2011 in England

none September 2020 January 2012 2011 Events from 2011 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - David Cameron Events January 1 January – Riot at Ford Open Prison is quelled by specialist guards in body armour.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12102266 Ford open prison riot tackled by specialist officers BBC News BBC 1 January 2011 3 January – Adrian Lewis wins the World Darts Championship.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/9333712.stm Adrian Lewis beats Gary Anderson to win first PDC title 3 January 2011 BBC Sport 4 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110104050953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/9333712.stm 4 January 2011 live 4 January – Value added tax increased to 20% from 17.5%.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12099638 VAT rises from 17.5% to 20% 4 January 2010 BBC BBC News 4 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110104050234/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12099638 4 January 2011 live 5 January – Music retailer HMV announces the closure of 60 stores following disappointing Christmas sales – a move which would see the firm lose 10% of its stores and could cost up to 900 people their jobs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510 HMV to close 60 stores as sales and shares slump BBC BBC News 5 January 2011 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110120064351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510 20 January 2011 live 7 January – The England cricket team win The Ashes series 3–1 in Australia. 7 January – Former Labour MP David Chaytor is jailed for 18 months for fraudulently claiming more than £20,000 in expenses.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127327 MPs' expenses: David Chaytor jailed over false claims 7 January 2010 BBC BBC News 7 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110107050637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127327 7 January 2011 live 13 January – Labour win the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. 15 January – Three former Church of England bishops are ordained as priests in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham of the Roman Catholic Church at Westminster Cathedral.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12197985 Ex-Anglican bishops ordained as Catholics 15 January 2010 BBC BBC News 15 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110115052746/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12197985 15 January 2011 live 22 January – Police charge 32-year-old Dutch national Vincent Tabak with the murder of 25-year-old Bristol woman Joanna Yeates, who was found dead on Christmas Day after going missing on 17 December. Tabak was first arrested in connection with the murder two days ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12257299 Police charge Vincent Tabak with Jo Yeates murder BBC BBC News 22 January 2011 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110123045609/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12257299 23 January 2011 live February 9 February – Former head teacher Jean Else has her Damehood revoked by the Queen, having previously being found guilty of misconduct. She is the first person to have the honour revoked.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-12405158 Manchester "super head" Dame has honour revoked BBC News 9 February 2011http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/feb/10/super-head-damehood-revoked Former super-head is first to have damehood revoked 10 February 2011 The Guardian March 3 March – The Labour Party wins the Barnsley Central By-election, with the Liberal Democrats finishing in sixth place. 18 March – Former British Airways software engineer Rajib Karim, of Newcastle upon Tyne is jailed for 30 years after he was earlier convicted of plotting to blow up a plane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12788224 Terror plot BA man Rajib Karim gets 30 years BBC BBC News 18 March 2011 20 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110318231900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12788224 18 March 2011 live 24 March – Police find the body of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan in Oxfordshire, five days after she went missing in Swindon, Wiltshire. A 47-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder and police are also searching for the body of an unnamed missing woman who is feared to have been murdered. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12852499 Sian O'Callaghan found dead amid fears over second body BBC BBC News 24 March 2011 25 March 2011 25 March – Delroy Grant, a 53-year-old London taxi driver who was found guilty on a total of 29 charges including indecent assault, burglary and rape committed against 10 elderly people between 1992 and 2009, is sentenced to life imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court with a recommendation that he should serve at least 27 years in prison before parole can even be considered.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12857539 Night Stalker rapist Delroy Grant jailed for 27 years BBC BBC News 25 March 2011 25 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110506100950/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12857539 6 May 2011 live 26 March – Hundreds of thousands of people march in London, England against government budget cuts with the protests later turning violent. