Exhilarating night for the newsroom warriors

The view in the newsroom. A picture posted on Twitter by Metro assistant editor Chris Cowley with the words 'This has been my view for the last 14 hours. Just two more hours to go and two more editions!'

Well done to the newsrooms. Election nights are the times when there is the biggest buzz. All the planning, predictions and polls are in the hands of the public and, as a journalist, you have six hours from 10pm to 4am to watch it all unfold. Nothing much happens early on. The first editions lead on exit polls but you know full well they will be out of date by the time people are picking up your paper tomorrow. Then slowly, a picture emerges until you have a definitive final edition. Then you might grab some breakfast, maybe a shower and change of clothes and start on the fallout stories. There will be no sleep. Here are the results of the labours of the newsroom warriors.

The award for the most innovative front page must go to The New European with its graffiti on the door of No 10. The headline has the added bonus of working for the last two residents.

Metro is one of the few papers to focus on Corbyn's success rather than May's failure. It is a powerful front page - not least because of its surprise factor. It's a great headline too. Earlier its holding story was of course on the exit poll - which this time got it right. 

A smiling thumbs up picture of Jeremy Corbyn also features on the front of the Daily Mirror. It changed at 5am for a much stronger and better cropped image. Cor blimey (for younger readers) is a quaint version of f**k me. It sums up how just about everyone must be feeling this morning. Earlier the Mirror went with Theresa May hanging by a thread.

Cor Blimey is also favoured by the Mirror's sister paper the Liverpool Echo ... although it probably isn't a much-used Scouse expression.

The Sun, of course, had thrown its weight behind Theresa May. It moves through the night from Mayhem to Theresa Dismay. A bad night for the Tories, but a good night for puns. 

The Scottish Sun has both Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon hung out to dry ... with an interesting Stinging in the rain strapline.

The Press and Journal in Aberdeen also goes for a Dismay headline.

The Edinburgh Evening News certainly does well in the pun stakes ... Hung, drawn and not sorted. Love it!  

And if we are thinking puns I quite like City AM's Mayday. It works well with the picture and is certainly a big improvement on its earlier Election shock. 

May Day is also used by The Scotsman with a nice sense of urgency and smart cutouts of the leading ladies. 

I spent many a happy (and unhappy) election night in The Northern Echo newsroom. It too went for May Day. 

The Manchester Evening News perhaps uses May Day biggest and boldest - real urgency here. It later changes it for Poll axed - another good line. 

The Daily Mail, another May supporter, starts the night on a knife edge and finishes with Theresa on the ropes. The failed gamble is a theme than runs through many of today's front pages. 

The Times updates its failed gamble to a nightmare for its 3.30am edition ... and asks What next for Britain? A key question. 

The Daily Telegraph sticks with the backfiring gamble - which really does sum all this up perfectly. Earlier the rare use of the word 'shock appears in its splash headline. In this instance, though, it is justified. 

The Guardian goes from shock to stuns in its headlines. Corbyn stuns the Tories, above the thumbs up picture, pretty much sums up the last six hours. 

There are only subtle changes to the FT's display. The gamble backfires according to the exit polls ... and then according to reality.

The Daily Express sticks with its line all night .... throwing the story forward to whether Theresa May can stay in power. It updates the picture though. It keeps another blond leader in trouble in the blurb. 

The Daily Star affectionately refers to Theresa May as Tezza in its earlier edition but later switches for Mayhem as Tory gamble fails, which is a very good headline. Tezza stays in the subhead until the final edition when she is replaced by Theresa.

Black and blue works well for a bruised Theresa May in the digital Independent.

The i goes from Britain hanging ... to the ubiquitous backfiring gamble.

The Herald in Glasgow goes for the failed gamble with equal picture billing for May and Corbyn. 

The Evening Chronicle in Newcastle goes for Mayhem (the same as The Sun and the Star) with a really brutal crop of Theresa May's face.

The Yorkshire Post reckons May's future is in grave doubt ... hard to argue with that. Another picture of May in grim mode.

Bold display and a strong picture from the Eastern Daily Press.

