Time to tackle the newsquiz

Last week’s newsquiz was clearly a bit of a tough one with scores coming in a lot lower than usual. The solo leaderboard was headed up by George Mann and Marion Fountayne both with 18. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 18.5, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons with 17. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know you score.

Today's front pages

1. England’s Lionesses beat Australia by what score to progress to the Women’s World Cup final?
2. Which team will England's Women’s team meet in the World Cup final on Sunday?
3. Why were 39 asylum seekers removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset?
4. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that pay rises needed to be sustainable and should be 'focused on rewarding' what? 
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to stick to what policy, despite warnings it will cost the Treasury an extra £10billion next year – £2.5billion more than estimated in the spring budget?
6. Who called off their strike action in Scotland after voting to accept a 12.4 per cent pay offer?
7. There were 67,000 fewer what awarded in England this year compared to 2022?
8. Prayers were said, flowers laid and a moment’s silence held at a glass obelisk at 3.10pm on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of what?
9. The Office for National Statistics reported that the number of what, in England and Wales, dropped last year to the lowest level in two decades?
10. Three Bulgarians were accused of spying for the Kremlin while posing as what in the UK?

11. Former nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering how many babies while working at the Countess of Chester hospital?
12. Chat show veteran Sir Michael Parkinson died this week. How old was he?
13. David Beckham paid tribute to broadcaster Michael Parkinson, who died this week, and referred to an interview where Beckham’s wife Victoria revealed what about him?
14. Peter John Higgs, 56, an expert on Ancient Greece, was sacked from where?
15. Nine people were injured after a car veered off a road in Pembrokeshire and hit what?
16. England football captain Harry Kane moved to which team in a £104million deal?
17. More than 7,500 people were evacuated, or ordered to stay indoors, as the worst wildfire in 40 years ravaged which European island?
18. What was the name of the former British Olympic swimmer who died aged 43?
19. An investigation was launched after 33 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at what venue in Lincoln?
20. Actor Bradley Cooper came under fire for wearing facial prosthetics while portraying who in a biopic?
21. Who paid himself and his wife £6.8million in dividends after a ‘bounceback' in television and restaurant income?
22. NatWest apologised to a homeowner in Brighton after it painted a giant mural featuring which footballer on the side of his house without asking?
23. Television presenter Rachel Riley said she would stop supporting Manchester United if what happened?
24. Which band apologised after inviting a Russian fan on stage to play drums during a concert in Georgia?
25. Who did Sam Asghari file divorce proceedings against after 14 months of marriage?

Answers here