Sources: BBC
In association football, English attacking midfielder Max Dowman scores for Arsenal in a 2–0 win over Everton to become the youngest ever goal scorer in Premier League history at 16 years and 73 days old. 2026-03-14
Recorder of London Mark Lucraft sentences English couple Constance Marten and Mark Gordon to 14 years in prison each for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter. 2025-09-15
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer withdraws a platoon from a NATO mission in Lithuania. The withdrawal follows a report from "Der Spiegel" on Monday stating that the platoon's members engaged in misconduct, including bullying, filming a sexual assault against another soldier, and singing antisemitic songs to mark the birthday of dictator Adolf Hitler. 2021-06-16
English cricketer and all-rounder Moeen Ali, who tested positive for COVID-19 ten days ago, confirmed that he was infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which makes this the first case of the UK variant in Sri Lanka. 2021-01-13
British serial rapist Joseph McCann receives 33 life sentences, having been convicted on Friday at London's Old Bailey of 37 charges of rape, sexual assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment, his victims ranging from 11 to 71 years old. 2019-12-9
The New York Police Department and London's Metropolitan Police Service open investigations into alleged sexual assault allegations against the American film producer Harvey Weinstein. 2017-10-12
Former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall is sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually abusing girls. 2013-06-17
English singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers dies at the age of 68. 2013-02-18
Wellesley College and Baylor University publish love letters between English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett online. 2012-02-14
Julian Assange is allowed a final appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom against his extradition to Sweden to answer questions over sexual assault allegations. 2011-12-5