Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was David Banks with an impressive PB of 24, ahead of Janet Boyle on 22, Toby Brown, Andy Reed and George Mann on 20 and Robert Rea on 18. The top team was Tom Croasdell and the Global Newsroom who, for the third time, scored a maximum 25. The Plough drinkers scored 23, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 20 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18. 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.

A selection of yesterday's front pages

1. George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election, with a majority of 5,697, standing for which party?

2. In his victory speech after winning the Rochdale by-election, George Galloway said: ‘Keir Starmer - this is for __.’ What is the missing word?

3. Tory MP Lee Anderson had the party whip withdrawn for saying: 'I don't actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they've got control of __’. What is the missing name? 

4. The Home Office announced a £31million package that included improving the safety of who?
5. Home Secretary James Cleverly asked who to stop what they were doing as they had 'made their point’ and were 'not really saying anything new’?

6. Why did Downing Street criticise a West End production of Slave Play, describing it as 'wrong and divisive’?

7. The Resolution Foundation reported that what was on the rise among young people - with 34 per cent of those aged 18 to 24 affected?

8. Thousands of people from which industry gathered outside the Welsh Parliament to protest against the Government's proposed subsidy plans?

9. Donald Trump took a step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a 20-point margin win against Nikki Haley in which state, where she served as governor?
10. President Volodymyr Zelensky said how many Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the Russian invasion?

11. The minimum fine for parents taking children out of school without permission will rise across England from September from £60 to how much per parent?

12. Which retailer announced plans to cut around 1,500 jobs as part of an attempt to save around £1billion a year?
13. Which sporting executive was ­exonerated of any wrongdoing by an ­independent investigation into allegations of ­inappropriate beha­viour made by a female ­member of staff?

14. An independent inquiry said that police services required a 'radical overhaul' to its recruitment process 'to stop another __ __ operating in plain sight’. What is the missing name?
15. Prince William unexpectedly pulled out of a memorial service for who, where he had been due to give a reading, because of a 'personal matter’?
16. Iain Packer was given the second longest sentence in Scottish legal history for the murder of Emma Caldwell almost 20 years ago. He was sentenced to life, serving at least how many years?
17. Hundreds of people are to be moved out of their council homes in which city after the properties were found to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)?

18. Welsh singer Charlotte Church denied being antisemitic after leading a choir in a rendition of what song?

19. TV chef Dave Myers, who died aged 66, was one half of which duo with co-star Si King?
20. The 'discriminatory term' Hottentots led to which film being reclassified from a U to a PG?

21. Which European footballer said he was 'sad, shocked and heartbroken' after being banned from football for four years for a doping offence?

22. Who postponed her Las Vegas residency due to illness?
23. Everton's penalty for breaching Premier League financial rules was reduced from ten points to how many after an appeal?
24. The Royal Mint added which pop star to its Music Legends series, with the issue of three collectible coins?
25. Where will Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, Fern Britton and Levi Roots reportedly be next week?

Answers here