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Three children are killed and ten other people are injured in a mass stabbing at a dance school in Southport, Merseyside, England. A teenager is subsequently arrested.
2024-07-29

Flights are suspended at Luton Airport in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, after a fire occurs in a multistorey car park at the airport.
2023-10-11

A pipeline leak causes an oil spill at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, in which more than 200 barrels of reservoir fluids, including oil, leak into a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The RSPB reported sightings of oiled birds. ([https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-uk-england-dorset-65090752 BBC News])
2023-03-26

After a year's delay, the Women's Rugby League World Cup begins with the hosts England beating Brazil 72–4 in the opening game at the Headingley Stadium, Leeds.
2022-11-1

Six people, including the gunman, are killed and two more are wounded in a mass shooting in Plymouth, Devon, England. Eyewitnesses say that the shooting began at a house before the shooter "randomly started shooting" on the street.
2021-08-12

Lockdown restrictions are eased in England, Wales, and Scotland with museums, cinemas, children's play areas, and hotels reopening. Pubs, bars, and restaurants can now serve customers indoors again with social distancing rules in place. In England, people can now gather in groups of 30 outdoors and meet indoors in groups of up to six. A ban on international travel is also lifted.
2021-05-17

England announces that the Ministry of Housing will manage Grenfell Tower in London once the investigation into the fire that gutted the building and killed 72 people is complete.
2018-08-1

Pope Francis appoints Bishop Richard Moth of the British military diocese as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England. The diocese had been vacant since September when Bishop Kieran Conry resigned.
2015-03-25

The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office is investigating claims that a man from the English city of Manchester has been killed in the 2011 Libyan civil war.
2011-03-4

Tens of thousands of university students and lecturers march in a National Union of Students protest in London against plans by the United Kingdom government to raise tuition fees to £9,000 per year in England. Violence occurs later with the building hosting the Conservative Party's campaign headquarters trashed by riots in the day
2010-11-10