A selection of today's front pages
1. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called Boris Johnson ‘a ___ not a leader’ as they clashed over 'Tory sleaze’. What is the missing word?
2. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson was repeatedly told by the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, that he was not allowed to do what?
3. COP26 President Alok Sharma said he was 'deeply sorry’ for a last-minute one word change to the agreement on coal. What was the original word and what was it changed to? Half a point for each.
4. Transport secretary Grant Shapps told the Commons that the high-speed rail network will no longer run from Birmingham to which city?
5. Azeem Rafiq told the digital, culture, media and sport select committee that: 'I got pinned down at my local cricket club and had ___ ___ poured down my throat, literally down my throat’. What are the two missing words?
6. Who issued a denial of the racism allegation levelled at him by former Yorkshire teammate Azeem Rafiq by insisting it 'simply never happened’?
7. What is the name of the taxi driver who survived when a homemade bomb exploded inside his cab after he pulled up outside Liverpool Women's Hospital?
8. After the Liverpool taxi bomb, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the terror threat level would be raised from substantial to what, meaning another attack was 'highly likely’?
9. Which Conservative MP accused the Prime Minister’s father Stanley Johnson of inappropriate touching at the party conference in Blackpool in 2003?
10. Which company said it would not accept UK registered Visa credit cards from next year due to the high fees charged on transactions?
11. Nine Insulate Britain activists were jailed at the High Court for blocking the M25 despite an injunction but why was one of them, Ben Taylor, give a longer sentence than the others?
12. A £100m stealth jet F-35 crashed into the Mediterranean after taking off from which aircraft carrier?
13. Which country responded to record Covid case numbers, and one of the lowest vaccination levels in Western Europe, by announcing it would go back into full lockdown from Monday?
14. Which Premier League footballer was charged with two more rapes - on top of the four counts he is already facing?
15. Libyan man Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk was found jointly liable at the High Court for the fatal shooting of who 37 years ago?
16. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced that 100 British troops would be sent to build a border wall between which two countries? Half a point for each.
17. QAnon Shaman, whose real name is Jacob Chansley, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in what?
18. A 25-page document published by Scotland Yard detailed in an ABC guide how police officers should use what?
19. In England’s 10-0 World Cup qualifier victory over San Marino, which of these players did not score? a) Harry Maguire b) Phil Foden c) Tyrone Mings d) Tammy Abraham
20. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that, from next year, drivers will face £200 fines and six points on their licence if they do what?
21. A gang of jewellery thieves from which country were jailed for a total of 28 years for high-end burglaries on the London homes of Tamara Ecclestone, Frank Lampard and the late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha?
22. The Duchess of Sussex took part in her first TV interview since her famous chat with Oprah Winfrey. Who was the host this time?
23. The names of which two famous people were removed from houses at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School in Richmond, and replaced by footballer Marcus Rashford and nurse Mary Seacole, in a bid to be 'more diverse’? Half a point for each.
24. Actress, singer and songwriter Cynthia Erivo will replace who on television this weekend after he tested positive for Covid-19?
25. Who raised more than £1million by completing a 24-hour kitchen disco ‘danceathon’ for Children In Need?
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