The most memorable newspaper front pages of 2022

From Uber files and Partygate revelations to Liz Truss’s lettuce face-off

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Covid largely disappeared from Britain’s front pages in 2022 – but the pandemic headlines were swiftly replaced by the cost-of-living crisis, Ukraine war and merry-go-round at No. 10.

Newspapers grappled with the death of the Queen, in the year of her Platinum Jubilee, and the dawn of the Carolean era. Column inches were dedicated to record-breaking temperatures and a spate of strikes, with revelations about royals and global tech firms in between.

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Hollie Clemence is the UK executive editor. She joined the team in 2011 and spent six years as news editor for the site, during which time the country had three general elections, a Brexit referendum, a Covid pandemic and a new generation of British royals. Before that, she was a reporter for IHS Jane’s Police Review, and travelled the country interviewing police chiefs, politicians and rank-and-file officers, occasionally from the back of a helicopter or police van. She has a master’s in magazine journalism from City University, London, and has written for publications and websites including TheTimes.co.uk and Police Oracle.