The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

PA news agency photographers captured the changing seasons during the course of 2024.

Here are some of the most dramatic and colourful coastal snaps of the year.

Party leaders travelled the length and breadth of the UK as they tried to win votes at the general election.

The King and Princess of Wales revealed they had been diagnosed with cancer during a difficult year for the royal family.

The best of the images from across the country for the past 12 months.

Across the UK, people celebrated the festive season by decorating Christmas trees and putting up beautiful lights.

Ceremonies were held and revellers gathered for the shortest day of the year.

Bridget Carole Curtis, of Begelly, was to be sentenced on Friday at Swansea Crown Court for causing the death by dangerous driving of a baby.

John Prescott was a formidable campaigner who took his party’s message on the road to its heartlands at a time of change for the movement.

Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined other guests at the private service in Buckinghamshire.

Temperatures dropped below zero in some parts of the country on Wednesday morning.

The Arizona man mistakenly pressed too hard on the accelerator.

The event saw more than 7,000 people and 250 horses take to the streets of the capital.

Mr Trump undertook a state visit to the UK in 2019 when he met several members of the royal family.

The Cake International show is marking its 30th anniversary.

Meerkats, tigers and macaques all got involved at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland.

Crocodiles and possums have featured in previous trips by royal family members.

The lights could be seen as far south as Kent and East Anglia.