Sources: BBC
Heathrow Airport in London, England, closes for most of the day due to a "significant power outage" resulting from a fire at an electrical substation in nearby Hayes. At least 1,351 flights are affected by the shutdown, with many diverted to alternative airports or returning to their origin airport. 2025-03-21
Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to all 16 charges, including three charges of murder in relation to a mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside, England, in July 2024. Rudakubana is expected to be sentenced on Thursday. 2025-01-20
A Singapore Airlines flight from London, England, to Singapore makes an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, after experiencing severe air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, resulting in one death and 104 injuries. 2024-05-21
Wild European bison are reintroduced to the United Kingdom for the first time in over a thousand years after three are released into a pine forest in Kent, England. 2022-07-18
Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces that frontline NHS workers in England will be required to be vaccinated beginning in April 2022 in order to keep their jobs or risk being fired. 2021-11-9
41 people are injured when a coach overturns in Kent, England, United Kingdom. 2018-08-13
The skeleton of a girl thought to have been stabbed to death by Roman soldiers is discovered in Kent, England, UK. 2011-04-28
The Thanet Wind Farm, the world's largest offshore wind farm, opens off the southeast coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. 2010-09-24
Eurotunnel has "apologised profusely" after train passengers brought to Calais, France, through the Channel Tunnel are locked into their carriages upon arrival and immediately returned to Kent, England. 2010-08-4
Stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart, known for his role in "Star Trek", is knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in England. 2010-06-2