NHS England announces the country will start rolling out a vaccination programme for gonorrhea, using the 4CMenB vaccine, starting in August. This will be the world's first vaccination programme for gonorrhea. 2025-05-21
A man is killed and other is wounded in stabbing attacks in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The attacks are being investigated by Counter Terrorism Policing. Police arrest a Moroccan asylum seeker nearby. 2023-10-15
The historic Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, also known as the "Robin Hood"-tree, is illegally cut down. A 16-year-old boy is arrested. 2023-09-28
Lucy Letby is convicted of seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following the deaths of multiple babies in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in Chester, England. Letby is acquitted on two other counts of attempted murder. 2023-08-18
England begins to implement mandatory mask wearing in shops, banks, post offices and hairdressers, as well as on public transport as part of targeted measures to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant. 2021-11-30
Global warming protesters glue themselves to a road near the Port of Dover in England, blocking it. Police arrest ten people, believed to be members of Extinction Rebellion. Further scheduled protests take place in a dedicated area set up by police. 2019-09-21
Delegates, among them billionaire businessmen, royalty and elected politicians, arrive in England for the 61st summit of the annual Bilderberg Group at The Grove, Watford. 2013-06-6
A farming alert is issued in Wales as an outbreak of Schmallenberg virus affects livestock in at least 74 farms in England. 2012-02-27
A humanitarian aid convoy for the Viva Palestina charity starts in London, England, headed for the Gaza Strip. 2010-09-19
United Kingdom - Sarah's Law, a scheme which allows parents to check if someone with access to their children is a sex offender, will be extended to cover the whole of England and Wales by Spring 2011 after proving successful in four pilot areas. 2010-08-1