Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were George Mann and Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 21, Lara at the Spectator on 19, Robert Rea on 18 and Ian McCulloch on 16. The top team was Tim Humphrey and son Robert with 21, just ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20. Three teams, The Broad Oak Boozers including Danny, George, Craig, Tim, Anna and Dale and Our Peter and Jackie and Trev and Carole all scored 17. Bill and Sue in Florida got 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

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1. In a post on social media, US President Donald Trump called what move by the UK an 'act of great stupidity’?
2. US President Donald Trump, when pressed by a reporter at a Washington news conference about how far he would go to take over Greenland, replied with what three words?’
3. US President Donald Trump said an understanding with Nato allies over Greenland had prompted him to halt 10 per cent tariffs against how many countries, including the UK?
4. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK would not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump's organisation, which has what three-word name, over concerns about Russian leader Vladimir Putin's participation?
5. The White House denied that US President Donald Trump had confused Greenland with which country on several occasions during his Davos speech?
6. Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators were meeting in which city today (Friday) for the first trilateral talks since the war began?
7. Health and Social Care Minister Stephen Kinnock called it ‘disappointing', Labour MP Emily Thornberry said it was an 'absolute insult’ and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: 'How dare he question their sacrifice?’ What were they referring to?

8. Local Government Secretary Steve Reed said that how many English councils, planning elections for May, will now have these postponed until 2027?

9. What is being planned for Royal Mint Court opposite Tower Bridge in London?
10. Who apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 income on time?
11. What is the name of the former Labour minister who announced he was standing down as an MP, possibly paving the way for Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to run in a by-election? 
12. Former Tory MP Robert Jenrick was described as 'the new __in town' according to a leaked media plan for his defection to Reform UK. What is the missing word?
13. The Home Office announced that 27 single male migrants had been moved into a military training camp in which town, despite opposition from the council and residents?
14. Prince Harry is one of seven claimants, bringing a case at the High Court against the publishers of the Daily Mail. The other six are Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish, actresses Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley, politician Sir Simon Hughes and who else?
15. Train drivers in which country called a three-day strike after four train crashes in five days, including one that killed 45 people?
16. Elon Musk floated the idea of buying which company after its CEO called him an idiot?
17. Mother-of-ten Amanda Wixon, 56, was found guilty at Gloucester Crown Court of having what for 25 years?

18. After the rollout of new CT scanners, passengers at Heathrow will now be able to leave containers containing how much liquid in their bags while going through security?

19. It was announced that a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, to be unveiled in St James’s Park, London, will now NOT feature her doing what, as had been previously illustrated?
20. Who posted on X: '1. Tripped on a small step. 2. In a London hotel restaurant. 3. Fractured femur. 4. So badly I needed a new hip. 5. Recovering in hospital. 6. Crutches for 6wks . 7. No long-haul for 12 wks. 8. New Year off to a cracking start! 9. I blame Donald Trump?'
21. What is the name of the fashion designer, responsible for the wedding dress worn by Nicola Peltz, Brooklyn Beckham’s bride, who died in Rome aged 93?
22. What was Brooklyn Beckham referring to when he said: 'I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life’?
23. What did Senegal's players do after Morocco were awarded a penalty in the 98th minute of the Africa Cup of Nations final?
24. Who quit her job as a TV judge after nine years, saying: 'There’s so much I’d like to do, not least spend summers enjoying my garden’?
25. Which movie broke the record for the most Oscar nominations, 16, received by a single film?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23, narrowly ahead of Janet Boyle on 22.5. George Mann scored 20 and Phil Lambell and Robert Rea both scored 19. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 22, ahead of The Spectator team of John, Lara and William on 21, the Barnard Castle FOC of Trevor, Carole, Our Peter and Jackie on 20 and Danny and Thom at the snooker and Bill and Coo in Florida on 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Robert Jenrick dominates today's front pages

