A selection of today's front pages
1. Health Secretary Steve Barclay won a High Court ruling that strike action by which union, planned to run from Sunday to Tuesday, was unlawful?
2. Richard Sharp resigned from which role after a report found he had breached a code on public appointments?
3. The Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill came under fire after saying that there was a 'reluctance to accept' that everyone was what …?
4. British nationals were evacuated from war-torn Sudan flying back to Britain via which country?
5. Labour MP Diane Abbott had the party whip suspended following a letter in The Observer in which she said Irish, Jewish and Traveller people faced prejudice but ‘are not all their lives subject to __' . What is the missing word?
6. Which company’s attempted acquisition of games developer Activision Blizzard was blocked by the UK’s competition watchdog?
7. Which one of these political leaders will not be attending the King’s Coronation? a) Sinn Fein's Michelle O’Neill b) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese c) US President Joe Biden d) French President Emmanuel Macron
8. Who said of her role at the King’s Coronation: 'To be selected to carry the Sovereign's Sceptre With Dove, which represents spirituality, equity and mercy, is for me very symbolic as it's everything I stand for and sends out a clear message that diversity and inclusion is being embraced’?
9. Which song was deleted from the official King’s Coronation playlist because of the anti-royal views of the artists?
10. Which restaurant chain announced plans to close 46 outlets in the UK, putting 810 jobs at risk, saying rising costs made it impossible to make a profit in some places?
11. Which retailer announced, after 'a dramatic turnaround’, it would open 24 new shops including a return to 363 Oxford Street in London, where it opened its original store in 1921?
12. What is the name of the convicted murderer who signed a confession in prison admitting killing Lin Russell and her daughter Megan in Kent in 1996?
13. American President Joe Biden sent a video message to who on his last day at work, saying? 'I'm surprised you lasted eight years at any job’?
14. Model Ellie Goldstein, 21, teamed up with Mattel to unveil the first ever what?
15. Which TV host, credited with setting the agenda for US conservatives, was fired by Fox News?
16. The co-owner of which football club celebrated promotion by posting on social media: 'Everything I own smells like champagne, beer and grass. I’m still somewhere between giggling and sobbing’
17. The players of which Premier League football team announced they would reimburse the cost of fans' match tickets, saying 'we understand your frustration, your anger’ after a performance which 'wasn’t good enough’?
18. A footnote to an obituary in The Daily Telegraph on entertainer Barry Humphreys, who died aged 89, read: 'He put me on stage for the first time in December 1955 but it was to belittle me and get cheap laughs at my expense ... How the tables were turned! I became the star and he merely a footnote to my spectacular career.’ Who was the footnote attributed to?
19. Singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who died aged 96, held the Number 1 spot in the UK charts for seven weeks in the 1950s with what Christmas song?
20. BBC weatherman Darren Bett, fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood and presenters Dan Walker and Tess Daly all used which ’signature' number in their tributes to Strictly Come Dancing judge, Len Goodman, who died aged 78?
21. Who was born in Highgate underground station while his parents were sheltering from German bombs in London, gained a law degree, served in the US army and was the mayor of Cincinnati before embarking on a successful TV career?
22. Singer Ed Sheeran appeared in a New York City court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied which Marvin Gaye's song?
23. Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum and Sifan Hassan, from the Netherlands, were the winners of what?
24. Which village, of only 400 people on the Northumberland coast, was ranked Britain's favourite seaside resort for the third consecutive year in a Which? magazine poll?
25. Blackpool Zoo posted adverts for people to wear giant inflatable bird costumes to do what?
21. Who was born in Highgate underground station while his parents were sheltering from German bombs in London, gained a law degree, served in the US army and was the mayor of Cincinnati before embarking on a successful TV career?
22. Singer Ed Sheeran appeared in a New York City court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied which Marvin Gaye's song?
23. Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum and Sifan Hassan, from the Netherlands, were the winners of what?
24. Which village, of only 400 people on the Northumberland coast, was ranked Britain's favourite seaside resort for the third consecutive year in a Which? magazine poll?
25. Blackpool Zoo posted adverts for people to wear giant inflatable bird costumes to do what?
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