You can read it here. Ciara Dosset also earned a byline with a story on LSE stopping face-to-face tuition. Read it here.
And to complete the hat-trick Joe Davies found a garage for sale for a stunning £750,000 - more than three times the average house price. Read it here.
As usual we finished with the newsquiz. The winner this week was Georgia Simcox with 17.5, ahead of Sam Baker on 14.5 and Lydia on 14.
The top online scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Jake Hurfurt with 21, narrowly ahead of Hannah Tomes on 20. Andy Reed scored 18. The top team were the Three Legs Drinkers with 19. Here’s this week’s quiz. Give it a go and see if you can beat Georgia's score of 17.5.
1. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organisation, announcing that the coronavirus outbreak was now a pandemic, said: 'Some countries are struggling with a lack of capacity, some countries are struggling with a lack of resources, some countries are struggling with a lack of ___.’ What is the missing word?
2. Who was the first UK MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus?
3. The Bank of England announced an emergency cut in interest rates to their lowest level ever ... at what per cent?
4. A Leeds teenager was sent home from Dixons Unity Academy after being caught selling squirts of hand sanitiser to fellow students. How much was he charging for each squirt?
5. Speaking after an emergency Cobra meeting, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'I must level with you, I must level with the British public, many more families are going to lose ___ ___ before their time.’ What are the two missing words?
6. US President Donald Trump announced that America would close its borders to how many European countries for 30 days?
7. What is the name of the Hindi greeting which Prince Charles used at the Prince's Trust Awards rather than shaking hands?
8. The Premier League, the Football League and the Women’s Super League suspended all matches until what date in response to the coronavirus pandemic?
9. What is the name of the cruise liner, that was carrying 3,500 people, which docked in Oakland, California, with at least 21 people aboard testing positive for Covid-19?
10. Who announced that he and his wife had been diagnosed with coronavirus saying: 'We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches’?
11. In his first Budget Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that people told to self-isolate, even if they didn’t have symptoms, would receive statutory sick pay of how much a week?
12. Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed that the Government is to scrap the five per cent VAT charge on what from 2021?
13. How many Conservative MPs voted against the Government and backed an amendment to stop plans to allow Huawei to be used in the UK's 5G mobile network?
14. Former UK equality watchdog chief Trevor Phillips was suspended from the Labour Party over allegations of what?
15. How was 26-year-old Scottish woman Brodie Gillon killed?
16. Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to how many years in prison by the New York Supreme Court?
17. Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond is on trial in Edinburgh on allegations he sexually assaulted how many women?
18. The Duke of Sussex was tricked by two Russian pranksters but which two people did he think he was speaking to? Half a point for each
19. Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane lost a legal challenge when the Court of Appeal ruled that the Government’s policy on what was not a breach of human rights?
20. Why was 16-year-old schoolboy Aker Okoye in the headlines?
21. What rare animal and her calf were killed by poachers in Kenya, meaning there is just one of the species still alive?
22. Which celebrity was the ’surprise’ winner of Dancing On Ice?
23. What is Matt Lucas’s new broadcasting role with Channel 4?
24. What was the name of the wire-haired Dachshund who won Best in Show at Crufts?
25. Who announced she had given birth to a baby girl with her partner Stephen Haines after keeping her pregnancy secret from friends?
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