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With new timetable, 400 just needs the right turn at Caterham

One of Croydon’s many holes in the borough’s roads might yet be playing an unintended part in improving bus services in the area. Better route: the Metrobus 400 is about to get a new timetable Recent road closures on Coulsdon Common to unclog the soakaways have forced the highways department at Surrey County Council to make “special arrangements” for big business, because Tesco’s HGVs can’t make…

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The life of Leslie Howard

Words Mark Bryant

The actor Leslie Howard, who went to school in Dulwich and who lived in the area for nearly two decades, is probably best known as the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes in the Hollywood blockbuster Gone with the Wind, which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year.

But he was also a wartime radio broadcaster of British propaganda and the director and star of a number of patriotic wartime films, notably The First of the Few, about the designer of the famous Spitfire fighter plane – which itself has links to Dulwich.

He was born Leslie Howard Steiner at 31 Westbourne Road (now Westbourne Drive), Forest Hill, on April 3 1893, the first child of Hungarian-born stockbroker’s clerk Ferdinand “Frank” Steiner, and his English wife Lilian.  

Shortly after his birth the family moved to Vienna, where a sister Dorice and a brother, Alfred, were born. Dorice later founded Hurst Lodge School in Ascot, whose pupils included the actress Juliet Stevenson and the future Duchess of York.

On their return to London, Frank anglicised his surname to Stainer and soon afterwards Leslie and his two siblings were baptised at St Chrysostom’s church in Peckham.  

In 1903 another sister, Irene (later a celebrated casting director for MGM and others) was born and, in 1904, Leslie attended Belvedere House preparatory school in Upper Norwood.

The family  eventually settled at 45 Farquhar Road by Crystal Palace Park – only a short distance from Dulwich – and lived there from 1907 (when Leslie was 14) to 1910. It was a convenient location as Leslie’s widowed maternal grandmother ran a lodging house at “Woodbury”, 2 Jasper Road, close by.

In September 1907 Leslie was sent to Alleyn’s School. Here he was a near contemporary of the future novelist CS Forester (1899-1996), who was at Alleyn’s around this time.

As his daughter, Leslie Ruth Howard, says in her book A Quite Remarkable Father (1959): “The young Leslie went to school, which he loathed and at which, due to shyness and his afflicting near-sightedness, he was never much good.”

However, he began to write short stories and one-act plays and dreamed of becoming a writer. He later said: “As a boy the possibility of being an actor never even occurred to me... I wanted to write.”  

Unfortunately, when he announced that he wanted to be a full-time writer his father had other ideas. Unlike fellow Old Alleynian CS Forester, whose father supported him for six months to get him started, Frank wanted Leslie to get a proper job and took him out of school in April 1910, shortly after his 17th birthday.

As a result, after a brief spell as a junior clerk in the purser’s office of a Thames steamboat company, he commuted daily by train to central London to work as a bank clerk for Cox & Co.  

By this time the family had moved to “Allendale”, 4 Jasper Road, next to Leslie’s grandmother. Leslie’s uncle Wilfred Noy, a film director working for the Clarendon Film Company in Croydon, lived next door.

According to Leslie’s daughter, “It was a peaceful neighbourhood of large, ugly red-brick Victorian houses mostly set back from the road, with short carriage drives and pleasant gardens.

“Jasper Road, where the family found themselves, looked over a green valley where trees hid similar houses,  and circled a hill on whose summit stood the Crystal Palace.”

Leslie’s mother, who had always been interested in the theatre, set up the Upper Norwood Dramatic Club (UNDC), for which  Leslie was honorary secretary as well as playwright, actor and musician. By 1912 the UNDC was appearing regularly at Stanley Halls in South Norwood.

While working at the bank, Leslie continued writing and performing in his spare time with some success. In 1913 his story The Impersonation of Lord Dalton appeared in  The Penny Magazine, and his play Deception was reviewed in The Stage. The following year, after the outbreak of World War One, he appeared in a crowd scene in his first film, The Heroine of Mons, directed by his uncle Wilfred.

When he was 21, he volunteered for the army and was commissioned in 1915 as a second lieutenant in a cavalry regiment stationed in Essex. Here he met and married a local girl in the spring of 1916 and was dispatched to France shortly afterwards. However, in May that year he was sent back home suffering from shell-shock.

Deemed unfit for military service, he decided to become a professional actor and changed his name to Leslie Howard. His uncle Wilfred also helped him get a role (his first credited film part) in The Happy Warrior and after acting in various provincial theatres he made his first appearance on the London stage in February 1918.  

At about this time his parents and siblings left south-east London and settled in a large house in West Kensington. As a result, Howard, his wife and their young son, Ronald (who was born in Norwood in April 1918), also left and moved in with them.

In the 1920s Leslie went to the USA and began appearing in films, notably Berkeley Square, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor. In 1934 he was in an  NBC radio play, Without Benefit of Clergy, with another Old Alleynian, Clive Brook, and starred in The Scarlet Pimpernel and Of Human Bondage.

Two years later came The Petrified Forest with his friend Humphrey Bogart (Bogie and Bacall named their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart), followed by Pygmalion in 1938, which earned him another best actor nomination. Leslie’s youngest brother, Arthur also appeared in this film.

Leslie’s last Hollywood film, Gone with the Wind (1939), was ironically greatly admired by Goebbels, and Hitler himself was a fan of Leslie’s co-star Clark Gable, later even offering a reward for his capture and transportation to Germany alive.

With the outbreak of World War Two, Leslie returned to the UK. He joined a Ministry of Information “ideas committee” for propaganda projects and made National Savings films with Noël Coward.

He also bought a house in Surrey and, helped by  his friend and neighbour Jonah Barrington, the radio correspondent of the Daily Express, he listened to radio broadcasts from Poland as the Nazis invaded.  

By coincidence it was Barrington who coined the nickname “Lord Haw Haw” for the infamous former Dulwich resident William Joyce, who by this time was broadcasting Nazi propaganda to the UK.

By a further coincidence, not only was Leslie later mentioned by name in some of these broadcasts, but the house he lived in when at Alleyn’s School (45 Farquhar Road), was only two doors away from Joyce’s own home (41 Farquhar Road) before he left for Germany in 1939.

Leslie broadcast propaganda himself, notably  appearing on the novelist JB Priestley’s popular BBC weekly programme Postscripts, and later alone on Britain Speaks. These talks were broadcast to north America throughout the London Blitz, in an effort to persuade the (then neutral) USA to support the Allies.  

In addition, he acted in the Ministry of Information’s first full-length feature film, 49th Parallel and produced, directed and acted in a number of  patriotic anti-German propaganda films himself.

These included “Pimpernel” Smith, which was set in Nazi Germany and allegedly inspired Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to mount his real-life rescue operation in Budapest that saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi concentration camps. The casting director was Leslie’s sister, Irene, and his son Ronald, by then 23, also appeared in the film.

Another film, regarded by many as his best, was The First of the Few, whose title (suggested by Leslie) refers to a line in Churchill’s famous speech about the RAF’s role in the Battle of Britain: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. In the film, which has a number of Dulwich links, Leslie plays RJ Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire fighter plane.

Mitchell’s wife is played by future Dulwich resident Rosamund John (1913-98) who, from 1950, would live in Alleyn Park with her second husband, Old Alleynian  politician John Silkin (the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of another Old Alleynian politician, Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich).

In addition, one of the real-life test pilots involved with the development of the Spitfire (and on which David Niven’s role as the fictional RAF squadron leader Geoffrey Crisp was partly based), was Old Alleynian wing commander George Hedley Stainforth (1899-1942). Sadly Stainforth was killed on active duty the year the film was released.    

Leslie started shooting The First of the Few in the summer of 1941. The following year the Ministry of Information commissioned him to direct a recruitment film, The Gentle Sex, about women serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Leslie was also the narrator.

Once again future Dulwich resident Rosamund John starred, as one of seven girls from different walks of life who join the ATS. In Leslie’s final film, The Lamp Still Burns, John was cast in the lead role as an architect who becomes a nurse.

In April 1943, shortly after his 50th birthday, Leslie was sent to Lisbon on a British Council lecture tour of neutral Spain and Portugal, which some claimed later was really a top-secret mission for Churchill to dissuade General Franco from joining the Axis powers. Some even thought that he had been mistaken for Churchill himself.

Whatever the truth, when flying back to Bristol from Lisbon, the civilian airliner he was travelling in was shot down on June 1 1943 by Luftwaffe fighters over the Bay of Biscay, and he and all the other people on board were killed.

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Dr Mark Bryant lives in East Dulwich and is the author World War II in Cartoons and other books.

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That time Vancouver brought over a double decker bus from London, England. It was for the 1936 Golden Jubilee celebrations, and remarkably, omnibus B340 (LA 9928) is one of the few remaining examples that survive to this day.