1. Robert Jenrick was sacked from which shadow cabinet role?
2. In his speech at a Reform UK Press conference, criticising the Conservative Party, who did Robert Jenrick say 'created the migration system that enabled five million migrants to come here. The greatest failure of any British Government in the post-war period’?
3. Commenting on Robert Jenrick’s defection, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: 'I'm just glad that Nigel Farage is doing my __ __ for me.’ What are the two missing words? 
4. Which former Conservative Chancellor also defected to Reform UK?
5. Former Conservative minister Lord Offord was appointed to what role?
6. Downing Street announced it was backing down on its plan to introduce what, which had been announced by Prime Minister Kier Starmer in September?
7. The Government paid 'substantial' compensation to Palestinian Abu Zubaydah who has been detained where for almost 20 years?
8. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson warned that toddlers, who spend five hours a day looking at screens, had their ability to do what damaged?
9. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs she has no confidence in West Midlands Chief Constable Craig Guildford following a 'damning' report into what?
10. The Armed Forces Bill is to raise the maximum age at which veterans can be recalled from 55 to what age?
11. What reason did Lord Mandelson give for being 'kept separate' from the sexual side of Jeffrey Epstein’s life?
12. US President Donald Trump announced 'immediate' tariffs of what per cent on countries doing business with Iran?
13. Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she had presented Donald Trump with what in 'recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom’?
14. An employment tribunal found that the nurses from Darlington suffered harassment when the NHS trust allowed what to happen, resulting in 'a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment’?
15. A van driver was jailed for 13 years and six months for hitting and killing mother-of-three Suzanne Cherry, 63, while she was doing what in Staffordshire?
16. Three teenagers and a man in his 50s were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a taxi in which town?
17. Former Premier League footballer Shay Given apologised for describing sacked Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy's time as an 'absolute __’. What is the missing word?
18. Two women accused which singer of sexually assaulting them while they were working for him at his properties in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas?
19. Why did astronauts from the International Space Station return to Earth a month earlier than planned?
20. An American company is asking for a £750,000 deposit for a five-night stay in a hotel which it plans to open where in 2032?
21. Who announced he was to leave BBC Radio 4's Today programme, saying he intended to launch his own company?
22. Sasha Nash became the first woman to lead which team in its history?
23. Which non-league team were credited with pulling off FA Cup’s greatest shock by knocking out the trophy holders?
24. What sporting event will return to Britain next year, for the first time since 2014?
25. Adolescence star Owen Cooper became the youngest person to receive an award at the Golden Globes. How old is he?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, just ahead of Tim (still totally unremarkable) on 22, Janet Boyle and Ian McCulloch on 20, Robert Rea on 19 and Cepe Smith on 18. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, Sue, Trev, Carole, Our Peter, Jackie, Sam and Anna with 23, ahead of the Broad Oak Boozers of Craig, Danny, George, Thom and Tim on 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17.5 and Joe and Sarah on 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of the Venezuelan president who was captured by the US on Saturday?
2. The government of which country said that 32 of its soldiers and intelligence staff were killed during the US operation to seize the Venezuelan leader?
3. The White House said that US President Donald Trump has been discussing 'a range of options' including use of the military, to acquire where as a 'national security priority’?
4. US President Donald Trump said that the president of which country was a 'sick man' who 'likes making cocaine’ and warned him to 'watch his ass.’
5. Protests erupted in America over the fatal shooting of mother-of-three Renee Good by an ICE agent in which city?
6. Government sources said Chancellor Rachel Reeves was finalising a support package for which industry that would include reductions to business rates?
7. The Met Office issued red, amber and yellow weather warnings as a storm with what name brought heavy snow and winds to the UK?
8. Tributes were paid to 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe who drowned while trying to rescue a mother and daughter from the sea at which East Yorkshire coastal town?
9. Which company issued a global recall of baby formula products over concerns they contained a toxin which causes food poisoning?
10. An NHS online hospital service, to be launched in England next year, will focus on nine different conditions. Which of these is not included? a) inflammatory bowel disease b) cataracts c) prostate enlargement d) high blood pressure.
11. Under Government plans to reform driving laws in Britain, drivers over 70 would have to do what every three years?
12. Which singer shared that her eight-month-old twins had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy and may never walk?
13. How many people were found guilty of cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French President, by spreading false claims about her gender?
14. The chief executive of which food chain said there was 'no doubt’ that the wide-spread use of fat jabs and other appetite-suppressing medication was having an impact on its business?
15. The mayor of Swiss town Crans-Montana said Le Constellation bar, where more than 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Eve, had not undergone safety checks for how many years?
16. Jonathan Carley, 65, was fined £500 after he admitted doing what at a Remembrance Sunday event in Llandudno?
17. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society warned people to limit the use of what to seven days or risk addiction?
18. Elon Musk's platform X limited the use of which tool after it came under fire for allowing people to make sexualised deepfakes?
19. Martin Chivers, who died aged 80, was the third top scorer of all-time for which football club?
20. Martin Clunes is to portray who in a controversial new two-part drama on Channel 5?
21. Why did presenter Gabby Logan leave Match of the Day mid-broadcast on Wednesday night?
22. Liam Rosenior was appointed head coach of Chelsea while Manchester United and Celtic appointed interim managers. Name them. Half a point each.
23. Where were John Sugden and Billy Mayhew killed?
24. How much did Luke Littler, 18, take home in prize money after winning the World Darts Championship for the second year running?
25. Fiona Hughes, a 62-year-old local government officer from Swansea, was revealed as what?

