Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23, ahead of  George Mann on 22, William at The Spectator 21, Janet Boyle 20, Robert Rea 19 and Jayme Bryla 18. The top team, with a maximum score of 25, was Tim Humphrey and the Global's Newsroom. The King’s Head drinkers, including Peter, Stacey. Kevin, Mand, Les and Nicky scored 21 as did the Harrow Hopefuls with Thom, Rosie, Tim, Craig, Danny and George. The Castle Players, including Our Peter and Jackie, scored 19, as did Bill and Coo with a bit of help from barman Cam. Trevor and Carole and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both scored 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.  

Today's front pages

1. How many of the ten people on Labour’s National Executive Committee voted to block Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from standing in the forthcoming parliamentary by-election?
2. Labour's National Executive Committee said the block on Andy Burnham running as the Labour candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election would 'avoid an unnecessary' what?
3. Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK, meaning how many sitting Conservative MPs have join Nigel Farage’s party this month (January)?
4. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch apologised for a party statement which said ‘we did all we could to look after Suella's __ __ but she was clearly very unhappy’. What are the two missing words?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met President Xi Jinping in Beijing, becoming the first British leader since who to visit the China?

6. After Keir Starmer met President Xi Jinping, China agreed to allow British citizens to travel to the country for up to how many days without a visa?

7. Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden announced that, after reviewing the evidence, who would not be receiving a payout?
8. What was the name of the storm that left swathes of south-west England flooded and cut off?
9. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said police in England and Wales will be given targets to respond to emergencies within 15 minutes in urban areas and how many minutes in rural areas?
10. The Government said that ground rents paid by leaseholders are to be capped at how much a year in England and Wales?
11. A review found that nearly 100 children were harmed by limb reconstruction surgeon Yaser Jabbar, who worked at which hospital?
12. What was the name of the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis?
13. Who released a protest song called Streets of Minneapolis and posted a message saying: 'I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city’?
14. What did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu call 'an extraordinary achievement’ paving the way for the next phase of Donald Trump's peace plan?
15. US President Donald Trump said there was 'another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards’ which country?
16. Which bank announced plans to close 44 bank branches, putting almost 300 jobs at risk?
17. A coroner at a North Yorkshire inquest said that doing what had ‘likely' contributed to the death of former Scotland footballer Gordon McQueen?
18. Who fought back tears live on TV as she revealed she was leaving the BBC after more than 25 years?
19. Who was announced as a judge on the Great British Bake Off replacing Prue Leith?

20. American rock climber Alex Honnold was broadcast live on Netflix climbing a 101-storey tower without ropes in which country?
21. Harry Styles added two dates to his Together Together tour setting him up for a 12-night run at Wembley Stadium, breaking the previous record of which band?

22. Which sportswoman split with her coach and is now looking for the tenth of her career?

23. Which political thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, leads the field at this year's Bafta Film Awards with a record 14 nominations?
24. King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the launch of a film about the King's own philosophy called Finding __. What is the missing word?
25. What did director of communications Rachel Duffy and cyber security consultant Stephen Libby win?

Answers here