Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Toby Brown with a personal best of 22. Other good solo scores came in from Dora Allday with 21 and Harry Howard, Liz Gerard and Etan Smallman who all posted 18. The top team was the Roberts Family with a record-equalling 24. Other strong team scores came in from Maura and Phil Parsons with 23, Simon, Sue and Will Cole 21 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18. Adam Batstone, making a rare solo outing without Lucy Thorpe, scored a 'pretty pedestrian' 15. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Some of today's front pages

1. Teachers in England had what per cent of their A-level assessments downgraded by the exam regulator?
2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said keeping what closed 'a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible’?
3. The Government said that a review of how deaths from coronavirus were counted in England has reduced the UK death toll by more than how many (to the nearest thousand)?
4. After a Government announcement on Thursday, people arriving in the UK from which of these locations will not have to quarantine for 14 days? a) The Netherlands b) Malta c) Switzerland d) Monaco.
5. Which town was facing the threat of a local lockdown after nearly 300 workers at a sandwich factory that supplies M&S tested positive for coronavirus?
6. Young people in Preston were targeted with a 'don’t kill ___' message after the area had lockdown restrictions imposed. What is the missing word?
7. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the Government was 'grappling with something unprecedented' after figures showed the economy suffered its biggest slump on record … shrinking by what per cent between April and June?
8. A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and Japan reportedly hit an obstacle after International Trade Secretary Liz Truss requested better terms for what?
9. Three people including the driver and a conductor died after a train operated by which company derailed and crashed down an embankment near Aberdeen?
10. Whose mother vowed she would never give up on her son despite the Met Police declaring investigations into his murder ‘inactive’?
11. The Met Office said temperatures had reached how many degrees in central London on Wednesday for six consecutive days … the first time this had happened since 1961?
12. The Metropolitan police stopped a car carrying which Labour MP in Hackney, sparking claims of racial profiling?
13. The Home Office dismissed which company as ‘over-priced junk food’ after it posted tweets criticising Home Secretary Priti Patel’s approach to migrant crossings in the English Channel?
14. Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden wrote on Twitter: 'I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked ___ ____ – a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants – as my running mate.’ What is his running mate's name?
15. Fire services declared a major incident as they tackled a 40-hectare wildfire that started in Chobham Common in which county?
16. Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner graded his performance as a U, the Daily Mail labelled him a dunce and Piers Morgan called on him to resign? Who is he?
17. Who tweeted: 'Some good advice... If you buy an electric trail bike, read the manual before you ride it for the first time’?
18. Why will England cricketer Ben Stokes miss the remainder of the Pakistan Test series?
19. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were reported to have bought a $14million mansion in which Californian city?
20. A Japanese-operated tanker ran aground off which island, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of oil into the sea?
21. Apple and Google removed which video game from their app stores for violating their in-app payment guidelines? 
22. What did 44-year-old Mariusz Stepien discover in the Scottish Borders?
23. Two beluga whales, named Little Grey and Little White, that were held in captivity in China were relocated to a sea sanctuary in which country?
24. What kind of creature was Ethel who spent nearly six days on the run in Doncaster?
25. BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood apologised for saying she had seen lots of what in Greenwich Park?

Answers here