People also enjoyed a street parade in London on the first day of 2024.

The Brit Awards and the arrival of the fifth Indiana Jones film were among the other showbiz highlights in the past 12 months.

Rishi Sunak is still standing after his first full year as Prime Minister but things have been far from plain sailing for the Conservative government.

Weather warnings for wind and rain had been issued for parts of England and Wales for New Year’s Eve.

There were also Boxing Day hunts held across the country.

Temperatures soared and dipped during 2023 as the weather created some extreme conditions.

Despite warmer-than-average temperatures across the UK, hundreds of people still took to lakes, ponds and the sea up and down the country.

Up and down the country, people have welcomed the festive season by switching on their Christmas lights.

The storm has affected trains as people begin their Christmas journeys.

As frontman for the Pogues, a new wave band using Irish traditional instruments, MacGowan embodied classic songs including a festive favourite.

The King was among those to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak viewed Remembrance Crosses outside Westminster Abbey while London mayor Sadiq Khan held a multi-faith event.

Colourful seasonal foliage was lit up by the autumn sun.

Hamas has attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip.

The site at Sycamore Gap at Hadrian’s Wall was used as a film location and was a favourite of photographers.

A column by Times senior writer Sean O’Neill argued that the warning from Victoria Prentis ‘has no basis in law’.

The second Malton Roman festival saw modern-day legionaries and cavalry take to the battlefield.

Only women are nominated in the show’s artist of the year category.

Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith flew in the rear of one of two Second World War Spitfires flying over Sussex during an event for military veterans.

Motoring enthusiasts young and old have flocked to the retro-themed festival in Chichester, West Sussex.