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30th anniversary of the Editorial Centre

Marine Court in Hastings, home of the Editorial Centre

It is 30 years ago today that my wife Pam and I set up the Editorial Centre in Hastings. This evening we will raise a glass to mark the anniversary of the day our lives changed forever. I had worked as a reporter for the Shields Weekly News in Tyneside, a sub at The Northern Echo, shifted at The Sun, chief-subbed the Evening Despatch in Darlington and ended up as editor of the Echo.
Pam worked for the Echo as a promotions executive. We enjoyed every minute but after 15 years on the nightshift, and as parents of three young children, we were looking for the next move - especially as our GP had us down as 'a one-parent family'. 

In 1993 the Echo’s parent company, Westminster Press, offered me a management role in the South, based at its training centre in Hastings. It was a tough decision but we left our native North-East and settled in a village near Rye in East Sussex. Two years later the parent company, Pearson, announced it was to sell Westminster Press.

The incoming company would have no need for a deputy editorial director and I was offered an MD’s job at one of the regional divisions. I was also offered night-editing positions on national papers. We faced a huge dilemma. Was I ready to be an MD or to go back on the night-shift? Would a four-hour daily commute be feasible or would we move our kids, who had settled nicely in the village school, to London? If we didn't choose one, what on earth were we going to do? East Sussex wasn’t really a thriving media centre.

As we were pondering our options, along came an amazing opportunity. Pearson announced that one of the casualties of the sale was to be the pioneering but unprofitable training centre - the brainchild of Nick Herbert and Bob James.

Pam and I offered to buy it and, to our astonishment, the company said Yes. It was on December 22, 1995, that we bought the training centre in Hastings and we reopened it as the Editorial Centre on Monday January 8, 1996.

An early Editorial Centre brochure

By the time we signed the deal we had contracts to guarantee our business would be profitable for the first two years. Those working at the centre - Robin Thompson, Steve Nelson, Frank le Duc, Steve Gladwyn, Sarah Jackson (nee Dixon), shorthand supremo Sylvia Bennett and Anne Scott included - all came with us and helped turn it into a success. The first course we ran in 1996 had 21 trainees on it. In 2016 some of them held a 20th anniversary dinner near King's Cross. Gareth Dant wrote a nice piece about it here. 

The Editorial Centre trained thousands of people, many now award-winning journalists and executives. They include editor-in-chief of the New York Post Keith Poole, BBC broadcaster and comedian Matt Chorley, author Sathnam Sanghera, Sam Coates and Ed Conway of Sky, Sam Greenhill chief reporter of the Daily Mail who was named Journalist of the Year in 2025, Andy Bounds of the FT and Matt Nixson of the Express - to name just a few. We trained in Ireland too and many of today’s senior journalists passed through the training organised by the Irish Examiner.
Thirty years ago we set off on adventure, a gamble, which turned out better than we could have ever imagined. It has seen us work for almost every national and regional newspaper. It has led to jobs in India, China, America, Australia, Malta, Gibraltar, the Channel Islands and Ireland and with companies from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary and Russia. We have redesigned more than 100 newspapers, produced live publications with our long-standing partner, designer Mike Brough, and met some amazing people. We will always be indebted to Shamus Donald, the human resources director of WP, who eased the deal through, negotiated an ongoing contract and made it as painless as possible. Without him, none of what happened later would have been possible.