The first three photos above were taken in Chiswick, London, and photos 2 and 3 show the men who were believed to be responsible for negotiating the loan of the bus, Mr. B.E. Adams (role unknown, possibly with London Transport?), the Agent-General for British Columbia Mr. W.A. McAdam, and the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company Mr. P. Ashley Cooper. The Lethbridge Herald ran the second of these photos on page 5, January 06, 1936, likely taken in late 1935, with the following caption:

One of the two remaining pre-war omnibuses of the London passenger transport board to survive the great war is to be loaned to the city of Vancouver for their jubilee celebrations next year. Mr. W. A. McAdam (LEFT) acting agent-general for British Columbia, and Mr. P. Ashley Cooper, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, inspecting the old war-time bus at the Chiswick (London) garage of the London passenger transport board.

The number of remaining pre-war omnibuses has actually gone up since then. It looks like there are now at least 4 surviving models, though I don’t know if they can all boast pre-war manufacture dates; B43 (1910), B340 (1911), B1609 (1911), and B2737 (1914, but I’m unsure of the month). A fifth bus, B214 LA9802 (1911) has an original chassis, but the engine, wheels and front axle came from the remnants of two other B-Types, while the body was found in a Sussex garden that had originated with an East Surrey B-Type built in 1912. As of 2014, it looks like B214 is once again requiring restoration; I'm not sure what the plans are with this one. If it gets restored in the near future, perhaps we can bump the number up to five. I’ve since learned from a comment by Tony Barfield on flickr that B214 is...

...now owned by the Thames Valley & Great Western Trust and now in store near Windsor. LT Museum purchased THREE B type chassis from the Ward brothers collection near Harrogate, Yorkshire. One they have restored is B1056, which is now the Battle bus.

Additionally, the Self-Preservation-Society notes an unrestored chassis B1056, though I don’t know if this has since been used elsewhere. You can see a photo of this chassis from 2014 here. B5103 was sold back in 2014 for £281,500 at Bonhams (where there’s an extensive vehicle history), though this example dates from 1922.

In a number of photos, the Vancouver Archives refers to the bus as "Old Bill", but the real name "Ole Bill" didn’t really apply to bus B340 at all. A little closer to the truth, CVA 612-004 refers to the bus as "Old Bill’s" brother, though it should have been "Ole Bill’s Brother". It was the London General Omnibus Company B43 that became the WWI memorial known as "Ole Bill", and since the Brits were unable to loan us their national treasure for our 50th anniversary, they sent us the next best Omnibus, B340. CVA 612-006 informs us that the bus arrived at the Ballantyne Pier in Vancouver on May 6, 1936, and CVA 612-007 reveals the bus was a little bit temperamental, and the engine refused to be humoured! Finally, it did manage to get off the ship.

London Transit Museum provides a brief background on the original "Ole Bill", describing how the bus got its name:

A brass shell was mounted on the dashboard, ornate brass plates for the numbers on the bonnet sides and a brass bust of ‘Ole Bill, the cartoon figure created by Bruce Bairnsfather, formed the radiator cap. This association with the hugely popular cartoon character was to rapidly give the bus its nickname of ‘Ole Bill, commonly but incorrectly rendered as Old Bill. The title was derived from Bairnsfather’s first cartoon of two Tommies under fire in a shell hole, Bill saying to his companion, ‘If you knows of a better ‘ole, Go to it!’

B43 had been given a new body and overhauled for the Palace in 1920. Battle honours were added to the windows – Antwerp, Ypres, Ancre and Somme – before being handed over to the Auxiliary Omnibus Companies Association. The veterans used it for parades and funerals. At the King’s behest, the bus and veterans from Underground and the General took part in the first Armistice Day parade from 1920.

B43 remains preserved in the Imperial War Museum in London, while B340 is part of the London Transport Museum Collection. B-Type bus B2737 was recently converted to honour the “Battle Bus” of WWI, and more can be learned about this bus at the London Transport Museum.

It would appear the Vancouver Jubilee committee was still to some extent, re-enacting the end of WWI with this bus, as they filled it with soldiers and flags and paraded through the streets, much like the original "Ole Bill" had done in 1920.

This early double decker bus was of fundamental significance for transit in London, and the ripple effect was felt around the world. Our neighbours in Victoria have been using double decker buses since 2000, much earlier if you include the tourist buses run by Gray Line Tours, and Vancouver has just begun preliminary testing of the next generation double deckers on certain routes. To provide us with some of the significance of the B-Type bus, Doug Rose provides the backstory, along with some remarkable vector drawings that he created, shown above. From his website:

...there are strong arguments to say the B-Type was London’s first ‘standard’ motor bus. Though they were far from all being the same, the model was certainly the first to be mass produced and entered service in late 1910. The chassis, which varied in height, carried wooden bodies from more than one builder, closely reminiscent of their horse bus forebears. Steel wheels of different designs were used, with solid tyres, though there were no front brakes. A product of dominant operator the London General Omnibus Company, the bus was a success. Its overhanging upper deck variations saw a few different seating layouts too, though the norm was 16 lower and 18 upper. The early radiators had a flat top sporting ‘LGOC’, later being replaced by those more curved and displaying ‘GENERAL’. The wheelbase varied and a few single deckers were also built. Experiments with the ‘lifeguards’ between the wheels eventually settled on that shown in this drawing and these were retrospectively fitted to older buses. The bus entered service in 1911 though this drawing attempts to show B340 as closely as possible to how it looks in its state of preservation in 2014; several aspects need to be considered however. Requisitioned for the War effort in 1914 and staying in London, it returned to passenger service in 1916 but with a new body. It was withdrawn in 1924 and retained for preservation. After some meandering of locations and uses, it ended up in the British Transport Museum at Clapham in 1960. It was re-painted in red, as shown here, though B-Types had been a darker red until 1913. On the vehicle though not originally fitted are the front headlamps, added from 1913; the driver’s sun visor is a later addition and a far more modern offside mirror has been added; some of the reproduction adverts use typefaces not designed when the bus was in service.

Looking at those solid rubber tires, I can only imagine the experience must have been a rather bumpy ride! However uncomfortable, they were important first steps on the road to mass transit, and we’re fortunate to have shared in this historic legacy.

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From the royal wedding to World Cup mania: The biggest news stories of the year in 2018 - Evening Standard

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From the royal wedding to World Cup mania: The biggest news stories of the year in 2018 - Evening Standard

2018 was an enormous year in the world of news, from the nation united in joy for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding, to Britain facing months of chaos over Brexit, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year.

January

Trump abandons UK visit

Donald Trump scrapped plans to visit the UK for the opening of a new £750m embassy. He backed out due to fears he would not be welcome in the country, and the possibility of mass protests.

Mr Trump confirmed the decision on Twitter but put it down to his disapproval of the location and price of the new embassy.

He wrote: “Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars.

“Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!”

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Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham as the “Beast from the East” brings heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country

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Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland

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Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

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Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill,

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Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the “March for Our Lives” rally

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) listens with other students during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington

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Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary’s Hospital

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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shake hands over the military demarcation line upon meeting for the Inter-Korean Summit

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Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor

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US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore

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Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud of France lift the World Cup trophy to celebrate with teammates after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium

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Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump make their way to a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers

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Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville

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A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul

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Demonstrators carry banners and flags as they participate in the People’s March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London

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Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding at St. George’s Chapel

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May dances a few steps as she takes the stage to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

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Members of the British government, junior and senior ministers, that have resigned over their opposition to Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit negotiations

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Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif

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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan walk down the stairs of the iconic Opera House to meet people after announcing pregnancy

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Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham as the “Beast from the East” brings heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country

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2/21

Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland

AP

3/21

Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

Getty Images

4/21

Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election

Getty Images

5/21

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill,

AFP/Getty Images

6/21

Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the “March for Our Lives” rally

AP

7/21

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) listens with other students during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington

AFP/Getty Images

8/21

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary’s Hospital

AP

9/21

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shake hands over the military demarcation line upon meeting for the Inter-Korean Summit

10/21

Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor

AFP/Getty Images

11/21

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore

AFP/Getty Images

12/21

Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud of France lift the World Cup trophy to celebrate with teammates after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium

Getty Images

13/21

Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump make their way to a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers

Getty Images

14/21

Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville

AP

15/21

A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul

REUTERS

16/21

Demonstrators carry banners and flags as they participate in the People’s March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London

AFP/Getty Images

17/21

Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding at St. George’s Chapel

18/21

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May dances a few steps as she takes the stage to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

AFP/Getty Images

19/21

Members of the British government, junior and senior ministers, that have resigned over their opposition to Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit negotiations

AFP/Getty Images

20/21

Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif

AP

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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan walk down the stairs of the iconic Opera House to meet people after announcing pregnancy

AFP/Getty Images

Carillion collapse

377 workers will be made redundant (PA)

The UK’s second-largest construction company collapsed in January after it found itself £1.5bn in debt.

It went into liquidation with £7bn in liabilities, leaving the government to step in and ensure work on its 420 public sector contracts continued.

The collapse is set to cost taxpayers £148m, and its pension pot will have to be compensated by the Pension Protection Fund.

February

Parkland school shooting

The shooting in Florida was the deadliest high school massacre ever to happen in the US (AP)

17 students and staff members were killed when former Stoneman Douglas High School student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at his former school in Parkland, Florida.

17 more were injured during the deadliest high school shooting in US history, and the deadliest mass shooting of 2018. 

It led students to form protest group Never Again MSD and sparked nationwide gun control protests.

