Sources: BBC
The Football Association bans transgender women from women's football in England starting 1 June after amending its eligibility criteria. 2025-05-1
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
A man is killed and other is wounded in stabbing attacks in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The attacks are being investigated by Counter Terrorism Policing. Police arrest a Moroccan asylum seeker nearby. 2023-10-15
After a year's delay, the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup begins in England, with Ireland beating Spain 32–55 in the opening game at the Copper Box Arena in London. 2022-11-3
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces that London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will move into the highest level "Tier 3" restrictions on December 16 at 00:01 a.m. GMT. 2020-12-14
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
Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, announces he has sent a team to Essex to verify the identities of the 39 bodies found in a lorry this week, who are thought by UK authorities to be Chinese nationals. Post-mortems are due to begin today. The Northern Irish driver remains in police custody, suspected of murder. 2019-10-25
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman launches an investigation after a burglar dies from burns suffered in a fire in his cell at HMP Risley in England. 2018-04-3
The Metropolitan Police in London, England launch an investigation into the death of reggae musician Smiley Culture in a police raid in Surrey. 2011-03-15