Sources: BBC
The Labour Party concedes defeat in Wales with Plaid Cymru and Reform UK making significant gains, while the nationalist Scottish National Party claims victory in Scotland. 2026-05-8
Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan resigns after losing her seat in the Senedd as Plaid Cymru claims victory in Wales. 2026-05-8
The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025. 2024-10-24
Welsh singer and convicted sex offender Ian Watkins is stabbed and seriously injured in the Wakefield Prison. 2023-08-6
Storm Brian, the third windstorm of the season, causes severe flash flooding in Ireland and coastal flooding in parts of England and Wales, although disruption is not as severe as initially expected. 2017-10-21
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
Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year. 2016-02-27
Two people are killed and more than 800 homes flooded following heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales. 2012-11-25
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
The 1980s Welsh popstar Michael Barrett (Shakin' Stevens) is convicted of assault and criminal damage at a court in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. 2010-01-12