The Belfast Telegraph reports on a night of turmoil and speculates that the DUP may hold the balance of power.

The News Letter quite clearly relishes the prospect of the DUP's role.  

The National magnanimously thanks those SNP MPs who lost their seats. 

Well done to all the journalists who certainly earned their corn. Looks like another busy day ahead too.

Thanks as always to Tomorrow's Papers Today.  

Try the newsquiz - 25 questions about the week

Last week's top solo newsquiz scorer was Ginger Elvis with 18, the same score as the top team, the Penman Partnership. Marc Beyeler's team came a close second with 17. Other scores in double figures include Gavin Devine on 15, Ian Watt on 14 and Pete Gavan on 13. Here's this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

How the Manchester bomb was reported - from the Manchester Evening News

1. Seven politicians appeared on the BBC leaders debate on Wednesday. They included Jeremy Corbyn, Caroline Lucas, Tim Farron, Leanne Wood, Paul Nuttall and which two others? Half point for each
2. Why did Conservative central office lodge an official complaint with the BBC over the leaders debate? 
3. What did Jeremy Corbyn tell Jeremy Paxman (on Sky News/Channel 4) that wasn’t in the Labour manifesto ‘because we aren’t going to do it’?
4. Jeremy Paxman asked Theresa May whether European leaders would look at her U-turns and label her a '______ who collapses at the first sign of gunfire’. What is the missing word?
5. Tory candidate Ann Myatt apologised ‘wholeheartedly’ for her ‘ill-judged remarks' at a hustings. What remarks was she apologising for?
6. In a Channel 4 interview Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon criticised a statement on the causes of terrorism before being told it was by which of his Cabinet colleagues?
7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni saying which agreement could not be re-negotiated?
8. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that Donald Trump and 'a small group of people know exactly what he meant' after the president tweeted a strange word at 12.06am. What was the word?
9. Nigel Farage described claims that he might be a ‘____ ____ ____’ to the FBI over allegations of Donald Trump’s collusion with Russia as 'complete baloney’. What are the three missing words?
10. Rogue surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed for how many years after being found guilty of wounding his patients by carrying out unnecessary operations?
11. A truck bomb killed more than 90 people when it exploded in the diplomatic quarter of which city?
12. Zookeeper Rosa King was killed by a tiger at which zoo?
13. Celtic became the first Scottish team since 1899 to achieve what?
14. The company that owns British Airways saw shares fall by around four per cent on the first day after a power cut caused chaos at Gatwick and Heathrow. What is the parent company called?
15. He was born in Shelf, between Bradford and Halifax, once held the British civilian freefall parachuting record and died in Majorca this week. Who is he?
16. Why have ITV moved the live finale of Britain's Got Talent to Saturday instead of Sunday?
17. Celebrities including Gary Lineker, David Beckham, Bob Geldof and Ant and Dec lost a legal bid to overturn a £700million tax bill after investing in a financing scheme run by which investment company?
18. Which website donated £20,000 to six-year-old Sunderland supporter Bradley’s Lowery's Foundation as an apology for publishing false information?
19. Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested for driving under the influence in which US state?
20. Construction firm Mears has banned its workers from having what on health and safety grounds?
21. Comic actor Roy Barraclough, who died this week age 81, was best known for playing the Rovers Return landlord in Coronation Street. What was his character called?
22. According to the Wine and Spirit Association, the price of wine has risen because of Brexit. What does the association say is now the average cost of a bottle of wine?
23. What is the name of the NASA spacecraft that will fly to the sun’s outer layer next year?
24. Arsene Wenger became the most successful manager in the history of the FA Cup following Arsenal’s victory over Chelsea at Wembley. How many  times has Wenger won the cup?
25. Samantha Cameron posted a picture on Instagram of her bare feet alongside those of her husband with the caption 'Married for xx years today’. What is the missing number?