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Royal Navy warship NHS Tidespring battles the Beast from the East

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Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards take part in a snow ball fight prior to the combined St David’s Day celebration and pre-deployment service at Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright, Surrey

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A police car on fire on the M62 near Huddersfield.

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School children from Wearhead Primary School, in County Durham, which stands more than 1,100 feet (335m) above sea level and which remained open despite blizzards thanks to teachers battling through the elements and a parent with a digger

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Three-year-old Wilfred Martin, enjoys sledding in the snow in Richmond Park, Londo

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Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham as the “Beast from the East” brings heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country

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Spectacular sunrise over Canary Wharf

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Spectacular sunrise over Canary Wharf

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The UK was battered by blizzards, strong winds and widespread disruption when the Beast from the East combined with storm Emma to create some of the worst weather Britain had experienced for decades.

Red weather warnings were issued across the country, with roads and rail grinding to a standstill and up to 20 inches of snow falling on high ground.

17 people died during the extreme cold spell, which lasted from February 24 until March 4.

A mini Beast from the East followed two weeks later.

March

Salisbury poisonings

Amber Rudd visits police cordon in Salisbury

Sergei and Yulia Skripal suddenly collapsed in the centre of Salisbury on March 4, sparking an international diplomatic incident.

Samples tested at nearby Porton Down revealed the father and daughter had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, which was believed to have come from Russia.

Russian spy ‘poisoning’: Sergei and Yulia Skripal spent weeks fighting for their lives in hospital (PA)

Large areas of the sleepy cathedral town, including the Zizzi where they had eaten, were sealed off while police investigated.

It led to 153 Russian diplomats being expelled from 29 countries.

Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘sorry’ for Cambridge Analytica Facebook ‘breach of trust’

The company was exposed in March for harvesting data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without people’s consent.

The data was used to predict the choices of and influence voters. The scandal emerged after whistleblower Christopher Wylie went public.

It caused a massive drop in Facebook’s value and sparked international criticism of Mark Zuckerberg and the firm’s working practices.

Zuckerberg was eventually forced to testify before congress.

March for Our Lives after Parkland shooting

People across the US marched in support of stronger gun controls (AP)

Hundreds of thousands of students joined the March for Our Lives in Washington DC on March 24 following the Parkland school shooting.

They called for stronger gun control measures, and asked for measures which had been introduced in Florida, such as banning bump stocks and raising purchase ages, to be rolled out across the country.

Satellite protests also took place in New York City, Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

April

Royal Baby Louis is born

Baby Louis is about to celebrate his first Christmas (Matt Porteous/Kensington Palace via AP)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third child, baby Louis, was born on March 23, weighing 8lb 7oz.

Korea summit

Kim Jong Un steps into history at South Korea summit

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in met for a historic summit between the North and South to discuss the 2018 Winter Olympics and denuclearisation.

The April 27 summit was the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader entered the South’s territory.

May

Harry and Meghan’s wedding

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk

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Princess Charlotte sticks out her tongue as she rides in a car to the wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Zalie Warren arrives at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle

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Students of Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School watch a live broadcast of the wedding of Meghan Markle, who graduated from Immaculate Heart in 1999

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle walk down the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry looks at his bride, Meghan Markle

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel

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Pinky Ghelani and Suzzy Wokabi watch a TV broadcast of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding at the Windsor golf and country club in Nairobi

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The Duke of Cambridge with Prince George leave St George’s Chapel

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Meghan Markle arrives at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan (R), Duchess of Sussex exit St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their royal wedding ceremony

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk down the west steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding.

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Crowds gather ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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George Clooney and his wife British human rights barrister Amal Clooney (R) arrive for the royal wedding ceremony of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel

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Prince George leaves St George’s Chapel

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The Duke of Edinburgh leaves St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk after their wedding in St George’s Chapel

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Princess Charlotte sticks out her tongue as she rides in a car to the wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George leave after the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel

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Zalie Warren arrives at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wave as they ride a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding ceremony

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Students of Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School watch a live broadcast of the wedding of Meghan Markle, who graduated from Immaculate Heart in 1999

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle walk down the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Meghan Markle arrives at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

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A town crier poses after watching the carriage procession

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leaves Windsor Castle in the Ascot Landau carriage

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk down the west steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding.

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Crowds gather ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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George Clooney and his wife British human rights barrister Amal Clooney (R) arrive for the royal wedding ceremony of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Oprah Winfrey leaves St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

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Royal fans watch the wedding

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The Duchess of Cambridge arrives with the bridesmaids at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor,

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in front of millions on May 19 with a stunning ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Former Suits actress Meghan became The Duchess of Sussex and wore a custom designed Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy dress, followed by a Stella McCartney halterneck number in the evening.

June

Amesbury poisonings

Dawn Sturgess died in July (PA)

On June 30, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital after falling ill in nearby Amesbury.

Police quickly established that they had been contaminated with the same nerve agent as the Skripals almost four months earlier.

Charlie Rowley fell ill in June following exposure to the nerve agent Novichok (AFP/Getty Images)

They had found a small “Nina Ricci” perfume bottle, which Mr Rowley had attached a small spray dispenser to and given to Ms Sturgess, who had sprayed it on her wrists.

She died on July 8, with Mr Rowley regaining consciousness two days later.

World Cup mania

England fans celebrate World Cup quarter-final victory

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An England supporter is held aloft as fans celebrate in the street beside Borough Market

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England fans set off smoke bombs after the match in front of The Shard

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Red flares are let off in London Bridge

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England fans celebrate as the second goal is scored against Sweden

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Fans sing their joy from traffic lights

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Celebrations in London Bridge

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Three jubiland fans jump onto a bus in London Bridge

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‘It’s coming home’: England fans supported their team at bars and pubs across the UK

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England faced Sweden in their quarter-final match of the World Cup on Saturday

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Fans watch the Sweden game in Millennium Square, Leeds

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A fan cheers on England during the game

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England fans in the stands during the FIFA World Cup

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Jubilant scenes erupt s at Ashton Gate World Cup fans village at the Bristol City football club

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Supporters celebrate as England’s defender Harry Maguire scores the opening goal

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Joyous fans celebrate England’s goal

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Londoners watching from a public screen were overjoyed

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The Three Lions were playing for their spot in the last four of the tournament for the first time in 28 years

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Flat Iron Square in London was filled with happy fans

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Fans watch the nail-biting game

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England fans celebrate as England’s defender Harry Maguire scores the opening goal

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Fans react to England’s second goal from Dele Alli

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World Cup fever is building among England fans

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England fans react during the game

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An England supporter is held aloft as fans celebrate in the street beside Borough Market

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England fans set off smoke bombs after the match in front of The Shard

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Red flares are let off in London Bridge

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England fans celebrate as the second goal is scored against Sweden

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Fans sing their joy from traffic lights

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Three jubiland fans jump onto a bus in London Bridge

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‘It’s coming home’: England fans supported their team at bars and pubs across the UK

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England faced Sweden in their quarter-final match of the World Cup on Saturday

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Fans watch the Sweden game in Millennium Square, Leeds

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England fans in the stands during the FIFA World Cup

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Jubilant scenes erupt s at Ashton Gate World Cup fans village at the Bristol City football club

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Supporters celebrate as England’s defender Harry Maguire scores the opening goal

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Joyous fans celebrate England’s goal

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Londoners watching from a public screen were overjoyed

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The Three Lions were playing for their spot in the last four of the tournament for the first time in 28 years

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Flat Iron Square in London was filled with happy fans

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Fans watch the nail-biting game

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England fans celebrate as England’s defender Harry Maguire scores the opening goal

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Fans react to England’s second goal from Dele Alli

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World Cup fever is building among England fans

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England fans react during the game

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England’s World Cup journey kicked off on June 18 with a 2-1 victory against Tunisia, turning the nation into football experts and filling up pubs for the rest of the month.

Our incredible 6-1 win against Panama, including a hat trick from Kane, felt like it united the nation.

The team even managed to win one game, against Colombia, on penalties, despite our reputation for bombing out in shootouts.

Despite it finally feeling like football was coming home, England were knocked out on July 11 in a 2-1 semi-final defeat by Croatia.

July

Thai footballers cave rescue 

Thai cave rescue news football team and coach found ALIVE after being trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave for nine days

The world watched avidly as the junior football team trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, were rescued.

The 12 team members, aged 11 to 17, and their 25-year-old assistant coach, entered the cave on June 23 before it was flooded, trapping them inside.

It took more than 10,000 people 18 days to finally rescue all the boys. One diver died during the rescue effort.

Trump’s UK visit

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Demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square, London during a ‘Stop Trump’ march as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK.

