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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

Public Health England reports that the country last year had the most cases of gonorrhea since records began more than 100 years ago, at 70,936 reported cases. Those aged 20–25 had the largest increase, at 28% between 2018 and 2019.
2020-09-3

41 people are injured when a coach overturns in Kent, England, United Kingdom.
2018-08-13

The Met Office issues travel warnings for parts of Wales, Scotland and England as Storm Doris, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the United Kingdom. At least one person is killed.
2017-02-23

Sahaviriya Steel Industries closes the Teesside Steelworks in the Redcar and Cleveland borough in northern England, resulting in the loss of 1,700 jobs.
2015-09-28

Scientists at Northumbria University in northeast England develop a computerized statistical model of the Sun's solar cycle (a measurement of the number of sunspots and solar flares, in this case between 1976 and 2008, and their intensity and activity). While preliminary, and not yet peer-reviewed, the data predicts irregularities in the cycle: the Northern Hemisphere could experience a slight lowering in temperatures in the 2030s.
2015-07-14

A human cannonball performer is killed in public in Kent, England, UK.
2011-04-25

Pablo Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, goes on public exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, England.
2011-03-7

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