The year in pictures: our photographers pick their favourite shots of 2014
We asked the Echo photographic team to pick their best images of the year. Here's what they chose (and not a folded arm in sight...) You can see the full gallery of shots they chose here.
Sarah Keets, left and Linda Kirkman in floodwater at Stapehill. Picture by Sally Adams.
By Sally Adams, these pictures tell the story of February's storms
Jon Beal took this, of Luis Suarez
By Corin Messer
By Richard Crease.
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