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The Southwark Crown Court sentences five Just Stop Oil activists, including co-founder Roger Hallam, to prison terms ranging from four to five years for organizing protests that blocked the M25 motorway in London, England, United Kingdom, in 2022.
2024-07-18

A World War II-era bomb weighing around 250kg explodes while being defused in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. No injuries are reported.
2023-02-10

A helicopter crashes near Burton, North Yorkshire, England, killing two people onboard.
2022-06-20

The British Health Secretary announces a small step to ease the nation's lockdown, allowing care home visitors in England to be regularly visited by a single friend or family member. This change will take effect on March 8.
2021-02-20

The British government confirms that a case of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza has been found at a turkey farm in North Yorkshire, England. All 10,500 birds at the farm will be culled in order to limit the spread of the disease, according to Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss.
2020-11-29

The National Health Service announces that two more Nightingale field hospitals will be built at Harrogate Convention Centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and the University of the West of England in Bristol.
2020-04-2

Voters in England and the Isle of Anglesey in Wales go to the polls for local elections.
2013-05-2

British horror writer James Herbert dies at the age of 69 in Sussex, England.
2013-03-20

Police in the English city of Birmingham arrest four men in the Sparkhill district in a major anti-terrorism operation.
2011-11-15

Trainmaker Bombardier Transportation cuts 1,400 jobs from its United Kingdom factory in the English city of Derby after missing out on the £1.4bn Thameslink project.
2011-07-5