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In Test cricket, Australia win their first Test World Cup title, defeating India by 209 runs on the final day at The Oval in London, England. Australia's Travis Head is named player of the match.
2023-06-11

A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police.
2022-08-22

A man is killed and 10 others are injured in stabbing attacks in Croydon, London, England.
2021-02-5

A fire consumes a multi-story parking garage in Liverpool, England, destroying about 1,400 cars parked there, most for an international horse show in the adjacent Liverpool Echo Arena. No injuries are reported, and all horses and pet dogs were moved to safety.
2017-12-31

British activists with the Black Lives Matter movement from America block the road to Heathrow Airport and to streets in Manchester, Birmingham, and Nottingham, marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly police shooting of Mark Duggan in north London. Ten protestors are arrested.
2016-08-5

A fire severely damages the 16th century Wythenshawe Hall, near Manchester, England.
2016-03-15

Four men, including a police officer, are stabbed at a mosque in Birmingham, England.
2013-06-16

Rioting continues in London with lawlessness spreading to other English cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham.
2011-08-9

Serial rapist Delroy Grant is convicted of 18 sexual assaults and rapes in London, England, with fears that he may have committed hundreds of offences.
2011-03-24

Released kidnapped child Sahil Saeed returns home to Manchester in England.
2010-03-18