Some of the Editorial Centre's services

The Editorial Centre thrived for nine years before we sold it to the Press Association in 2004. Thanks to Paul Potts, Tony Watson, Pat Pilton, Nick Teunon and Steven Brown for setting that sale in motion. We then helped PA absorb it into its own training company, buying the Trinity training centre in Newcastle and establishing centres in London and Howden in East Yorkshire. In 2007 I stood down as training director and we set up our new company, SMS. We still work for many media groups, including the Daily Mail whose schemes we run in London and New York, The i Paper and The Spectator.
When I was 22 I loved being a reporter on the Shields Weekly News. As I walked down to the river Tyne each day to pick up the fish prices to phone over to the Shields Gazette, I could never have imagined where the journey would take me. Now I see countless young journalists starting out on their journeys and watch their twists and turns with fascination. 

We owe a big thanks to the many people who have helped and guided us, called on our services or just had a pint with us along the way. Here’s to the next 30 years!

First newsquiz of 2026

Happy new year to all you quizzers and thanks for playing each week. Trust you had a great time but were still able to keep-up with what was going on in the world. The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim (still totally unremarkable) with an impressive 24, ahead of George Mann, Janet Boyle, Nick Turner and Robert Rea on 21 and Ian McCulloch on 16. The top teams were the Barnard Castle FOC with Our Peter, Jackie, Bill, Sue, Trevor, Carole, Rosie and Gordon and the Broad Oak Boozers of Jack, Franki, Danny, Anna, Dale and Thom. Both teams scored 23 and were just ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 21. Here is the first quiz of 2026. Good luck for this - and for the coming year.

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1. What was the name of the bar in the Swiss ski resort, Crans-Montana, where at least 47 people died in a fire at a New Year’s Eve party?
2. What was believed to have caused the fire at the Swiss bar where at least 47 people were killed?
3. The Government said that how many thousand people arrived in the UK on small boat crossings in 2025 - the second highest number on record?
4. Thousands of passengers faced hours of delays after which company cancelled its services due to a power supply problem?
5. After a two-hour meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida, US President Donald Trump said a draft agreement to end the war was nearly '__ per cent done'. What is the missing number?
6. In a New Year address Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a peace agreement to end the war with Russia was ’__ per cent ready’. What is the missing number?
7. The FTSE 100 index climbed above how many points, passing a stock market milestone for the first time, on the first trading day of 2026?
8. A vaccine to protect children from what infection was rolled out on the NHS for the first time today (Fri), with Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying it would 'make a real difference for children and families’?
9. A mother and two children died in a fire that destroyed their home in which Costwolds town on Boxing Day?
10. The Conservatives called for British-Egyptian activist Abd El Fattah to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media messages emerged of him calling for who to be killed?
11. French actress Brigitte Bardot, who revolutionised 1950s French cinema and became a symbol of sexual liberation, died at what age?
12. The death of Brigitte Bardot means that there are only three people still alive from the 59 mentioned in which 1989 hit song?
13. British boxer Anthony Joshua was injured and two of his team members killed in a car crash in which country?
14. Which of these were NOT awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours a) presenter Gabby Logan b) comic Matt Lucas c) golfer Rory McIlroy d) author Richard Osman?
15. Six people were injured by a man using what weapon at Newton Community Hospital on Merseyside?
16. The police and crime commissioner for Sussex, Katy Bourne, urged the Government to look into making asylum seekers wear what?
17. In a conversation with racing commentator John Hunt, about his wife and two daughters being murdered, Queen Camilla said she had fought back after being indecently assaulted while travelling on what?
18. At least two people were killed as protests, with demonstrators chanting for economic justice and demanding an end to the regime, spread across which country?
19. Derek Egan, 39, was charged with trespassing after twice gaining access to the grounds of whose London home on December 21 and 23?
20. Climate journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, who died aged 35, was the granddaughter of which former US President? 
21. An exhibition tennis match billed as the Battle of the Sexes between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios was held where?
22. Olympic gold-medal-winning swimmer Adam Peaty added what as his middle name after getting married at Bath Abbey on Saturday?
23. Which sportsman reacted to being booed by saying: 'You guys pay for tickets and you pay for my prize so thanks for booing me’?
24. Which football manager left his club on New Years day after 18 months in charge?
25. The Traitors returned to TV screens on New Years Day but with what new addition?

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The Boxing Day newsquiz

I hope you all had a cracking Christmas. The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 23, ahead of George Mann on 22, Robert Rea on 21 and Damon Wake with 20. The top team was the Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Thom and Tim on 20, ahead of Rory Benson and Emily and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not pour yourself a glass of Boxing Day fizz, give it a go and let me know your score. 

