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In horse racing, "I Am Maximus", ridden by Irish jockey Paul Townend, wins this year's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, England, becoming the second horse since Red Rum to win the Grand National twice.
2026-04-11

British musician Ian Watkins of the band Lostprophets is killed in HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, where he was imprisoned for sexual crimes against children and animals. Two men are arrested on suspicion of the murder.
2025-10-11

Scientists announce that they have identified fossil remains of the "Ichthyotitan", the largest marine reptile currently known, in the Westbury Formation in England.
2024-04-17

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 United Kingdom begins a mandatory hotel quarantine for all British and Irish citizens and all permanent residents arriving in England from 33 "high risk" countries, requiring them to stay for 10 days at government-designated accommodations.
2021-02-15

During a police raid, six children are found unconscious inside a residential property in the Shiregreen suburb of Sheffield, England. The eldest two children, aged 13 and 14, subsequently died at Sheffield Children's Hospital; the other four children remain hospitalised.
2019-05-24

A U.S. F-18 fighter jet crashes into farmland near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk county, England, killing the pilot.
2015-10-21

British government plans for the introduction of directly elected police commissioners in England and Wales are defeated with the help of Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords.
2011-05-11

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

2011 English protests: Thousands of protesters demonstrate against cuts and increases in tuition fees in England; police escort student leader Aaron Porter away in Manchester amid calls from protesters for his resignation.
2011-01-29