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Here's this week's newsquiz - give it a go

Last week’s top scorer in the newsquiz was Toby Brown - who ‘danced a little news jig’ - with 19. It was the same score achieved by my mates from my student days at our 40-year reunion. Simon O’Neill and Liz Gerard continued their strong runs with 18. The Batstone Collective scored 17 as did Janet Boyle. This week’s quiz is obviously dominated by the terrible events in Manchester. As usual there are 25 questions. Let me know how you get on.  

1. The bomb attack at Manchester Arena was at the end of a concert by which American singer?

2. The suicide bomber's father Ramadan Abedi and brother Hashim were arrested in which country?

3. After the attack the UK threat level was raised from ’severe’ to which category?

4. Tony Walsh's poem at a vigil in Albert Square to remember the victims of the Manchester terror attack was greeted with cheers and applause. What is the poem called?

5. Which comedian quit Twitter after being trolled for sending a supportive tweet to the singer whose concert was targeted by the Manchester bomber?

6. Manchester police stopped passing information about the bombings to American intelligence after photos of the attack were apparently leaked to which newspaper?

7. The Queen met child victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bomb on a visit to which hospital?

8. Who dedicated Manchester United’s Europa Cup victory over Ajax to 'England, Manchester and the people who died’?

9. Who was heckled and booed at the UKIP manifesto launch after saying it 'sounds as if you are near as damn it blaming the Prime Minister for this attack and the circumstances that led to it’?

10. In an interview with Theresa May, BBC’s Andrew Neil said the hastily-announced cap on social care costs sounded ‘uncosted and ________’. What is the missing hyphenated word?

11. A YouGov poll published this week said that the Conservative lead over Labour had fallen to how many percentage points?

12. Who described Jeremy Corbyn as being on 'the right side of history’?

13. Seventy-three-year-old Isabella Jackson from Fife was jailed for 45 months for making death threats to whom?

14. Whose solicitor suggested his client’s approach of seeking witnesses to his alleged crime was the actions of an innocent man or an idiot?

15. One Premier League manager saved his team from relegation and then quit. Another two failed to save their teams from relegation and quit. Name two of the managers. Half a point for each. 

16. What was bought at a car boot sale in Middlesex 30 years ago and is expected to riase £350,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby’s next month?

17. Which TV drama by David Lynch returned for a third series - 26 years since its last episode?

18. US president Donald Trump met the Pope at the Vatican and presented him with a large box filled with books written by whom?

19. Which country's Prime Minister did President Trump push out of the way to be in the front row of a group photo of world leaders at the Nato summit in Brussels?

20. Why was Giles Deacon in the headlines?

21. Appeal court judges ruled that doctors should be allowed to stop life-support treatment for an ill baby. What is his name?

22. How many times did Roger Moore, who died aged 89 this week, play James Bond?

23. Five people from Romania were killed when a car crashed into a lorry on which motorway?

24. Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been found guilty of historical sex offences. On which TV programme did he present weather reports from a large floating map of the British Isles?

25. Who indavertently posed with pictures of Fred West, Peter Sutcliffe, Adam Johnson, Stalin and Harold Shipman?

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Here's the newsquiz: Give it a go

Well done to Janet Boyle who scored 17 in last week's newsquiz, the top individual scorer, and to Team Beyeler who were the top team with an impressive 21. Other notable scores were the Penman Partnership on 17.5, Liz Gerard and other half with 15, Toby Brown with 15 and Damon Wake on 14. Here's this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The Sun's take on the Tory Manifesto

 1. Theresa May, launching the Conservative election manifesto, said: 'There is no _____  there is only good solid Conservatism that puts the interests of working people at its heart’. What is the missing word?

2. The Conservative manifesto included a promise that anyone with assets of less than how much would not pay for social care in later life?

3. The manifesto said the Tories would increase overall spending on what by a minimum of £8 billion over the next five year?

4. In an 11-point plan by the Conservatives how long will employees be allowed to take from their job to care for elderly relatives?

5. The Labour manifesto promised how many extra bank holidays per year?

6. On The Marr Show, Labour's Emily Thornberry revealed that defence secretary Michael Fallon was where on May 27, 2007?

7. Which American tweeted: 'U.K. You've got the guy. Register by May 22nd. Vote for Jeremy Corbyn...show us how it's done!#grime4corbyn’? 

