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From 30 July to 5 August 2024, [a] far-right, anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in England and Northern Ireland, [b] within the United Kingdom. This followed a mass stabbing in Southport on 29 July in which three children were killed.
Starmer said in a post on X that the group had "hijacked the vigil for the victims with violence and thuggery" and "insulted the community as it grieves", and that those involved would "feel the full force of the law". Hurley said on BBC Radio 4's Today that the rioters were not local residents, but were "thugs who'd got the train in". [85]
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]
PRESTON, England – A ferocious storm battering Ireland and the United Kingdom turned deadly as wind gusts topped 80-90 mph.. At least two people were killed when trees were toppled during the ...
On July 29, in a coastal town in northwest England, a 17-year-old burst into a Taylor Swift-themed dance party and began stabbing children, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
1977 – A speaker claiming to represent the "Intergalactic Association" interrupted a broadcast of Southern Television in South East England. 2011 – NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.
The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 1.0% to 1.25%, the fifth successive increase, in a bid to restrain inflation. [258] England's hospital waiting list reaches a new record high of 6.5 million people. [259] Researchers led by the UK's Institute of Cancer Research describe a new light-activated 'photoimmunotherapy' for brain cancer ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom