I can’t believe that it is over a year since I last wrote to you. With the Budget coming up on Wednesday, I thought I would give you a bit of a heads-up on what is going to appear. I know I shouldn’t be telling you state secrets, but hey … what is Boris going to do about it? Fire me? I don’t think so!
In a week when petrol and diesel prices neared a record high, Sir Elton John topped the UK singles chart for the first time in sixteen years, Captain Kirk took a ride to the edge of space and a French ticketholder won a record jackpot of £184million in the EuroMillions lottery, The Weekly has again condensed the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning.
In a week which has seen Ofgem confirm that energy prices are going to rise 'significantly' from April 2022, Boris Johnson push his levelling-up programme at the Conservative Party Conference and Tyson Fury defeat Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas to retain the WBC Heavyweight title, The Weekly has done its upmost to condense the news from the last seven days into five quick-fire questions for its readership to tackle. Whether you're at the breakfast table, or perhaps in yet another queue at the petrol station, good luck!
As The Weekly wings its way into your inbox this morning, approximately 40,000 runners will be crossing the start line of the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon. For the vast majority of us, this means a smug, pyjama-clad morning trying to spot the most outrageous running costumes from the comfort of our TV-room sofa. For the runners who have bravely (foolishly) signed up, there is no going back now! Participants this year include St Bride's very own Struan White who has finally run out of spurious injuries/excuses not to participate and is taking part in his first marathon for Boost Charitable Trust. To find out how he gets on, or to sponsor him for his, please efforts please click here.
In a week when Boris reshuffled his cabinet, Apple launched iPhone 13, Strictly Come Dancing 2021 started, Raducanu-mania took hold and UK inflation jumped to 3.2% in August (its biggest increase on record), The Weekly has again done its upmost to condense the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning.
The kids are finally all back to school, the weather is progressively getting worse and a member of the Cabinet, this time Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson, has shown a staggering level of sporting incompetence by incorrectly mixing up 6'5" rugby international, Maro Itoje, and 5'9" football star, Marcus Rashford.
In a week where the shocking events in Afghanistan have rightly dominated the news headlines, the inaugural Hundred competition reached its conclusion at Lord’s last night, Morrisons accepted a £7bn takeover bid from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (albeit there may yet be another round of bidding) and one of Britain's finest comedians, Sean Lock, sadly passed away, The Weekly has again done its upmost to condense the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning. Good luck!
With out-of-office responses flying in as usual during August, The Weekly commends those who are in the office and propping up the property market (or more likely just haven’t been on their holidays yet!). As usual, The Weekly has prepared five short questions collated from the goings-on in the news this week. Good luck!
In a week when the British & Irish Lions won the first test against South Africa, “pinging” has dominated the news agenda, a YouGov study found that one in five Americans believe Covid-19 vaccines are ‘microchipped’ and many popular websites fell offline in a widespread global outage of service, The Weekly has again done its upmost to condense the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning.
