Sources: BBC
A manhunt is launched for Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl sparked anti-immigration protests in Epping, Essex, England, after he was accidentally released from prison. 2025-10-24
More than 100,000 people protest against illegal immigration in central London, England, in a rally led by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Thousands of anti-racism protesters and left-wing groups also hold counter-protests. 2025-09-13
A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft crashes and catches fire shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport in Southend-on-Sea, England, killing all four people onboard. 2025-07-13
NHS England announces the country will start rolling out a vaccination programme for gonorrhea, using the 4CMenB vaccine, starting in August. This will be the world's first vaccination programme for gonorrhea. 2025-05-21
Three children are killed and ten other people are injured in a mass stabbing at a dance school in Southport, Merseyside, England. A teenager is subsequently arrested. 2024-07-29
England begins to implement mandatory mask wearing in shops, banks, post offices and hairdressers, as well as on public transport as part of targeted measures to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant. 2021-11-30
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that the UK's final relaxing of pandemic-related restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks due to an increase in the number of cases of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. Reopening has been delayed from June 21 to at least July 19. 2021-06-14
Archeologists at Stonehenge pinpoint the origin of the structure's large Sarsen stones to a site 25 km north near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. 2020-07-29
Sean Fitzgerald, 31, is shot dead by police officers during a raid on a house in Coventry, England, United Kingdom. Two 26-year-old men were arrested during the same raid, in connection with cannabis production. 2019-01-4
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency arrests a man as a suspected hacker in western England in connection with a June 15, 2014 cyber attack on the messaging service used by employees at the U.S. Department of Defense. 2015-03-6