8. The Lib Dems said in their manifesto they would put how much on income tax in the next financial year to raise around £6 billion a year for the NHS, care services and public health?

9. Moors murderer Ian Brady died in a secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside, where he had been detained since 1985. What is it called?

10. What was the name of the moor where Ian Brady and Myra Hindley buried four of their victims?

11. Why was 26-year-old Richard Rojas in the headlines?

12. What was the name of the Windows ransomware which attacked computers in 150 countries?

13. The hackers who took control of computers in 150 countries demanded $300 (£230) payments to restore access. What currency did they want payment?

14. What is the name of the 22-year-old blogger who was credited with stopping the ransomware attack from spreading across the globe by triggering a 'kill switch’?

15. Antonio Conte won the title with Chelsea and then set his players a target of becoming the first team in Premier League history to reach how many wins by beating Sunderland on Sunday?

16. James Hewitt suffered a heart attack and stroke and was rushed to the Derriford Hospital in which city?

17. Which country won this year’s Eurovision?

18. Name the newly appointed Prime Minister of France.

19. Pippa Middleton will marry a millionaire hedge fund manager at a lavish ceremony on Saturday. What is his name?

20. Paul McCartney is to feature in which film?

21. The demolition of which London stadium, which opened in 1899, began this week?

22. Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who was found hanged this week, wrote and sang the theme song for which James Bond film?

23. Who was released from today ready to face a trial at Southwark Crown Court, charged with the indecent assault of three teenagers?

24. Who was awarded this year’s prestigious Bafta fellowship, saying it was the 'grandest and most unexpected prize I have ever had the joy of receiving.’ 

25. What did film producer Trevor Beattie buy for £4,200 at an auction and describe his purchase as 'like Charlie Chaplin's moustache or Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves’?

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Have a crack at this week's newsquiz

The top individual score in last week's newsquiz was Simon O'Neill with a modest 13. Liz Gerard was second with 12. It must have been a tough one. The top teams were Dominic and Greg Hurst with 17, narrowly ahead of the Penman Partnership and the Batstone Collective on 16. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The front and back pages of Liberation - 
Well played on the front, Well done on the back (Questions 9 and 10)

1. The Labour manifesto said it would repeal a Tory act from 1993 and bring what under state ownership?
2. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell promised Labour would not increase income tax in the next parliament for anyone earning less than what amount?
3. Labour said a policy in the Tory manifesto was 'desperate stuff' while the Lib Dems said it was 'never a good idea to copy the economic strategy of Ed Miliband'. What policy were they referring to? 
4. Philip May, appearing with his wife Theresa on the One Show, said he could decide when, but not if, he carried out which household chore?
5. Why was BBC cameraman Giles Wooltorton taken to hospital?

6. The Bank of England raised its forecast for inflation this year from its earlier forecast of 2.4 per cent to what figure?
7. US President Donald Trump fired the FBI director James Comey this week. How old is Comey?

8. In his letter to James Comey, Donald Trump wrote: ‘You are hereby ________ and removed from office, effective immediately’. What is the missing word?
9. Emmanuel Macron gained what per cent of the vote to win the French election?

10. French President-elect Macron vowed during his election campaign to renegotiate the agreement which enables British border officials to carry out checks in France. Which town in Northern France is the agreement named after?
11. What was the name of the ride at Drayton Manor on which an 11-year-old girl was killed?

12. How many schoolgirls did Islamist militants Boko Haram release on Sunday?

13. England have been drawn with which other two countries in Pool C for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan? Half a point each.
14. He played the lead role in Catweazle, was the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge, and turned down the role of Doctor Who twice. Who is he?

15. Who made his Hollywood debut as a knight called Trigger in King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword?

16. Why were 21-year-old Rizlaine Boular and her mother in the headlines?

17. Who received a best actor award at the MTV movie and TV awards and said: 'Acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. And that doesn’t need to be separated into two different categories'?
18. Which country destroyed a box of rare daisies from the 1850s which were on loan from National Museum of Natural History in Paris after a paperwork mix-up?