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1. King Charles's Christmas message called on communities to pull together in an increasingly divided world and urged people to 'get to know' who?
2. The King also used his Christmas address to urge people to adopt what kind of detox over the festive season and focus on family and friends?
3. Government proposals to tax inherited farmland were watered down with the threshold increasing from £1million to how much?

4. Former Tory councillor Philip Young, 48, and five other men appeared at Swindon magistrates’ court, charged with how many sexual offences against his former wife over a 13-year period?
5. A major incident was declared after what happened in Whitchurch, Shropshire?
6. The latest Epstein files released this week included an email sent from ‘A', saying they were at Balmoral and asking Ghislaine Maxwell for '__ friends'. What is the missing word?
7. Two men went missing, presumed dead, after a Christmas Day wild swim at a resort in which county?
8. As part of Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy what, which is already illegal in Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand, is to be banned in UK restaurants?
9. Four Palestine Action remand prisoners resolved to continue to do what, after four others stopped?
10. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty of planning what police said could 'potentially have been the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history’ in which city?
11. Office for National Statistics figures showed that police recorded 530,643 offences of what type in the UK in a year - the equivalent of one a minute?
12. Before Christmas the US launched 'a large-scale' strike that hit 70 targets in areas across which country to 'eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites’?
13. On Christmas Day the US also launched strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State group in which African country?
14. At an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York, the ambassador from which country accused the US of ’the greatest extortion’ and said its behaviour was ‘worse than piracy’?
15. US President Donald Trump controversially appointed Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, as the US's special envoy to where?
16. Donald Trump announced plans to build two new 'Trump Class’ what?
17. The director of cricket said there would be an investigation into reports of England cricketers doing what in the beach town of Noosa between the second and third tests?
18. What is the name of the publisher that dropped David Walliams following allegations of his inappropriate behaviour towards women?
19. In his Christmas message Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to wish that Russian President Valdimir Putin would do what?
20. After his fight with boxer Anthony Joshua, YouTuber Jake Paul had to have surgery for a broken what?
21. Which 82-year-old singer announced he would be having surgery for lung cancer but insisted he would keep performing?
22. Footballer John Robertson, who died aged 72, was once described by Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough as 'the __ of our game’. What is the missing name?
23. Which football club paid tribute to singer Chris Rea, who died aged 74, describing him as a local ‘icon'?
24. Who was the first football player to lift the Strictly Come Dancing glitter-ball trophy?
25. Who gained her first UK Christmas No 1, and eighth No 1 single overall, with a song called Xmas?

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Last newquiz before Christmas

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23, ahead of George Mann on 21 and Robert Rea on 18.
The top team was Tim Humphrey and Global's Newsroom with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20, The Broad Oak Boozers of Tim, Craig, George, Danny and Thom on 19 and Our Peter and Jackie and Nick Turner and Georgia Harland on 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. Have a great festive break but don't forget the newsquiz will still go up on Friday (Boxing Day) so don’t miss it. 

Today's front pages

1. Following the Bondi Beach shootings, Naveed Akram was charged with 59 offences, including how many murders?
2. What was the first name of the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shootings?

3. While recovering in hospital Ahmed Al-Ahmed, who disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach attacks, was given a cheque for how many Australian dollars?
4. Australian police are investigating a trip taken by the Bondi Beach gunmen to which country for military-style training last month?
5. After the Bondi beach attack, police in London and Manchester pledged to arrest anyone chanting the slogan ‘globalise the __’. What is the missing word?
6. Paul Doyle was jailed for how many years for ploughing his car into 134 Liverpool football fans?
7. Rob Reiner, who died aged 78, made his debut as a director, with which 1984 mockumentary that followed the fortunes of a heavy metal band?
8. US President Donald Trump came under fire after blaming the death of Hollywood director Rob Reiner on an 'incurable affliction with a mind-crippling disease known as __ Derangement Syndrome’. What is the missing word?
9. US President Donald Trump described the release of what as ’no big deal’?
10. Two students were killed and nine injured in a shooting at which university in Providence, Rhode Island?
11. Interest rates were cut to what per cent, the lowest level in almost three years?
12. More than 30 people were treated for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in which store in Charlton, London?
13. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told MPs that who must pay £2.5billion to Ukraine or face court action?
14. NHS data showed what percentage of births in the UK were now by C-section, the highest ever?
15. The Duke of Marlborough, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, was charged with three counts of intentional what?
16. A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death a nine-year-old girl at a house in which English town?
17. Who said that a health check, to get insurance for a tour of Australia and New Zealand, revealed he had prostate cancer?
18. Richard Davies and Faye Stevenson-Davies from Wales beat the odds of 24-trillion-to-one to do what?
19. After an outcry over pricing, FIFA announced more affordable tickets for next year's World Cup with a limited number on offer as part of a 'Supporter Entry Tier’ at how much (in British pounds)?
20. Who landed a job with OpenAI to lead the ChatGPT developer’s relationships with governments around the world?
21 Warner Brothers asked shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s £81billion takeover offer, preferring a rival bid by which company?
22. England were denied a crucial Australian wicket in the Ashes because of an error by technology called what?
23. Which Scottish football team beat Celtic to win the Premier Sports Cup for only the second time in the club's 148-year history?