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit at Trafalgar Square in London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Tens of thousands of people marched today in protest at Donald Trump’s UK visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regent Street in London

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The protesters took to the streets in anger at the US president’s controversial visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Protestors hold banners during the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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Donald Trump earlier gave a bombshell interview with the Sun in which he criticised the Prime Minister’s approach on Brexit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regents Street in London

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Demonstrators also inflated a blimp effigy of Donald Trump

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An aerial view of the women’s march in progress

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Donald Trump will meet the Queen later on today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March hold banners in London

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Thousands more people are expected to march later on

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As many as 70,000 people took to the streets

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People held aloft placards that read: “Trump Not Welcome”

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Bianca Jagger joins protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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The protesters hold balloons with anti-Trump messages on them

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Trump’s visit was criticised heavily

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Oxford Circus

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump protest

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Protesters gather in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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A drag queen joins protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Huge crowd: a bigger protest is due later today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump hold up placards as they take part in a march and rally in London

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James O’Brien sells Donald Trump toilet paper, as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US. President Donald Trump

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A man dressed as President Trump poses for a photograph as protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass near to Trafalgar Square in London

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Protesters join a Women’s march in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donald J. Trump visit in London

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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The “Trump Baby” balloon joins demonstrators as they march to Parliament Square in London

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit in London

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Demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square, London during a ‘Stop Trump’ march as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK.

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit at Trafalgar Square in London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Tens of thousands of people marched today in protest at Donald Trump’s UK visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regent Street in London

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The protesters took to the streets in anger at the US president’s controversial visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Protestors hold banners during the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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Donald Trump earlier gave a bombshell interview with the Sun in which he criticised the Prime Minister’s approach on Brexit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regents Street in London

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Demonstrators also inflated a blimp effigy of Donald Trump

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An aerial view of the women’s march in progress

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Donald Trump will meet the Queen later on today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March hold banners in London

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Thousands more people are expected to march later on

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As many as 70,000 people took to the streets

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People held aloft placards that read: “Trump Not Welcome”

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Bianca Jagger joins protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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The protesters hold balloons with anti-Trump messages on them

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Trump’s visit was criticised heavily

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Oxford Circus

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump protest

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Protesters gather in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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A drag queen joins protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Huge crowd: a bigger protest is due later today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump hold up placards as they take part in a march and rally in London

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James O’Brien sells Donald Trump toilet paper, as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US. President Donald Trump

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A man dressed as President Trump poses for a photograph as protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass near to Trafalgar Square in London

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Protesters join a Women’s march in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donald J. Trump visit in London

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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The “Trump Baby” balloon joins demonstrators as they march to Parliament Square in London

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit in London

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit in London

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The President’s trip to Britain in July caused widespread protests, with a Trump Baby blimp being launched in Parliament Square in his honour.

Tens of thousands lined the capital’s streets, prompting Mr Trump to hold all his meetings outside London.

While he was at his Scottish golf resort, Turnberry, Greenpeace launched their own protest, with a paraglider swooping past the terrace holding a banner which said “Trump: Well below par.”

August

House of Fraser collapse

At least 10 stores will close next year after the chain went into administration (Getty Images)

The retail giant collapsed into administration on August 10 after months of struggle, but was saved by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct chain for £90 million.

10 stores are set to close next year, with many more at risk of closure as Mr Ashley restructures the business.

Mr Ashley said he wanted to turn the firm into the “Harrods of the high street.”

September

Russians named as poisoning suspects

Suspects in Skripal poisoning claim they went to Salisbury to ‘visit cathedral’

On September 5, British authorities identified two Russian nationals using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as suspects, claiming they were active Russian military intelligence officers.

The two were later identified as GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, a Hero of the Russian Federation, and Dr Alexander Mishkin.

The pair gave an interview to Russian TV in which they claimed they had merely visited Salisbury to see the Cathedral’s famous spire.

October  

Jamal Khashoggi murdered

A demonstrator holds a poster of Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul where he was killed (AFP/Getty Images)

The Washington Post columnist was murdered on October 2 during a visit to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul.

The journalist, who was an outspoken critic of the kingdom’s government, was attacked moments after going into the consulate to collect documents for his upcoming wedding. 

Mystery has surrounded the events which led to his death, with Saudi Arabia accepting he died in the building. The investigation into his death is still ongoing with Saudi Arabia’s leaders facing international condemnation.

People’s Vote march attracts 700,000 

Hundreds of thousands of protesters attended a march through London seeking a referendum on the final Brexit deal, including politicians and celebrities.

Eugenie’s wedding

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Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank tied the knot on October 12 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor.

Guests included members of the Royal Family, celebrities, musicians and models.

Meghan and Harry royal baby announcement

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they were expecting on October 15, and that the baby is due in Spring.

They made the announcement as they landed in Australia for their first royal tour together.

The baby will be seventh in line to the throne.

November

Government resignations 

Brexit secretary Dominic Raab also resigned from the Cabinet (AFP/Getty Images)

Beginning with Jo Johnson, former transport minister, waves of resignations hit Theresa May’s Government in November.

Ministers, aides and private secretaries all stepped down amid rows over the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal.

California wildfires 

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Travis Lee Hogan, of Paradise, comforts his mother, Bridgett Hogan, while they stay at a makeshift evacuation center for people displaced by the Camp Fire in Chico, California

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aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018.

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Trish Moutard (C), of Sacramento, searches for human remains with her cadaver dog, I.C., in a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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The Santa Monica Mountains are seen left blackened by the Woolsey Fire near Malibu, California

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Members of the California Army National Guard take a break at they search burned homes for human remains at the Camp Fire

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Ashley Dancin, 30, who was displaced from her home in Concow by the Camp Fire, looks through free clothing at a makeshift evacuation center in Chico, California

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Ashley Sheppard, whose house burned down, tends to her baby at an evacuee encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California

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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.

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Residences were leveled by the wildfire in Paradise

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Rescue workers search for human remains at a home that was burned by the Camp Fire

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Scorched hillsides are seen where the Woolsey Fire reached the ocean on November 14, 2018 near Malibu, California.

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Volunteer Cathryn Flores classifies clothes at a donation fair for fire evacuees camping at a parking lot in Chico, California

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The ruins of an ocean view home are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California

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A cadaver dog named I.C. searches for human remains in an area destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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NASA’s Operational Land Imager satellite image shows the Camp Fire burning at around 10:45 a.m. local time near Paradise, California, U.S., on November 8, 2018.

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A NASA Terra satellite image shows smoke continuing to spread west from the Camp Fire and two more fires, the Hill and Woolsey Fires in southern California, U.S., on November 9, 2018

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A long line of residents seeking to return to Malibu,

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca return to their fire-ravaged home along Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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A melted fence runs along a hillside as firefighters continue to battle the Woolsey Fire burning in Southern California

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Firefighters inspect a property destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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The remains of burnt down homes and vechicles resulting from the Woolsey Fire are seen on Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca find what they came back to look for, old family photographs, at their burnt down house resulting from the Woolsey Fire on Busch Drive in Malibu

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A fireplace and chimney are all that remains of a house on Busch Drive, a casualty of the Woolsey Fire, on November 13, 2018 in Malibu, California.

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Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law’s home leveled by the Woolsey Fire

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A children’s toy destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California, U.S.

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S

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A cadaver dog and his handler search for victims in a burnt-out residential street ravaged by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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A large plume of smoke from a wildfire near Lake Sherwood can be seen from Malibu

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A truck destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California,

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Firefighters battle the blaze as it tears through Paradise, California

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A fire burns at the Salvation Army Camp

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A firefighter battles a hotspot caused by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu,

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A wildfire burns at the Salvation Army Camp

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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp

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Firefighters work to extinguish a flare-up of the Woolsey Fire on a hillside in West Hills,

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Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers inspect a burnt vehicle

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A burnt vehicle , rests against a tree in Concow, California

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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire

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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp

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A wildfire burns at the Salvation Army Camp

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The Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend

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A view of homes destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradis

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A firefighter monitors a wildfires burning along a hillside

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The fire broke out on Thursday north west of Los Angeles

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75,000 properties have been evacuated in Malibu

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An aircraft drops flame retardant as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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An aircraft drops water as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire

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An aircraft drops water as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire

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Burned cars and property sit across from an intact home, after a wildfire tore through the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park, in Agoura Hills

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Smoke is seen as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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Properties burned and destroyed from wildfires sit across from intact homes in the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park

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Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky recover a safe deposit box from their destroyed home

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A home burns as the Camp Fire moves through Paradise, California

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Donna Phillips shows a charred Route 66 sign she found among the possessions of her friend Marsha Maus

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Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky search for belongings at their destroyed home

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Ricky Alvarado is framed by a hole in his roof as he looks over the charred remains of his home

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Firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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Trish Moutard (C), of Sacramento, searches for human remains with her cadaver dog, I.C., in a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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The Santa Monica Mountains are seen left blackened by the Woolsey Fire near Malibu, California

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Members of the California Army National Guard take a break at they search burned homes for human remains at the Camp Fire

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Ashley Dancin, 30, who was displaced from her home in Concow by the Camp Fire, looks through free clothing at a makeshift evacuation center in Chico, California

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Ashley Sheppard, whose house burned down, tends to her baby at an evacuee encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California

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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.

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Volunteer Cathryn Flores classifies clothes at a donation fair for fire evacuees camping at a parking lot in Chico, California

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The ruins of an ocean view home are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California

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A cadaver dog named I.C. searches for human remains in an area destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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NASA’s Operational Land Imager satellite image shows the Camp Fire burning at around 10:45 a.m. local time near Paradise, California, U.S., on November 8, 2018.

