The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22.5, ahead of Robert Rea and Toby Brown on 20, Meg Byrom on 19.5 and Emily Cooper on 17.
The top teams were Bruce and Sarah Hayward, Maura and Phil Parsons and Red Lion drinkers Peter and Stacey all on 20. Also on the leaderboard were Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 17. 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 your score. 
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2. The day after visiting his cancer-stricken father in London, the Duke of Sussex gave a speech and presented awards at a ceremony in Las Vegas for which sport?
3. Rishi Sunak declined to apologise after listing a 'number of Labour U-turns' at Prime Minister’s Questions and accusing Keir Starmer of changing his position on defining what?
4. Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among politicians who launched a new political movement to 'rally right-wing Tory MPs ahead of a General Election'. What is the group called?
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused of taking a 'depraved’ £1,000 bet with who over whether deportation flights to Rwanda will take off before the election?
6. Labour leader Keir Starmer said he had no choice but to ditch his party's green investment pledge of how much a year?
7. America fired more than 125 'precision munitions' from long-range bombers at which two countries, warning they could be just 'the beginning' of its response? Half a point for each.
8. The Government announced a bonus of how much to dentists who set up practices in areas with poor access to NHS care?
9. Hundreds of people queued up outside St Pauls Dental Practice, which enrolled 1,500 people in two days, in which city?
10. Russian leader Vladimir Putin gave an interview with which American broadcaster, his first with the Western media since the invasion of Ukraine?
11. US President Joe Biden, responding to a report that said his memory had 'significant limitations', inadvertently referred to Egyptian leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi as the president of which country?
12. Who will remain in prison after losing a Parole Board bid for freedom with the panel saying he continued to show a 'lack of victim empathy'?
13. Rapper Ashley Warren was arrested after the death of 68-year-old grandmother Esther Martin in his house in Essex. How did she die?
14. Which singer's lawyers issued a cease-and-desist letter to 21-year-old Florida student Jack Sweeney?
15. Which airline started weighing passengers at departure gates?
16. Jonnie Irwin, who died aged 50, was best known for presenting Channel 4's A Place In The Sun and which BBC programme?
17. Ian Lavender, who died aged 77, was best known for playing Private Pike in the comedy Dad’s Army but was also Derek Harkinson in which BBC series?
18. What was the name of the Wales and Lions fly-half, nicknamed 'the King' after a victorious tour of New Zealand in 1971, who died aged 79?
19. The Premier League said it had ruled out being part of an International Football Association Board pilot scheme to introduce what?
20. F1 Red Bull boss Christian Horner, who is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour, is married to which singer?
21. TV presenter Kate Garraway said that being called what, by an Amazon deliveryman, 'took my breath away'?
22. What happened to US rapper Killer Mike after he won three categories at the Grammys?
23. Taylor Swift has now won the most number of Album Of The Year awards at the Grammys, moving ahead of Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon. How many has she won?
4. Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among politicians who launched a new political movement to 'rally right-wing Tory MPs ahead of a General Election'. What is the group called?
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused of taking a 'depraved’ £1,000 bet with who over whether deportation flights to Rwanda will take off before the election?
6. Labour leader Keir Starmer said he had no choice but to ditch his party's green investment pledge of how much a year?
7. America fired more than 125 'precision munitions' from long-range bombers at which two countries, warning they could be just 'the beginning' of its response? Half a point for each.
8. The Government announced a bonus of how much to dentists who set up practices in areas with poor access to NHS care?
9. Hundreds of people queued up outside St Pauls Dental Practice, which enrolled 1,500 people in two days, in which city?
10. Russian leader Vladimir Putin gave an interview with which American broadcaster, his first with the Western media since the invasion of Ukraine?
11. US President Joe Biden, responding to a report that said his memory had 'significant limitations', inadvertently referred to Egyptian leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi as the president of which country?
12. Who will remain in prison after losing a Parole Board bid for freedom with the panel saying he continued to show a 'lack of victim empathy'?
13. Rapper Ashley Warren was arrested after the death of 68-year-old grandmother Esther Martin in his house in Essex. How did she die?
14. Which singer's lawyers issued a cease-and-desist letter to 21-year-old Florida student Jack Sweeney?
15. Which airline started weighing passengers at departure gates?
16. Jonnie Irwin, who died aged 50, was best known for presenting Channel 4's A Place In The Sun and which BBC programme?
17. Ian Lavender, who died aged 77, was best known for playing Private Pike in the comedy Dad’s Army but was also Derek Harkinson in which BBC series?
18. What was the name of the Wales and Lions fly-half, nicknamed 'the King' after a victorious tour of New Zealand in 1971, who died aged 79?
19. The Premier League said it had ruled out being part of an International Football Association Board pilot scheme to introduce what?
20. F1 Red Bull boss Christian Horner, who is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour, is married to which singer?
21. TV presenter Kate Garraway said that being called what, by an Amazon deliveryman, 'took my breath away'?
22. What happened to US rapper Killer Mike after he won three categories at the Grammys?
23. Taylor Swift has now won the most number of Album Of The Year awards at the Grammys, moving ahead of Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon. How many has she won?
24. Fifa announced that the 2026 football World Cup final will be held on July 19 in which American state?
25. An image of what animal, taken by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award?
25. An image of what animal, taken by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award?
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