Sources: BBC
An explosion at a house in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, kills at least two people and injures six others. An investigation to determine the cause of the explosion by the Health and Safety Executive is underway. 2024-10-16
A car driving in the wrong direction collides with another car on the M6 motorway in Cumbria, England, killing five people, including two children and seriously injuring another. 2024-10-15
Two Just Stop Oil activists film themselves cutting through a metal fence and spraying orange paint on two private jets at Stansted Airport in Essex, England, United Kingdom. Police arrest the activists for criminal damage. 2024-06-20
Yesterday's killing of MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death in a Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, is declared as a terrorist incident by police. 2021-10-16
Four people are killed and another injured by an explosion at a wastewater treatment works in Avonmouth, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. 2020-12-3
The driver of the lorry in which 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in Grays, Essex, England, pleads guilty to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration. 2019-11-25
A fire severely damages the 16th century Wythenshawe Hall, near Manchester, England. 2016-03-15
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
A rare original King James Bible is found in a church in Wiltshire, England in the United Kingdom. 2011-03-6
University students throughout England and Wales stage a day of demonstrations against increases in tuition fees and cuts to higher education funding. 2010-11-24