What is the missing number?
22. Tiger Woods marked his recovery from serious injury with what score on his return to the US Masters?
23. Who is 27-year-old actress Nicola Peltz due to marry this weekend in Florida?
24. Which band released new music for the first time in 28 years with a track called Hey Hey Rise Up in support of Ukraine?
25. Which presenter is leaving a daytime TV role after 13 years to focus on a writing career?
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