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28 September – Downing Street dismisses Johnson's IOPC referral as 'politically motivated'. [271] 29 September – The Sunday Times carries fresh allegations about the relationship between Boris Johnson and Jennifer Arcuri, alleging the two were engaged in an affair; Johnson denies any conflict of interest. [272]
September – Lidl, a German discount food supermarket chain, opens its first 10 stores in Britain. 2 September – Television entertainer Roy Castle , who became best known to British viewers as the long-running presenter of the BBC children's series Record Breakers , dies from lung cancer at the age of 62.
14 September – A. E. Wilder-Smith, organic chemist (born 1915) 16 September – Michael Balfour, historian and civil servant (born 1908) 17 September – Catherine Cobb, jeweller (born 1903) 18 September – Donald Davie, poet and literary critic (born 1922) 19 September – Sir Rudolf Peierls, physicist (born 1907, German Empire)
September – The first new comprehensive schools open in Potters Bar and Hillingdon. [3] 6 September – Flying the de Havilland DH 108, John Derry becomes the first British pilot to break the sound barrier. [7] 8 September – Terence Rattigan's play The Browning Version premieres in London. [17]
4 September – Peace March in Derry attracts 25,000 people in a call to end violence in Northern Ireland. [19] 9 September – The Royal Shakespeare Company opens a memorable production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the lead roles, directed by Trevor Nunn.
6 September – A. L. F. Rivet, archaeologist and cartographer (born 1915) 12 September – Harold Innocent, actor (born 1933) 14 September Adrianne Allen, actress (born 1907) Sheelagh Murnaghan, Northern Irish politician (born 1924) Peter Tranchell, composer (born 1932) 19 September – Helen Adam, poet, collagist and photographer (born 1909)
4 September – A survey by the National Centre for Social Research finds that, for the first time, a majority (53%) of adults in the UK describe themselves as non-religious. [ 101 ] 11 September – In a Commons vote, MPs back the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290, as critics warn it represents a "power grab" by ministers.
2 September – Economy experts warn that a recession could soon be about to hit the United Kingdom. This would be the second recession in a decade. 7 September – Heidi Hazell, the 26-year-old wife of a British soldier, is shot dead in Dortmund, West Germany. 8 September – The IRA admits responsibility for the murder of Heidi Hazell.