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian) 27 March – A 47-year-old taxi driver, Christopher Halliwell, is charged with the murder of Sian O'Callaghan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12874160 Man charged with Sian O'Callaghan murder BBC BBC News 27 March 2011 27 March 2011http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23936639-taxi-driver-faces-court-accused-of-killing-clubber-sian-ocallaghan.do Taxi driver accused of killing Sian O'Callaghan remanded in custody BBC BBC News 24 March 2011 25 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110401174552/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23936639-taxi-driver-faces-court-accused-of-killing-clubber-sian-ocallaghan.do 1 April 2011 April 1 April – South Downs National Park Authority begins operation.'Historic day' for South Downs National Park https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12930989 BBC BBC News 1 April 2011 1 April 2011 5 April – Police investigating the murder of Sian O'Callaghan have identified human remains found at a second site as those of Swindon woman Becky Godden-Edwards,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12970112 Sian O'Callaghan police identify body found in Eastleach BBC BBC News 5 April 2011 5 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110405190812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12970112 5 April 2011 live who was last seen alive in 2002 at the age of 20. 13 April – 53-year-old actor Brian Regan, most famous for his role as Terry Sullivan in the former Channel 4 TV soap Brookside, is charged – along with another man – with the murder of a man who was fatally shot in Aigburth, Merseyside, on 24 February this year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13059167 Former Brookside star Brian Regan charged with murder BBC BBC News 13 April 2011 16 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110415091349/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13059167 15 April 2011 live 16 April – Turner Contemporary art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens in Margate, Kent.Charlotte Higgins Amid tough times, gallery building boom brings hope for the future The Guardian 10 April 2011 11 22 April – Nine people are arrested and eight police officers are injured during riots in Bristol amid a protest against the opening of a new Tesco superstore in the Stokes Croft area of the city. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-13167041 Police hurt in violent anti-Tesco clashes in Bristol BBC BBC News 22 April 2011 22 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110422061019/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-13167041 22 April 2011 live 29 April – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton marry in Westminster Abbey. A public holiday celebrates the day, which in conjunction with the May Bank Holiday, makes it a four-day weekend. May 13 May – Following a decision made at its Bishops' Spring Conference, the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales announces the reinstatement of the rule of abstaining from eating red meat on Fridays. The practice, last observed in 1984, will be reintroduced on 16 September to coincide with the first anniversary of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8512721/Catholics-told-to-abstain-from-eating-meat-on-Fridays..html Catholics told to abstain from eating meat on Fridays The Daily Telegraph Martin Evans 14 May 2011 15 May 2011 14 May – The city of Manchester celebrates as Manchester United FC seal their record 19th top division league title and Manchester City FC win the FA Cup, ending the latter's 35-year wait for a major trophy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/13401504.stm Manchester revels in FA Cup final & Premier League joy BBC BBC News 14 May 2011 14 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514191951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/13401504.stm 14 May 2011 live 21 May – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens to the public in West Yorkshire. 29 May – Indy-style English racer Dan Wheldon wins the 2011 Indianapolis 500. June 15 June – St Paul's Cathedral completes its £40m 15-year restoration project.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13782822 St Paul's Cathedral completes £40m restoration project BBC BBC News 15 June 2011 19 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110617180134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13782822 17 June 2011 live 29 June – A court ruling restricting the powers of police bail has thrown thousands of cases in England and Wales into disarray. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13957873 Bail suspects 'could be released' BBC BBC News 29 June 2011 29 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629112440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13957873 29 June 2011 live July 10 July – The 2011 British Grand Prix was held at Silverstone Circuit and won by Fernando Alonso. 12 July – Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011, affecting England and Wales, receives its Royal Assent. 19 July – New Museum of Liverpool opens to the public.Museum of Liverpool schedule and key dates http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/capitalprojects/mol/schedule.aspx National Museums Liverpool 2011-07-19 August 7 August – 2011 England riots: The Metropolitan Police struggles to restore order in Tottenham, London after a riot the previous evening. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251 London riots: Dozens injured after Tottenham violence BBC BBC News 7 August 2011 7 August 2011 8 August – Prime Minister David Cameron cuts short his holiday to chair a meeting of the COBRA Committee as rioting in London continues into its third day and violence spreads across England with Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol also affected. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248 Further riots in London as violence spreads across England BBC BBC News 9 August 2011 9 August 2011 September 5 September – The first wave of independent state-funded schools in England, known as Free Schools, open their doors as the new academic year begins. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14781392 Nick Clegg rules out running free schools for profit BBC BBC News 5 September 2011 5 September 2011 12 September – Bernard Hogan-Howe is named as the new Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14888118 Bernard Hogan-Howe new Metropolitan Police commissioner BBC BBC News 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 21 September – An energy firm which has been test drilling for controversial "shale gas" in Lancashire has said it has found vast gas resources underground. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14990573 Shale gas firm finds "vast" gas resources in Lancashire BBC BBC News 21 September 2011 22 September 2011 29 September – The Department for Transport announces a consultation process on raising the motorway speed limit on England and Wales' motorways to 80 mph. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15116064 Ministers to consult on 80mph motorway speed limit BBC BBC News 29 September 2011 30 September 2011 October 1 October – The sale of cigarettes from vending machines is prohibited in England.Cigarette vending machines banned in England https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15132529 BBC BBC News 1 October 2011 1 October 2011 A new record is set for the highest temperature recorded in October – at 29.9 °C (85.8 °F).Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15137832 BBC BBC News 1 October 2011 1 October 2011 5 October – The world's largest solar bridge project gets underway in London.World's largest solar bridge project gets underway https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/world/europe/solar-bridge-london-blackfriars/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6 CNN 5 October 2011 8 October 2011 13 October – Uefa's disciplinary panel decide that England striker Wayne Rooney will miss the Euro 2012 group stage after being banned for three matches for his sending off against Montenegro for an incident the panel described as an "assault".Wayne Rooney banned for three England Euro 2012 matches http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15297615.stm BBC BBC News 13 October 2011 13 October 2011 21 October – London's St Paul's Cathedral is forced to close its doors to visitors for the first time since the Second World War after Occupy London protesters set up camp on its doorstep. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15406865 Occupy London: Demo forces St Paul's Cathedral to close BBC BBC News 21 October 2011 27 October 2011 28 October – Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak is convicted of the murder of landscape artist Joanna Yeates and sentenced to life imprisonment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15448121 Vincent Tabak found guilty of Jo Yeates murder BBC BBC News 28 October 2011 28 October 2011 November 4 November – Several people die and dozens are injured after 27 vehicles collide – many bursting into flames – on the M5 motorway in Somerset.John Maguire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124 BBC News M5 crash: Fears 'more than 10 killed' BBC 4 November 2011 5 November 2011 10 November – Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire becomes the first NHS hospital to be run by a private firm. Healthcare partnership Circle has been awarded a ten-year contract, and will take over administration of the hospital – which has heavy financial debts – in February 2012.Jeffreys Branwen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15436685 BBC News Circle in deal to run Hinchingbrooke NHS hospital BBC 10 November 2011 11 November 2011 19 November – Four Metropolitan Police officers are stabbed while chasing a suspect in Kingsbury, north London. Two officers are seriously injured, while a 32-year-old suspect is arrested for attempted murder. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15803860 Four Metropolitan Police officers stabbed in London BBC BBC News 19 November 2011 20 November 2011 30 November – More than one million public sector workers in England, including teachers and civil servants, strike over proposed pension changes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15954967 Tens of thousands in England on strike over pensions BBC BBC News 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 December 16 December – The Labour Party's Seema Malhotra retains the Feltham and Heston seat in south-west London for the party in a by-election sparked by the death of the previous MP.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16187493 Labour wins Feltham and Heston by-election BBC BBC News 16 December 2011 16 December 2011 27 December – The government plans to allow NHS hospitals to use up to 49% of their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16337904 'Planned 49% limit' for NHS private patients in England BBC BBC News 27 December 2011 27 December 2011 Predicted and scheduled events September September – firstsite's new art gallery, designed by Rafael Viñoly, opens in Colchester. Deaths July 2011 2 January – Pete Postlethwaite, actor (born 1946)Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64 BBC News, 3 January 2011 15 January – Susannah York, actress (born 1939)Actress Susannah York dies at 72 BBC News, 16 January 2011 15 January – Nat Lofthouse, footballer (born 1925) 24 March - Sian O'Callaghan, murder vitim. 23 July – Amy Winehouse, singer (born 1983) 16 October - Dan Wheldon, British Indy 500 winner ESPN, 16 December 2011 (born 1978) See also 2011 in Northern Ireland 2011 in Scotland 2011 in Wales References collapsed *England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2010s in England Category:2011 in Europe Category:2011 by country England