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A NASA Terra satellite image shows smoke continuing to spread west from the Camp Fire and two more fires, the Hill and Woolsey Fires in southern California, U.S., on November 9, 2018

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A long line of residents seeking to return to Malibu,

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca return to their fire-ravaged home along Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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A melted fence runs along a hillside as firefighters continue to battle the Woolsey Fire burning in Southern California

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Firefighters inspect a property destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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The remains of burnt down homes and vechicles resulting from the Woolsey Fire are seen on Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca find what they came back to look for, old family photographs, at their burnt down house resulting from the Woolsey Fire on Busch Drive in Malibu

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A fireplace and chimney are all that remains of a house on Busch Drive, a casualty of the Woolsey Fire, on November 13, 2018 in Malibu, California.

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Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law’s home leveled by the Woolsey Fire

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A children’s toy destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California, U.S.

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S

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A cadaver dog and his handler search for victims in a burnt-out residential street ravaged by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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A large plume of smoke from a wildfire near Lake Sherwood can be seen from Malibu

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A truck destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California,

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Firefighters battle the blaze as it tears through Paradise, California

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A firefighter battles a hotspot caused by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu,

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Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers inspect a burnt vehicle

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A burnt vehicle , rests against a tree in Concow, California

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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire

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A wildfire burns at the Salvation Army Camp

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The Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend

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A view of homes destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradis

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A firefighter monitors a wildfires burning along a hillside

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An aircraft drops flame retardant as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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California suffered from its most destructive ever wildfires, with more than 1.89 million acres covered and 104 deaths.

Thousands of homes, including those of Miley Cyrus, Neil Young and Gerard Butler, were destroyed.

December

Brexit sparks leadership crisis for PM

Theresa May on March 29, 2017, after she announced Article 50 had been triggered (PA)

The Government was thrown into even more chaos in December when at least 48 MPs submitted letters of no confidence in Theresa May to the 1922 Committee, prompting a vote over her leadership.

The letters came flooding in after Mrs May agreed the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from Europe.

She survived the vote with a majority of 83, with 200 voting for her and 117 voting against.

She secured victory after announcing that she would not run for PM in the next General Election planned for 2022, but her Brexit plan has not yet been agreed on by MPs and the UK is facing the prospect of leaving the bloc with no deal in place.

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Media captionPolice cordons are in place around the residential street in Surrey

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday's attack on a London Tube train.

Armed police are continuing to search a house in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.

The arrest is "very significant" and the terror threat level remains "critical", Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.

The man was arrested in the departure area of Dover port on Saturday and has been moved to a London police station.

Thirty people were injured after the explosion on a train at Parsons Green.

Live: Arrest in hunt for Tube attacker

Reality Check: How terror threat levels work

In pictures: Parsons Green blast

Armed police patrols stepped up in Scotland

The arrest sparked an evacuation of Dover port and a number of items were recovered in a police search, Mr Basu said, adding that detectives were "keeping an open mind" as to whether more people were involved in the Tube attack.

Residents of houses surrounding the Sunbury-on-Thames property have been allowed to return home after being evacuated by officers earlier on Saturday.

Locals said the property being searched by police is occupied by married couple Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71.

The couple are known for fostering many children and young people over several decades, and in 2010 were rewarded by the Queen by being made MBEs.

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Image caption Penelope and Ronald Jones, who were made MBEs in 2010, live in the house at the centre of a police search

One neighbour, Anna Wilkins, told BBC News she was "shaking like jelly" after being told by armed police to leave the home she shares with her partner and two young children.

"As I walked out of my house I saw three armed officers," she said. "One had a balaclava on, all I could see were his eyes, I was really frightened."

Many residents had been evacuated to Staines Rugby Club where one local, Dan Norcott, said the council had begun making preliminary arrangements for hotel accommodation.

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Media caption"An officer banged on the door quite severely and said 'Out now you've got two minutes'"

After a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee earlier, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said it was "much too early" to say whether those behind the attack were known to authorities, adding: "The operation is ongoing".

The terror threat level was raised to critical, meaning an attack may be imminent, on Friday evening.

Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick described the attack as "cowardly and indiscriminate".

Ms Dick, who travelled by Tube before joining Met officers patrolling the South Bank, said: "London has not stopped after other terrible attacks and it will not stop after this one."

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Image caption Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick joined police patrolling London's South Bank

Operation Temperer, which involves the use of the military was put in place after the threat level was raised and is being stepped up gradually.

Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it is mainly focused on London and the south-east of England and is described as "light-touch", and not on the same scale as what was seen after the Manchester Arena attack.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said "significant" police activity would continue this weekend.

More armed police officers will be present at London Underground stations, as well as at stations across England, Scotland and Wales, British Transport Police Assistant Chief Constable Robin Smith told the BBC.

Most people caught in the blast were treated for minor injuries and have been released, NHS England said, but three people remain in Chelsea and Westminster hospital in central London.

Analysis: A 'critical' change

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By BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner

This is the fourth time the UK national terror threat level has been raised to critical since the system was made public in 2006.

The last time was in May following the Manchester Arena bombing, when it was wrongly thought the bomb-maker was still at large and could strike again.

On Friday the government delayed raising the threat level to critical for more than 12 hours under advice from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. On Saturday the home secretary said it would remain at this level, implying that despite the arrest there is still thought to be a risk of another imminent attack.

Each time the level has gone to critical, it has only stayed at this highest level of alertness for three to four days - this is partly as it involves an unsustainably high tempo for the police, intelligence and security services.

Extra patrols are mounted on the streets of London, covert surveillance is stepped up and troops are deployed to free up police officers to focus on the main effort: catching the bomber before he can plant another device.

But the very fact that Friday's attack took place with no warning shows this system is only a broad guide to the threat and simply reflects the latest assessment.

The BBC understands CCTV images have been obtained of the person suspected of planting the explosive device.

The Islamic State group has said it was behind the bomb, which detonated at 08:20 BST on Friday.

It is understood the device had a timer, but the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said the bomb appeared not to have gone off properly.

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Image caption Police have spoken to 100 witnesses so far and received 180 images and videos from the public

Had it worked as intended, it would have killed everyone around it and maimed everyone in the train carriage for life, he said.

The Met's Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said it was "very routine" for the Islamic State group to claim the attack, whether in contact with those involved or not.

They urge anyone with information to get in touch and to upload pictures and video to the website www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk or to call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.

Were you at Parsons Green station? Did you witness the events? If it's safe to share your experiences then please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your stories

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Media captionPolice cordons are in place around the residential street in Surrey

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train.

Armed police are continuing to search a house in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.

The arrest is “very significant” and the terror threat level remains “critical”, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.

The man was arrested in the departure area of Dover port on Saturday and has been moved to a London police station.

Thirty people were injured after the explosion on a train at Parsons Green.

Live: Arrest in hunt for Tube attacker

Reality Check: How terror threat levels work

In pictures: Parsons Green blast

Armed police patrols stepped up in Scotland

The arrest sparked an evacuation of Dover port and a number of items were recovered in a police search, Mr Basu said, adding that detectives were “keeping an open mind” as to whether more people were involved in the Tube attack.

Residents of houses surrounding the Sunbury-on-Thames property have been allowed to return home after being evacuated by officers earlier on Saturday.

Locals said the property being searched by police is occupied by married couple Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71.

The couple are known for fostering many children and young people over several decades, and in 2010 were rewarded by the Queen by being made MBEs.

Image copyright PA

Image caption Penelope and Ronald Jones, who were made MBEs in 2010, live in the house at the centre of a police search

One neighbour, Anna Wilkins, told BBC News she was “shaking like jelly” after being told by armed police to leave the home she shares with her partner and two young children.

“As I walked out of my house I saw three armed officers,” she said. “One had a balaclava on, all I could see were his eyes, I was really frightened.”

Many residents had been evacuated to Staines Rugby Club where one local, Dan Norcott, said the council had begun making preliminary arrangements for hotel accommodation.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“An officer banged on the door quite severely and said ‘Out now you’ve got two minutes'”

After a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee earlier, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said it was “much too early” to say whether those behind the attack were known to authorities, adding: “The operation is ongoing”.

The terror threat level was raised to critical, meaning an attack may be imminent, on Friday evening.

Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick described the attack as “cowardly and indiscriminate”.

Ms Dick, who travelled by Tube before joining Met officers patrolling the South Bank, said: “London has not stopped after other terrible attacks and it will not stop after this one.”

Image copyright PA

Image caption Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick joined police patrolling London’s South Bank

Operation Temperer, which involves the use of the military was put in place after the threat level was raised and is being stepped up gradually.

Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it is mainly focused on London and the south-east of England and is described as “light-touch”, and not on the same scale as what was seen after the Manchester Arena attack.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said “significant” police activity would continue this weekend.

More armed police officers will be present at London Underground stations, as well as at stations across England, Scotland and Wales, British Transport Police Assistant Chief Constable Robin Smith told the BBC.

Most people caught in the blast were treated for minor injuries and have been released, NHS England said, but three people remain in Chelsea and Westminster hospital in central London.

Analysis: A ‘critical’ change

Image copyright PA

By BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner

This is the fourth time the UK national terror threat level has been raised to critical since the system was made public in 2006.

