A selection of today's front pages
1. The Metropolitan Police said detectives investigating allegations of Covid breaches in Downing Street and Whitehall would be sending formal questionnaires to more than how many people?
2. A Downing Street adviser said Prime Minister Boris Johnson was determined to stay in No 10, adding: 'He’s making very clear that they’ll have to send a ___ division to get him out of there.’ What is the missing word?
3. What is the name of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and MP for North East Cambridgeshire who was appointed Chief of Staff at 10 Downing Street?
4. Boris Johnson’s new communications chief Guto Harri said the Prime Minister sang what song as they discussed his appointment?
5. Which Government minister apologised for 'an error of judgment' after continuing a meeting with bereaved parents after testing positive for Covid’?
6. Boris Johnson was said to be considering legal action over a book, First Lady, which made allegations that his wife Carrie messaged staff from the prime minister’s phone, interfered in political decisions and arranged to have people hired or dismissed. Who is the author?
7. Speaking at the Institute for Government in London, former Prime Minister John Major criticised the 'brazen excuses’ for breaking lockdown rules and said: ‘Collectively, this has made the Government look distinctly ___, which has consequences that go far beyond political unpopularity.’ What is the missing word?
8. According to NHS England, the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment was at a record high. How many people did it say were on the waiting list?
9. Who was accused by a Russian TV host of 'behaving in the classic British colonial style’ and of coming to the colony 'to lecture the subjugated natives’?
10. Which company rejected calls for a windfall tax after it posted a profit of $12.8 billion (£9.5 billion) for 2021 after making a loss in 2020?
11. Martin Hewitt, Andy Cooke, Simon Byrne, Mark Rowley and Neil Basu were among the front-runners for which job?
12. How old was Rayan Awram, the boy who died after spending four days trapped down a well in Morocco’s Rif mountains?
13. In a statement on her Jubilee weekend the Queen said it was her sincere wish that when Charles became king his wife Camilla 'will be known as ___ ___ as she continues her own loyal service.’ What are the two missing words?
14. Why did Adidas end its deal with West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma?
15. In the so-called Wagatha Christie case at the High Court, lawyers for Coleen Rooney alleged Rebekah Vardy received money from which newspaper for providing information including from Rooney’s private Instagram account?
16. Bamber Gascoigne, who died age 87, presented which television programme from 1962 to 1987?
17. Primark announced it will launch an exclusive clothing range in partnership with which company, with a limited 11-piece collection being launched this month?
18. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust was among those to condemn a joke by comedian Jimmy Carr in which he suggested the mass murder of who during the Holocaust was a ‘positive’?
19. Team GB failed to gain an Olympic medal in what event for the first time in 20 years after a disappointing start by athletes Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley?
20. Which Premier League footballer scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out that gave Senegal their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations?
21. The Duchess of Cambridge will narrate one of her favourite children's books, The ___ Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, by Jill Tomlinson, in a CBeebies bedtime story to be broadcast this weekend. What is the missing creature?
22. The Beluga sushi restaurant in Leatherhead, due to open for the first time today (Friday), apologised after publishing what?
23. Which musician sold his back catalogue to Universal Music in a deal thought to be worth up to £221million?
24. Adele won best artist, album of the year and best British song at the Brits but which inaugural award did Ed Sheeran win?
25. The theme to which television programme, sung by 86-year-old Barry Crocker, reached the iTunes top ten and briefly hit the Number One spot.
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