The Daily Mail trainee subs had a busy second week in Kensington. Their challenges included pitching stories to chief reporter Sam Greenhill, creating a page lead from raw copy, writing picture stories and beating the Tube strike. Daisy Outram won a scratchcard for the best picture headline of the week. The trainees had sessions with the lawyers on contempt, libel, privacy and copyright and spent yesterday afternoon going through the Editor’s Code with Editor Emeritus Peter Wright. They also had session with head of production Joel Cooper and director of news content Neville Dean. Today they built a spread on a breaking story with senior sub and trainer Tina Moran and were given tips on what to expect on the subs desk by last year’s trainees Emily Bell, Tom Burton and Myriam Page. We finished the week, as always, with the newsquiz. The top scorer for the second week was Daisy with 20.5, narrowly ahead of Giorgia Ambo on 20. The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea with 22, just ahead of Tim Humphrey, the Rev Leon and Tim (still totally unremarkable) all on 21. George Mann, Daisy Outram, Janet Boyle and Marion Fountayne scored 20, Giorgia Ambo, Nick Turner and Sami Quadri 18 and Maura Parsons 16. The top team was the FOC of Our Peter, Bill, Trev and Jordan who scored 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 19. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and see if you can beat Daisy’s score.
Today's front pages
1. Lord Peter Mandelson was sacked as UK ambassador to Washington over his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including writing a note that said: 'Wherever he is in the world, he remains my __ __’. What are the two missing words?
2. The White House said a drawing of what, in a birthday book given to Jeffrey Epstein, was not authentic, adding that President Donald Trump 'did not draw this picture and he did not sign it’.
3. Activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot dead by a sniper at a university rally in which American state?
4. Which two MPs made it to the final round of Labour's deputy leadership contest? Half a point for each.
5. In the Cabinet reshuffle, following deputy PM Angela Rayner’s resignation, Yvette Cooper moved from Home Secretary to what role?6. The Metropolitan Police said how many people were arrested at a demonstration against the ban on the group Palestine Action in London on Saturday?
7. Israel carried out a strike on senior Hamas leaders in which city?
8. Which country claimed to have shot down Russian drones in its airspace?
9. Dame Andrea Jenkyns, the Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, wore a purple jumpsuit on stage at the Reform Party conference and sang a song she had written. What was it called?
10. Prince Harry attended the WellChild charity awards in London and was filmed taking part in a play fight using what?
11. Who did Prince Harry say was ‘great’?
12. League tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England were published for the first time, with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in which town at the bottom?
13. A mural by Banksy, of a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground, appeared on the side of which London building?
14. Which European country appointed its fifth prime minister in two years?
15. The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire ended with who securing control of the organisation that includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The Times and The Sun?
16. Fugitive father Tom Phillips, who had been on the run with his three children for four years, was shot dead by police in which country?
17. A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of CS gas and causing a public nuisance following the partial evacuation of where on Monday night?
18. Which singer said she was a recovering alcoholic adding: 'It’s a family illness. The gene is there’?
19. Why was London-born Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, in the headlines?
20. Great North Run organisers apologised for this year's medal featuring which river instead of the Tyne?
21. What reason did broadcaster RTÉ give for saying Ireland may not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest?
22. Which Premier League football club abruptly sacked their manager and appointed a replacement within 13 hours?
23. Which Ipswich Town supporter said he would no longer be able to go to games as he was swapping Suffolk for the States?
24. Which cat, who starred in a 1970s show that was voted the favourite UK children's programme of all time, is to appear in a new film scheduled for 2027?
25. Gary Lineker, formerly of Match of the Day, won the best presenter award at the National Television Awards meaning Ant and Dec failed to collect the prize for the first time in how many years?
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