The last time was in May following the Manchester Arena bombing, when it was wrongly thought the bomb-maker was still at large and could strike again.

On Friday the government delayed raising the threat level to critical for more than 12 hours under advice from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. On Saturday the home secretary said it would remain at this level, implying that despite the arrest there is still thought to be a risk of another imminent attack.

Each time the level has gone to critical, it has only stayed at this highest level of alertness for three to four days – this is partly as it involves an unsustainably high tempo for the police, intelligence and security services.

Extra patrols are mounted on the streets of London, covert surveillance is stepped up and troops are deployed to free up police officers to focus on the main effort: catching the bomber before he can plant another device.

But the very fact that Friday’s attack took place with no warning shows this system is only a broad guide to the threat and simply reflects the latest assessment.

The BBC understands CCTV images have been obtained of the person suspected of planting the explosive device.

The Islamic State group has said it was behind the bomb, which detonated at 08:20 BST on Friday.

It is understood the device had a timer, but the BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner said the bomb appeared not to have gone off properly.

Image copyright PA

Image caption Police have spoken to 100 witnesses so far and received 180 images and videos from the public

Had it worked as intended, it would have killed everyone around it and maimed everyone in the train carriage for life, he said.

The Met’s Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said it was “very routine” for the Islamic State group to claim the attack, whether in contact with those involved or not.

They urge anyone with information to get in touch and to upload pictures and video to the website http://ift.tt/1H4e4h9 or to call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.

Were you at Parsons Green station? Did you witness the events? If it’s safe to share your experiences then please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your stories

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There’s major changes coming to 10 bus routes serving the south of Croydon, including Purley, Coulsdon, Kenley and South Croydon, as well as Sutton and Wallington, coming into effect on Saturday March 2. Here’s TfL’s blow-by-blow breakdown of their bus route changes: Routes 455, 166, 312 and S4 Route 455 Route 455 will be withdrawn. Use alternative bus routes. Continue reading How TfL’s changes…

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Goodbye Route 455... it's been a long, long journey. Too long

There’s more than a touch of an old Morecambe and Wise gag about the extensive changes to 10 bus routes in Croydon and Sutton: ‘TfL has chosen all the right routes, just not the right roads’. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent End of the line: the 455 between Wallington and Old Coulsdon, via Purley, will operate for a final time on Mar 1 Significant changes are coming to 10 bus routes…

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Ticket office decision was 'Halloween nightmare' for Tories

Hailing yesterday’s decision to reject Department for Transport plans to close railway station ticket offices, one local campaigner has described the outcome as a “Halloween nightmare for the Government”. Strong opposition: 600 passengers who use Sanderstead station signed a petition opposing ticket office closures In July, nine train companies announced plans to close 269 station ticket offices…

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Khan warned: axing travelcard will damage London's reputation

‘The One Day Travelcard is a perfect example of integrated ticketing across all forms of transport in London’, according to a passengers committee from Croydon and Surrey. So why is Mayor Khan planning to scrap it? An influential travel group representing public transport passengers in Coulsdon, Sutton and east Surrey, has today warned London Mayor Sadiq Khan that the withdrawal of the One Day…

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From World Cup to royal wedding: The biggest news stories of 2018 - Evening Standard

2018 was an enormous year in the world of news, from the nation united in joy for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding, to Britain facing months of chaos over Brexit, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year.

January

Trump abandons UK visit

Donald Trump scrapped plans to visit the UK for the opening of a new £750m embassy. He backed out due to fears he would not be welcome in the country, and the possibility of mass protests.

Mr Trump confirmed the decision on Twitter but put it down to his disapproval of the location and price of the new embassy.

He wrote: “Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars.

“Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!”

News Review of The Year 2018 – In Pictures

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Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham as the “Beast from the East” brings heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country

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Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland

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Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

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Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill,

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Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the “March for Our Lives” rally

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) listens with other students during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington

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Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary’s Hospital

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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shake hands over the military demarcation line upon meeting for the Inter-Korean Summit

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Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor

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11/21

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore

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12/21

Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud of France lift the World Cup trophy to celebrate with teammates after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium

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Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump make their way to a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers

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Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville

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15/21

A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul

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16/21

Demonstrators carry banners and flags as they participate in the People’s March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London

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17/21

Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding at St. George’s Chapel

18/21

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May dances a few steps as she takes the stage to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

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Members of the British government, junior and senior ministers, that have resigned over their opposition to Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit negotiations

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Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif

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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan walk down the stairs of the iconic Opera House to meet people after announcing pregnancy

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Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham as the “Beast from the East” brings heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country

PA Archive/PA Images

2/21

Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland

AP

3/21

Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

Getty Images

4/21

Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election

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5/21

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill,

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6/21

Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the “March for Our Lives” rally

AP

7/21

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez(C) listens with other students during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington

AFP/Getty Images

8/21

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary’s Hospital

AP

9/21

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shake hands over the military demarcation line upon meeting for the Inter-Korean Summit

10/21

Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor

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11/21

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore

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12/21

Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud of France lift the World Cup trophy to celebrate with teammates after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium

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13/21

Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump make their way to a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers

Getty Images

14/21

Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville

AP

15/21

A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul

REUTERS

16/21

Demonstrators carry banners and flags as they participate in the People’s March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London

AFP/Getty Images

17/21

Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding at St. George’s Chapel

18/21

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May dances a few steps as she takes the stage to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

AFP/Getty Images

19/21

Members of the British government, junior and senior ministers, that have resigned over their opposition to Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit negotiations

AFP/Getty Images

20/21

Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif

AP

21/21

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan walk down the stairs of the iconic Opera House to meet people after announcing pregnancy

AFP/Getty Images

Carillion collapse

377 workers will be made redundant (PA)

The UK’s second-largest construction company collapsed in January after it found itself £1.5bn in debt.

It went into liquidation with £7bn in liabilities, leaving the government to step in and ensure work on its 420 public sector contracts continued.

The collapse is set to cost taxpayers £148m, and its pension pot will have to be compensated by the Pension Protection Fund.

February

Parkland school shooting

The shooting in Florida was the deadliest high school massacre ever to happen in the US (AP)

17 students and staff members were killed when former Stoneman Douglas High School student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at his former school in Parkland, Florida.

17 more were injured during the deadliest high school shooting in US history, and the deadliest mass shooting of 2018. 

It led students to form protest group Never Again MSD and sparked nationwide gun control protests.

Beast from the East

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The frozen canal at Little Venice, London

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A multi-car collision on the M66 NEAR Ramsbottom and Bury

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Ice climbers at Kinder Downfall, High Peak in Derbyshire

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Royal Navy warship NHS Tidespring battles the Beast from the East

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Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards take part in a snow ball fight prior to the combined St David’s Day celebration and pre-deployment service at Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright, Surrey

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A police car on fire on the M62 near Huddersfield.

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Andrea Geile skies along Princes Street in Edinburgh

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Heavy snowfall hits St Paul’s Cathedral

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Paddington Station today

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The M876 to Glasgow is closed

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A man walks in the snowy conditions in Larbert

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Edinburgh Castle in the snow

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Members of the public make their way through snow the streets in Alexandria, Scotland

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Jock the Shih Tzu plays in the snow

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Waterloo Station tracks covered in snow

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A man clears snow in Alexandria, Scotland

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Snow-covered members of the public walk through heavy snow in Westminster

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A stranded car covered in snow in Whitley Bay in Tyne and Wear

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Police push a car on the on the M80 Haggs in Glasgow

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A blizzard hit Trafalgar Square

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School children from Wearhead Primary School, in County Durham, which stands more than 1,100 feet (335m) above sea level and which remained open despite blizzards thanks to teachers battling through the elements and a parent with a digger

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Snow continues to fall in Westminster

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Fabio Fodaro cycles during a blizzard at Helix Park in Falkirk

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The scene on the M80 Haggs in Glasgow

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Police push a car on the on the M80 Haggs in Glasgow

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Huge crowds outside Oxford Circus Tube station

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People walk in the snow on Horse Guards Parade

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Three-year-old Wilfred Martin, enjoys sledding in the snow in Richmond Park, Londo

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Victor the polar bear enjoys the snow at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster

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Spectacular sunrise over Canary Wharf

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Vehicles get stuck on a hill on the A30 near Land’s End in Cornwall following heavy snow that made driving conditions difficult

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Battersea looking beautiful in the snow

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People walk their dogs on Blyth Beach in Northumberland

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A swimmer braves the snowy conditions at King Edwards bay near Tynemouth

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Frozen foutains at Trafalgar Square

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Pedestrians cross Whitehall as snow falls

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Pedestrians walk across millennium bridge in front of St Paul’s as heavy snowfall hits London

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A snow-covered Tube train early today Londoners woke to wintry scenes

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A lorry shed its load on the M20 overnight

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The UK was battered by blizzards, strong winds and widespread disruption when the Beast from the East combined with storm Emma to create some of the worst weather Britain had experienced for decades.

Red weather warnings were issued across the country, with roads and rail grinding to a standstill and up to 20 inches of snow falling on high ground.

17 people died during the extreme cold spell, which lasted from February 24 until March 4.

