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The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave.
2022-08-12

England records a record wind gust of 122 mph (196 kmh) on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel.
2022-02-18

Police officers have discovered the remains of three children and one adult inside a residential property in Killamarsh, near Sheffield, England, after being called out to reports of a disturbance. A 31-year-old man has been arrested and a murder inquiry has been launched.
2021-09-19

Bob Weighton, aged 111, of Alton, Hampshire, England, is named the oldest living man in the world after the death of Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan at the age of 112.
2020-02-26

Three people are killed and two are injured after a lorry crashes into a minibus in Thatcham, England.
2018-10-11

Tata Steel is to cut 1,050 jobs in the United Kingdom, with the majority going in South Wales. The Indian multinational steel-making company announced there will be 750 job losses at its Port Talbot Steelworks in Port Talbot, Wales while another 300 jobs will go at its plants in Corby and Hartlepool in England.
2016-01-18

London police end their three-year long, round-the-clock guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy waiting to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Officers have been stationed at this embassy since June 2012. Police said the operation cost 11.1 million pounds (17.6 million dollars) through April 2015. Assange is wanted for jumping bail in England and sexual assault allegations in Sweden. Assange denies the Swedish charges and suspects the real reason is to bring him to the U.S.
2015-10-12

British police arrest five people in the English town of Luton on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
2012-04-24

Dr Imran Farooq, an exiled leader of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is murdered in the North London suburb of Edgware, England leading to schools and shops being closed in Farooq's home city of Karachi.
2010-09-16

Dozens of residents protest against plans to build four wind turbines in a field in Berkshire, England.
2010-07-17