Sources: BBC
The United Kingdom's Department for Transport approves Ford Motor Company's hands-free driving vehicles on 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. The UK becomes the first European country to approve hands-free driving technology on public roads. 2023-04-14
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities approves the first new coal mine in the United Kingdom in 30 years at the Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria, England. The mine is expected to remain operational for up to 50 years. It will create 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs in the region, and will take two years to build at a cost estimated at around £165 million ($201 million). 2022-12-7
The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave. 2022-08-12
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a third nationwide lockdown in England beginning at midnight. All schools and universities will be closed until mid-February and people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons like shopping and exercise. 2021-01-4
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announces that the Ofqual has discarded the use of an algorithm to award the final grades of GCE Advanced Level and General Certificate of Secondary Education candidates in lieu of the exams that were cancelled due to the pandemic, instead basing the qualifications on teacher-assessed grades. The decision comes after hundreds of students in England protested following the release of the Advanced Level results on August 13, which saw around 40% of teacher-predicted grades downgraded under the algorithm. 2020-08-17
A major incident has been declared in Devon, England, after a double-decker bus overturned near the town of Totnes while operating a busy passenger service between the English Riviera coast and the city of Plymouth. 2019-10-5
Two buses collide head-on in Luton, England, resulting in thirteen people injured. 2018-04-10
A large scale international cyber-attack using the WannaCry ransomware package disrupts computer and telephone systems in thousands of cases across 99 countries. Affected organisations include: England's NHS, with doctors reporting messages demanding money; MegaFon and Sberbank in Russia; Telefónica, Iberdrola, and Gas Natural in Spain; and FedEx. 2017-05-12
An international report finds its most noticeable example of racial profiling is that black people are 26 times more likely than white people to be searched by police in England and Wales; U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson describes it as "astonishing". 2010-10-17
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