A mini Beast from the East followed two weeks later.

March

Salisbury poisonings

Amber Rudd visits police cordon in Salisbury

Sergei and Yulia Skripal suddenly collapsed in the centre of Salisbury on March 4, sparking an international diplomatic incident.

Samples tested at nearby Porton Down revealed the father and daughter had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, which was believed to have come from Russia.

Russian spy ‘poisoning’: Sergei and Yulia Skripal spent weeks fighting for their lives in hospital (PA)

Large areas of the sleepy cathedral town, including the Zizzi where they had eaten, were sealed off while police investigated.

It led to 153 Russian diplomats being expelled from 29 countries.

Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘sorry’ for Cambridge Analytica Facebook ‘breach of trust’

The company was exposed in March for harvesting data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without people’s consent.

The data was used to predict the choices of and influence voters. The scandal emerged after whistleblower Christopher Wylie went public.

It caused a massive drop in Facebook’s value and sparked international criticism of Mark Zuckerberg and the firm’s working practices.

Zuckerberg was eventually forced to testify before congress.

March for Our Lives after Parkland shooting

People across the US marched in support of stronger gun controls (AP)

Hundreds of thousands of students joined the March for Our Lives in Washington DC on March 24 following the Parkland school shooting.

They called for stronger gun control measures, and asked for measures which had been introduced in Florida, such as banning bump stocks and raising purchase ages, to be rolled out across the country.

Satellite protests also took place in New York City, Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

April

Royal Baby Louis is born

Baby Louis is about to celebrate his first Christmas (Matt Porteous/Kensington Palace via AP)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third child, baby Louis, was born on March 23, weighing 8lb 7oz.

Korea summit

Kim Jong Un steps into history at South Korea summit

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in met for a historic summit between the North and South to discuss the 2018 Winter Olympics and denuclearisation.

The April 27 summit was the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader entered the South’s territory.

May

Harry and Meghan’s wedding

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan (R), Duchess of Sussex exit St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their royal wedding ceremony

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk down the west steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding.

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Crowds gather ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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George Clooney and his wife British human rights barrister Amal Clooney (R) arrive for the royal wedding ceremony of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ride in an Ascot Landau along the Long Walk after their wedding in St George’s Chapel

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Princess Charlotte sticks out her tongue as she rides in a car to the wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George leave after the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel

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Zalie Warren arrives at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wave as they ride a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding ceremony

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Students of Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School watch a live broadcast of the wedding of Meghan Markle, who graduated from Immaculate Heart in 1999

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle walk down the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry looks at his bride, Meghan Markle

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Pinky Ghelani and Suzzy Wokabi watch a TV broadcast of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding at the Windsor golf and country club in Nairobi

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A town crier poses after watching the carriage procession

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and The Duchess of Sussex ride in the Ascot Landau carriage during the procession after getting married St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk down the west steps of St George’s Chapel

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding.

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Crowds gather ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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George Clooney and his wife British human rights barrister Amal Clooney (R) arrive for the royal wedding ceremony of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle

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Oprah Winfrey leaves St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

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Royal fans watch the wedding

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel

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Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in front of millions on May 19 with a stunning ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Former Suits actress Meghan became The Duchess of Sussex and wore a custom designed Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy dress, followed by a Stella McCartney halterneck number in the evening.

June

Amesbury poisonings

Dawn Sturgess died in July (PA)

On June 30, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital after falling ill in nearby Amesbury.

Police quickly established that they had been contaminated with the same nerve agent as the Skripals almost four months earlier.

Charlie Rowley fell ill in June following exposure to the nerve agent Novichok (AFP/Getty Images)

They had found a small “Nina Ricci” perfume bottle, which Mr Rowley had attached a small spray dispenser to and given to Ms Sturgess, who had sprayed it on her wrists.

She died on July 8, with Mr Rowley regaining consciousness two days later.

World Cup mania

England fans celebrate World Cup quarter-final victory

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An England supporter is held aloft as fans celebrate in the street beside Borough Market

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England fans set off smoke bombs after the match in front of The Shard

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Red flares are let off in London Bridge

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England fans celebrate as the second goal is scored against Sweden

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Fans sing their joy from traffic lights

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Celebrations in London Bridge

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Three jubiland fans jump onto a bus in London Bridge

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‘It’s coming home’: England fans supported their team at bars and pubs across the UK

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England faced Sweden in their quarter-final match of the World Cup on Saturday

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Fans watch the Sweden game in Millennium Square, Leeds

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England fans in the stands during the FIFA World Cup

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Supporters celebrate as England’s defender Harry Maguire scores the opening goal

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Joyous fans celebrate England’s goal

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Londoners watching from a public screen were overjoyed

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The Three Lions were playing for their spot in the last four of the tournament for the first time in 28 years

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Flat Iron Square in London was filled with happy fans

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England faced Sweden in their quarter-final match of the World Cup on Saturday

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England fans in the stands during the FIFA World Cup

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Joyous fans celebrate England’s goal

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Londoners watching from a public screen were overjoyed

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The Three Lions were playing for their spot in the last four of the tournament for the first time in 28 years

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Flat Iron Square in London was filled with happy fans

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England’s World Cup journey kicked off on June 18 with a 2-1 victory against Tunisia, turning the nation into football experts and filling up pubs for the rest of the month.

Our incredible 6-1 win against Panama, including a hat trick from Kane, felt like it united the nation.

The team even managed to win one game, against Colombia, on penalties, despite our reputation for bombing out in shootouts.

Despite it finally feeling like football was coming home, England were knocked out on July 11 in a 2-1 semi-final defeat by Croatia.

July

Thai footballers cave rescue 

Thai cave rescue news football team and coach found ALIVE after being trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave for nine days

The world watched avidly as the junior football team trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, were rescued.

The 12 team members, aged 11 to 17, and their 25-year-old assistant coach, entered the cave on June 23 before it was flooded, trapping them inside.

It took more than 10,000 people 18 days to finally rescue all the boys. One diver died during the rescue effort.

Trump’s UK visit

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Demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square, London during a ‘Stop Trump’ march as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK.

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit at Trafalgar Square in London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Tens of thousands of people marched today in protest at Donald Trump’s UK visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regent Street in London

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The protesters took to the streets in anger at the US president’s controversial visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Protestors hold banners during the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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Donald Trump earlier gave a bombshell interview with the Sun in which he criticised the Prime Minister’s approach on Brexit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regents Street in London

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Demonstrators also inflated a blimp effigy of Donald Trump

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Donald Trump will meet the Queen later on today

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Thousands more people are expected to march later on

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People held aloft placards that read: “Trump Not Welcome”

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Bianca Jagger joins protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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The protesters hold balloons with anti-Trump messages on them

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Oxford Circus

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump protest

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A drag queen joins protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump hold up placards as they take part in a march and rally in London

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James O’Brien sells Donald Trump toilet paper, as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US. President Donald Trump

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donald J. Trump visit in London

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump

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Demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square, London during a ‘Stop Trump’ march as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK.

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit at Trafalgar Square in London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Tens of thousands of people marched today in protest at Donald Trump’s UK visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regent Street in London

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The protesters took to the streets in anger at the US president’s controversial visit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square after marching through London

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Protestors hold banners during the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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Donald Trump earlier gave a bombshell interview with the Sun in which he criticised the Prime Minister’s approach on Brexit

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Regents Street in London

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Demonstrators also inflated a blimp effigy of Donald Trump

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An aerial view of the women’s march in progress

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Donald Trump will meet the Queen later on today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March hold banners in London

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Thousands more people are expected to march later on

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As many as 70,000 people took to the streets

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People held aloft placards that read: “Trump Not Welcome”

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Bianca Jagger joins protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March in London

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The protesters hold balloons with anti-Trump messages on them

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Trump’s visit was criticised heavily

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‘Stop Trump’ demonstrators march through Oxford Circus

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump protest

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Protesters gather in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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A drag queen joins protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Huge crowd: a bigger protest is due later today

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump hold up placards as they take part in a march and rally in London

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James O’Brien sells Donald Trump toilet paper, as part of the protests against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US. President Donald Trump

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A man dressed as President Trump poses for a photograph as protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump

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Protesters for the ‘Stop Trump’ Women’s March pass along Whitehall in London

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Protesters join a Women’s march in central London to demonstrate against President Trump’s visit to the UK

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donald J. Trump visit in London

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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Drag queens take part in the Drag Against Trump protest in Piccadilly Circus

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The “Trump Baby” balloon joins demonstrators as they march to Parliament Square in London

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Demonstrators protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump

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Tens of thousands of people take part in a Stop Trump Coalition – Stop the War Protest against the US President Donal J. Trump visit in London

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The President’s trip to Britain in July caused widespread protests, with a Trump Baby blimp being launched in Parliament Square in his honour.

Tens of thousands lined the capital’s streets, prompting Mr Trump to hold all his meetings outside London.

While he was at his Scottish golf resort, Turnberry, Greenpeace launched their own protest, with a paraglider swooping past the terrace holding a banner which said “Trump: Well below par.”

