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Trump's visit, royal health
Lancashire Evening Post
|December 29, 2025
An unprecedented second state visit for Donald Trump, a challenging year in power for the Labour Party and a series of more positive health announcements from the royal family have characterised 2025.
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in February
There were major stories beyond the UK too, with talks to end the war in Ukraine, an air crash in India that killed 241 people and pop sensation Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce announcing their engagement.
Here the PA news agency takes a look at the key events that made up 2025.
January
Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the murders of three girls who were attending a Taylor Swift dance event at a centre in Southport. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, died from their injuries.
This story is from the December 29, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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