Born in 2025
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2025 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from £21.50Add their name
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BACK TO 2025 · United Kingdom
A little history to go with their gift.
England retained the Women’s European Championship by beating Spain on penalties on 27 July. Nintendo launched Switch 2 in June, and Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touched down on the Moon carrying NASA science instruments in March.
What happened in 2025?
England retain the European women’s football crown
England retained the UEFA Women’s European Championship by beating Spain on penalties in the final at Basel.
Nintendo launches Switch 2
Nintendo launched the Switch 2 game system on June 5, 2025, eight years after the original Switch.
Blue Ghost lands on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touched down on the Moon on March 2, 2025.
Liverpool celebrate a twentieth league title
Liverpool secured the 2024–25 Premier League title on April 27 after a 5-1 home win over Tottenham. The championship was the club’s twentieth top-flight title.
Firsts and new ideas
The first U.S.-born pope takes the name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope on May 8, 2025, taking the name Leo XIV and becoming the first pope from the United States.
Vatican News, Dicastery for Communication · Reuters, republished by Investing.com
Paris turn years of ambition into a first crown
Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich on May 31 to win the Champions League for the first time. Désiré Doué scored twice in a record-setting final.
Number ones and music in 2025
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Cowboy Carter wins Album of the Year
Beyoncé won the 2025 Grammy for Album of the Year with Cowboy Carter on 2 February.
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs · PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)
Taylor Swift regains control of her early albums
Taylor Swift announced that she had bought the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums. The deal returned control of the early catalog to the singer after years of public discussion about its ownership.
Prices and everyday money in 2025
United Kingdom figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| UK National Living Wage, workers aged 21 and over | £12.21 per hour | GBP per hour UK Government, GOV.UK |
| bread, white sliced loaf (January observation) | £1.40 | 800 g loaf ONS MM23 RPI average price series CZOH, 140 pence converted to GBP |
| milk, pasteurised (January observation) | 65p | pint ONS MM23 RPI average price series CZNT, 65.0 pence converted to GBP |
| butter block (January observation) | £2.43 | 250 g block ONS MM23 RPI average price series KW9B, 243.0 pence converted to GBP |
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