August

House of Fraser collapse

At least 10 stores will close next year after the chain went into administration (Getty Images)

The retail giant collapsed into administration on August 10 after months of struggle, but was saved by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct chain for £90 million.

10 stores are set to close next year, with many more at risk of closure as Mr Ashley restructures the business.

Mr Ashley said he wanted to turn the firm into the “Harrods of the high street.”

September

Russians named as poisoning suspects

Suspects in Skripal poisoning claim they went to Salisbury to ‘visit cathedral’

On September 5, British authorities identified two Russian nationals using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as suspects, claiming they were active Russian military intelligence officers.

The two were later identified as GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, a Hero of the Russian Federation, and Dr Alexander Mishkin.

The pair gave an interview to Russian TV in which they claimed they had merely visited Salisbury to see the Cathedral’s famous spire.

October  

Jamal Khashoggi murdered

A demonstrator holds a poster of Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul where he was killed (AFP/Getty Images)

The Washington Post columnist was murdered on October 2 during a visit to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul.

The journalist, who was an outspoken critic of the kingdom’s government, was attacked moments after going into the consulate to collect documents for his upcoming wedding. 

Mystery has surrounded the events which led to his death, with Saudi Arabia accepting he died in the building. The investigation into his death is still ongoing with Saudi Arabia’s leaders facing international condemnation.

People’s Vote march attracts 700,000 

Hundreds of thousands of protesters attended a march through London seeking a referendum on the final Brexit deal, including politicians and celebrities.

Eugenie’s wedding

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Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank tied the knot on October 12 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor.

Guests included members of the Royal Family, celebrities, musicians and models.

Meghan and Harry royal baby announcement

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they were expecting on October 15, and that the baby is due in Spring.

They made the announcement as they landed in Australia for their first royal tour together.

The baby will be seventh in line to the throne.

November

Government resignations 

Brexit secretary Dominic Raab also resigned from the Cabinet (AFP/Getty Images)

Beginning with Jo Johnson, former transport minister, waves of resignations hit Theresa May’s Government in November.

Ministers, aides and private secretaries all stepped down amid rows over the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal.

California wildfires 

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Travis Lee Hogan, of Paradise, comforts his mother, Bridgett Hogan, while they stay at a makeshift evacuation center for people displaced by the Camp Fire in Chico, California

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aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018.

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Trish Moutard (C), of Sacramento, searches for human remains with her cadaver dog, I.C., in a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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The Santa Monica Mountains are seen left blackened by the Woolsey Fire near Malibu, California

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Members of the California Army National Guard take a break at they search burned homes for human remains at the Camp Fire

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Ashley Dancin, 30, who was displaced from her home in Concow by the Camp Fire, looks through free clothing at a makeshift evacuation center in Chico, California

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Ashley Sheppard, whose house burned down, tends to her baby at an evacuee encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California

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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.

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Residences were leveled by the wildfire in Paradise

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Scorched hillsides are seen where the Woolsey Fire reached the ocean on November 14, 2018 near Malibu, California.

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Volunteer Cathryn Flores classifies clothes at a donation fair for fire evacuees camping at a parking lot in Chico, California

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The ruins of an ocean view home are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California

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A cadaver dog named I.C. searches for human remains in an area destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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NASA’s Operational Land Imager satellite image shows the Camp Fire burning at around 10:45 a.m. local time near Paradise, California, U.S., on November 8, 2018.

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A NASA Terra satellite image shows smoke continuing to spread west from the Camp Fire and two more fires, the Hill and Woolsey Fires in southern California, U.S., on November 9, 2018

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A long line of residents seeking to return to Malibu,

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca return to their fire-ravaged home along Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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A melted fence runs along a hillside as firefighters continue to battle the Woolsey Fire burning in Southern California

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Firefighters inspect a property destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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The remains of burnt down homes and vechicles resulting from the Woolsey Fire are seen on Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca find what they came back to look for, old family photographs, at their burnt down house resulting from the Woolsey Fire on Busch Drive in Malibu

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A fireplace and chimney are all that remains of a house on Busch Drive, a casualty of the Woolsey Fire, on November 13, 2018 in Malibu, California.

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Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law’s home leveled by the Woolsey Fire

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A children’s toy destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California, U.S.

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S

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A truck destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California,

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A firefighter battles a hotspot caused by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu,

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Firefighters work to extinguish a flare-up of the Woolsey Fire on a hillside in West Hills,

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A burnt vehicle , rests against a tree in Concow, California

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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire

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The Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend

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The fire broke out on Thursday north west of Los Angeles

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75,000 properties have been evacuated in Malibu

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An aircraft drops flame retardant as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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Properties burned and destroyed from wildfires sit across from intact homes in the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park

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Donna Phillips shows a charred Route 66 sign she found among the possessions of her friend Marsha Maus

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Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky search for belongings at their destroyed home

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Trish Moutard (C), of Sacramento, searches for human remains with her cadaver dog, I.C., in a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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Members of the California Army National Guard take a break at they search burned homes for human remains at the Camp Fire

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Ashley Sheppard, whose house burned down, tends to her baby at an evacuee encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California

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Volunteer Cathryn Flores classifies clothes at a donation fair for fire evacuees camping at a parking lot in Chico, California

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The ruins of an ocean view home are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California

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A cadaver dog named I.C. searches for human remains in an area destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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A NASA Terra satellite image shows smoke continuing to spread west from the Camp Fire and two more fires, the Hill and Woolsey Fires in southern California, U.S., on November 9, 2018

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca return to their fire-ravaged home along Busch Drive in Malibu, California

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Firefighters inspect a property destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California

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Katherine Marinara and her son Luca find what they came back to look for, old family photographs, at their burnt down house resulting from the Woolsey Fire on Busch Drive in Malibu

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A fireplace and chimney are all that remains of a house on Busch Drive, a casualty of the Woolsey Fire, on November 13, 2018 in Malibu, California.

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Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law’s home leveled by the Woolsey Fire

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A children’s toy destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California, U.S.

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S

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A cadaver dog and his handler search for victims in a burnt-out residential street ravaged by the Camp Fire in Paradise

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A truck destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise, California

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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California,

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A fire burns at the Salvation Army Camp

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A firefighter battles a hotspot caused by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu,

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A helicopter drops flame retardant on a wildfire

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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp

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Firefighters work to extinguish a flare-up of the Woolsey Fire on a hillside in West Hills,

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Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers inspect a burnt vehicle

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A burnt vehicle , rests against a tree in Concow, California

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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire

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The Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend

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A view of homes destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradis

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The fire broke out on Thursday north west of Los Angeles

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A car explodes into flames

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A vehicle drives through smoke from a wildfire near Pulga

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75,000 properties have been evacuated in Malibu

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An aircraft drops flame retardant as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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An aircraft drops water as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire

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Burned cars and property sit across from an intact home, after a wildfire tore through the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park, in Agoura Hills

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Properties burned and destroyed from wildfires sit across from intact homes in the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park

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Members of hand crew work rest on a hillside in West Hills

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A firefighter sprays water on the remaining hot spots

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Firefighters spray water from a fire truck as they battle the Woolsey

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As the Camp Fire burns nearby, a scorched car rests by gas pumps near Pulga

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An American flag is draped over the charred remains of an old pickup truck entering Point Dume along the pacific coast highway in Malibu

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A burned out hot tub and a fireplace are all that remains of a house in Point Dume

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Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky recover a safe deposit box from their destroyed home

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A home burns as the Camp Fire moves through Paradise, California

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Donna Phillips shows a charred Route 66 sign she found among the possessions of her friend Marsha Maus

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Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky search for belongings at their destroyed home

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Ricky Alvarado is framed by a hole in his roof as he looks over the charred remains of his home

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Firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire as it continues to burn in Malibu

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The burning area by the Camp Fire near the town of Paradise is nearly 110 square miles in size

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The raging blaze has forced thousands from their homes and ravaged the landscape

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The community of Paradise, California has been ‘destroyed,’ firefighters said

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A firefighting DC-10 makes a fire retardant drop over a wildfire in the mountains near Malibu

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Burned hills are seen as firefighters battle the Woolsey Fire

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Flames and smoke light up ridge lines from the Woosley Fire in California

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Statues are seen on a smouldering property in Paradise, California

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Search and rescue teams scramble to evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns during the Camp fire in Paradise, California

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Firefighters battle flames overnight

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California suffered from its most destructive ever wildfires, with more than 1.89 million acres covered and 104 deaths.

Thousands of homes, including those of Miley Cyrus, Neil Young and Gerard Butler, were destroyed.

December

Brexit sparks leadership crisis for PM

Theresa May on March 29, 2017, after she announced Article 50 had been triggered (PA)

The Government was thrown into even more chaos in December when at least 48 MPs submitted letters of no confidence in Theresa May to the 1922 Committee, prompting a vote over her leadership.

The letters came flooding in after Mrs May agreed the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from Europe.

She survived the vote with a majority of 83, with 200 voting for her and 117 voting against.

She secured victory after announcing that she would not run for PM in the next General Election planned for 2022, but her Brexit plan has not yet been agreed on by MPs and the UK is facing the prospect of leaving the bloc with no deal in place.

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