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A pipeline leak causes an oil spill at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, in which more than 200 barrels of reservoir fluids, including oil, leak into a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The RSPB reported sightings of oiled birds. ([https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-uk-england-dorset-65090752 BBC News])
2023-03-26

The bodies of two disabled people are found in Roadford Lake, near Okehampton, Devon, England, a day after their boat capsized on the lake. Four others are in hospital, with one in critical condition.
2022-06-9

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

Six people, including the gunman, are killed and two more are wounded in a mass shooting in Plymouth, Devon, England. Eyewitnesses say that the shooting began at a house before the shooter "randomly started shooting" on the street.
2021-08-12

A major incident has been declared in Devon, England, after a double-decker bus overturned near the town of Totnes while operating a busy passenger service between the English Riviera coast and the city of Plymouth.
2019-10-5

Lewis Ludlow pleads guilty to financing and planning a terrorist van attack in London, England.
2018-08-10

Two lorry drivers receive prison terms, one of 14 years, for killing eight people when their vehicles collided with a bus on the M1 in Buckinghamshire, England, in 2017.
2018-03-23

Catriona Finlayson-Wilkins, 41, of England, becomes the first diabetic (she has Type I diabetes) to give birth naturally after using an artificial pancreas throughout her pregnancy.
2015-05-5

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

The Duke of Edinburgh, on a trip to Exeter, Devon with Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, asks a female sea cadet if she works at a strip club before concluding that it is "probably too cold for that anyway".
2010-03-11