World Cup, weather and royal wedding: England's images of 2018

Getty ImagesAbout 100,000 people flocked to Windsor for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May
Sporting success, a heatwave and a royal wedding means you probably will not forget 2018 easily.
Here are some standout images from around England.

Merseyside Fire and RescueA fire broke out in the Echo Arena car park in Liverpool in January

Getty ImagesIt was officially the first day of spring but "the Beast from the East" led to this snow drift in Northumberland in March

PAOfficers in protective suits inspect a site in Salisbury, where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent in March

Getty ImagesThe moon rises over fires that raged in the Pennines in June and July

Getty ImagesEngland's unexpected World Cup success lifted spirits with thousands attending screenings, including this one in London's Hyde Park

Getty ImagesThe heatwave led to reservoirs drying up as the Met Office warned of significant temperature rises ahead

PAA giant blimp of Donald Trump was floated above a protest in central London during the president's trip to England in July

Getty ImagesA Buddhist monk brings flowers after a helicopter crash that killed Leicester City's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others in October

PAA street show featuring giant puppets drew 1.3m spectators to Liverpool in the autumn

Getty ImagesWork to remove 45,000 skeletons from a London burial site started in the autumn to make way for the HS2 high-speed railway line

Getty ImagesAnti-Brexit protester Steve Bray found fame when he crashed multiple live TV news reports
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