The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was George Mann on 23, ahead of the Rev Leon and Janet Boyle on 21, Judith M on 20 and Sami Quadri on 15. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 21, just ahead of ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 20. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 17 and Our Peter and Jackie 15. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.
Today's front pages
1. In a speech at Downing Street’s rose garden, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: 'There is a Budget coming and it's going to be __’ What is the missing word?
2. What did Prime Minister Keir Starmer have removed from 10 Downing Street because he found it ‘unsettling’?
3. During visits to which two cities did Prime Minister Keir Starmer discuss a ‘reset' with the EU? Half a point for each.
4. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would never go where again if a Labour proposal comes to pass?
5. Who issued a statement that said: 'The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.’?
6. Who issued a statement saying it had completed the 'first phase’ after launching 320 rockets and hitting 11 Israeli military sites?
7. The World Health Organisation said Israel had agreed to 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza to allow for what?
8. Billionaire Pavel Durov was arrested by French police and accused of failing to take steps to curb criminal uses on his social media platform, which is called what?
9. Three people were killed and eight injured during an attack in which German city, during a festival to celebrate its 650-year history?
10. Police were investigating after a hooded figure was seen spraying what two words in white paint on the wall of a Birmingham primary school?
11. Who gave a final farewell message which said 'don't be sorry, smile’?
12. Almost four million people were urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan hit the south of which country?
13. Prince Harry flew to the UK from LA to attend the funeral of his uncle, Lord Fellowes, in which county?
14. Eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to crawl off a train arriving at which station as there was no assistance available?
15. Who called for airline passengers to be restricted to two alcoholic drinks, saying: 'We don't allow people to drink-drive, yet we keep putting them up in aircraft at 33,000ft’?
16. More than 3,500 workers at which retailer won a legal battle when an employment tribunal ruled that store staff should not have been paid at lower rates than those working in warehouses?
17. Arrests at what festival hit a five-year high with 349 people detained?
18. Chef Agnieszka Uliasz and her fiance Lukasz Kurek feared their wedding in Poland would not go-ahead after what happened?
19. Singer Mariah Carey said that which of her two relatives had died on the same day?
20. X, formerly known as Twitter, said it expected to be blocked in which country after failing to meet a deadline to name a legal representative?
21. Abba joined Céline Dion, Beyoncé, Foo Fighters, Johnny Marr, Adele, Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses in doing what?
22. How did Manette Baillie from Suffolk celebrate her 102nd birthday?
23. How did former Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews break a Guinness World Record and raise more than £350,000 for charity?
24. Lee Carsley named his first squad, since being named England interim manager, for the UEFA Nations League game against which country next Saturday?
25. It was announced that which city will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest?
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