19. Which musician was charged with a public order offence after witnesses alleged he hit a woman with a sports racquet?

20. An oil trader who built up a fortune in a Russian energy business has been ordered to pay how much to his estranged wife by a London High Court judge?

21. FIFA launched an investigation after it was alleged that agent Mino Raiola is to earn £41 million from the transfer of which footballer?

22. Lucie Jones is singing the UK’s entry in the Eurovision song contest in Kiev on Saturday. What is the song called?

23. Italian DJ Robert Miles, who died this week age 47, was best known for a dance anthem which reached No.1 in 12 countries after its release in 1996. What was it called?

24. Former Countdown presenter Carol Vordeman said she had felt suicidal and suffered 'extreme depression' brought on by what?

25. Southeastern tweeted that trains were being ‘cautioned’ in Kent after what was spotted on a railway line?

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The newsquiz: 25 questions about this week

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Nick Martin with 18, narrowly ahead of Simon O'Neill and Liz Gerard on 17. Other notable scores were by Ginger Elvis on 16 and Gavin Devine on 15.5. The top team was the Penman Partnership featuring Daisy, who is clearly the driving force, with 19. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored a collective 16. Here we go again ... another 25 questions about the week. Let me know how you get on. Good luck.

Prince Philip's retirement dominates today's front pages (Questions 6 and 7)

1. Who insisted that derailing Brexit was not 'defying the will of the people’ and pledged to re-enter politics, even if he gets a 'bucket of wotsit' thrown over him?

2. Theresa May dismissed reports of her dinner with EC President Jean-Claude Juncker, published in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, by saying: 'I have to say from what I've seen of this account I think it's ______ ______.’ What are the two missing words?

3. In a muddled interview shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the cost of providing how many extra police officers would be £300,000 ... before she revised the figure to £80 million?

4. What links Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, the Isle of Wight and Monmouthshire?

5. What is the name of the political party that is headed by French election favourite Emmanuel Macron?

6. Prince Philip’s last official engagement, before it was announced he would be stepping down from public life, was to open the Warner Stand? Where is it?

7. Which British newspaper’s website briefly reported that Prince Philip had died? 

8. Princess Charlotte, who celebrated her second birthday this week, is _____ in line to succeed the Queen. What is the missing number?

9. Prince William demanded €1.5 million compensation from which magazine over topless photographs of his wife Kate?

10. Londoner Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley to become unified world heavyweight boxing champion in how many rounds?

11. Which bank was named as the UK’s ninth largest mortgage lender in a report by Legal and General and the Centre for Economics and Business Research?

12. Samata Ullah from Cardiff, who was jailed for eight years after admitting being a member of Islamic State, used what to store extremist data?

13. Which supermarket announced plans to end the sale of all imported fresh meat in a drive to back British farmers?

14. Footballer Aaron Lennon is receiving care and treatment for a stress-related illness. Which club does he play for?

15. A service was held at St Mary and St John Church in Rothley to remember what?

16. Damon Smith was found guilty of leaving a bomb on which London Underground line?

17. What did Sheila Miyoshi Jaeger claim happened to her twice?

18. Why was insurance executive Guy Hedger in the headlines?

19. Surfer Matthew Bryce, who was found off the Argyll coast after drifting for 32 hours, set off from which beach?
20. What name did celebrity couple Cheryl and Liam Payne give to their five-week-old son?
21. According to Rentokil the number of call-outs to deal with infestations of which ‘pest’ have more than doubled since last year?

22. The hosts of Loose Women stripped to their underwear to be photographed for a body confidence campaign. Who was the photographer?

23. What did Natalie Lowe quit, after seven years, 'with a very heavy heart’?

24. Adele is the UK’s richest solo female musician with a fortune of £125 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. How much did she earn last year?

25. Catherine Hettinger revealed she hasn’t made a single penny from a toy she invented, which has become a global craze, because she couldn’t afford the £310 to renew the patent. What is the toy?

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