24. Former Love Island star Laura Crane, 30, from Devon, is waiting to hear if she made it into the record books for riding the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman during the Nazare challenge in which country?

25. Golfer Rory McIlroy was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year but who won the Lifetime Achievement award?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 24, ahead of the Rev Leon and George Mann on 22, Robert Reay on 21 and Janet Boyle on 20. The top team was the French Christmas market gang of Peter, Stacey, Kevin and Mand and Maura and Phil Parsons both on 22. Peter, Jackie and the Baptism crew scored 20, the Gainford Twosome of Bill and Sue and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 19, Trevor, Carole and the Smith gang and the Harrow Inn hooligans 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. What did US President Donald Trump denounce as a ‘decaying' group of nations led by ‘weak’ people?
2. US President Donald Trump criticised UK immigration and branded who as 'horrible, vicious, disgusting' and suggested he had done a 'terrible job’?
3. Under a proposal by US officials, tourists from dozens of countries including the UK could be asked to provide what as a condition of entry to America?
4. Ukraine's President Zelensky held talks in Downing Street with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and which other European leader?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid tribute to 28-year-old Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, who was killed where?
6. A report by the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner said that how many billions of pounds in taxpayer money was lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes - with much of it 'beyond recovery’? 
7. The chief executive of NHS Providers, Daniel Elkeles, was accused of causing confusion after saying people with flu or cold symptoms must do what?
8. The Government was urged to name the Army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA - who had which codename - after an independent investigation into his activities?
9. Armed forces minister Al Carns said: 'The shadow of __ is knocking on Europe's door once more. That's the reality. We've got to be prepared to deter it.’ What is the missing word?
10. Around 50 pub landlords put signs up banning which group of people in a protest over business rates increases?
11. Twenty-one people, including a three year-old girl, were injured by pepper-spray during a robbery where?
12. Former footballer Joey Barton was given a suspended jail sentence for 'grossly offensive' social media posts about football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko and which broadcaster?
13. Two men were found guilty of murder and manslaughter after killing a mother and her three children by setting their house, in which city, on fire?
14. Sophie Kinsella, who died aged 55, was the author of nine best-selling novels that all included what word?
15. Bestselling author Joanna Trollope, who died 82, was nicknamed the 'Queen of the __ Saga’. What is the missing word?
16. How old was Glaswegian comic actor and impressionist Stanley Baxter who died this week?
17. An 86-year-old man claimed he was fined £250 by litter enforcement officers after doing what in Skegness?
18. Thousands of what washed up on Sussex beaches after falling from a cargo ship off the Isle of Wight?
19. A Boom Radio survey found that two-thirds of men and three-quarters of women see it as bad manners to call someone what?
20. The six contenders for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award include England footballers Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly, rugby union player Ellie Kildunne, F1 driver Lando Norris, golfer Rory McIlroy and who else?
21. Which rock band’s frontman was awarded a knighthood by the Prince Of Wales for services to charity and music?
22. Who responded to criticism of his dirty kitchen by posting a video of him scrubbing his oven clean?
23. Lando Norris won his first Formula 1 Championship on Sunday after finishing in what position in the deciding showdown in Abu Dhabi?
24. Scotland were in the World Cup draw for the first time in 28 years and will play Morocco, Haiti and which other country?
25. Influencer Angry Ginge won I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here but who was runner-up?

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