2012 in the United Kingdom

none July 2024 February 2012 2012 Countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Popular culture Football: England Scotland Wales 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 English cricket season 2012 in British television 2012 in British music 2012 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Events from the year 2012 in the United Kingdom. This was the year of the Summer Olympics in London as well as the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – David Cameron (Coalition) Events January 3 January – After a trial based on new forensic evidence, Gary Dobson and David Norris are convicted of the racist murder of black London teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in April 1993.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16347953 Stephen Lawrence murder: Dobson and Norris guilty BBC BBC News 3 January 2012 3 January 2012 On 4 January they are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, with minimum term of just over 15 and 14 years respectively.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16403655 BBC News – Stephen Lawrence: Gary Dobson and David Norris get life Bbc.co.uk 4 January 2012 4 January 2012 6 January – Mobile phone operator O2 announces plans to provide free internet to millions of residents and visitors in central London by launching Europe's largest free Wi-Fi zone.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440911 'Europe's biggest' free wi-fi zone set for London BBC BBC News 6 January 2012 6 January 2012 10 January The Scottish Government announces that it plans to hold the referendum on Scottish independence in the autumn of 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16478121 Scotland to hold independence poll in 2014 – Salmond 10 January 2012 BBC 10 January 2012 Five Muslim men go on trial at Derby Crown Court for calling for gay men to be killed, the first such prosecution under hate crime legislation.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/10/muslim-anti-gay-leaflet-hate Muslim men accused of hate crime over anti-gay leaflet The Guardian 10 January 2012 11 January 2012 20 January – Press TV, an English language news channel owned by the Iranian Government, is forced off air in the United Kingdom after Ofcom revokes its broadcasting licence for breaching the terms of the Communications Act.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/20/iran-press-tv-loses-uk-licence?newsfeed=true Iran's Press TV loses UK licence The Guardian 20 January 2012 4 February 2012 21 January – Under new guidelines to come into force from 30 April, clinics which charge for pregnancy services including abortions will be able to advertise their services on radio and television after the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice rules there is no justification for barring such advertising.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16663800 Abortion clinics cleared for TV by advertising body BBC BBC News 21 January 2012 21 January 2012 23 January – John Anslow, a prisoner charged with murder following a fatal shooting in 2010, escapes from the van transporting him to a court appearance following an armed ambush near Redditch, Worcestershire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-16682569 BBC News Prisoner escapes after van ambush in Worcestershire BBC 23 January 2012 24 January 2012 24 January – UK government debt has risen above £1,000,000,000,000 for the first time.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16698293 BBC News Government debt rises to a record of £1tn BBC 24 January 2012 24 January 2012 25 January Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, sets out the question – "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" – that he intends to ask voters in a referendum in 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16702392 BBC News Scots referendum question set out BBC 25 January 2012 25 January 2012 The question as posed differs. Official figures reveal that the UK economy shrunk by 0.2% in the final three months of 2011.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16715080 BBC News UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in last three months of 2011 BBC 25 January 2012 25 January 2012 31 January – Former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Fred Goodwin loses his knighthood as a result of the near collapse of the bank in 2008.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16821650 BBC News Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood BBC 31 January 2012 1 February 2012 February February – Ash dieback fungus first found in the British Isles. 3 February Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne resigns after the Crown Prosecution Service announces it will bring charges against him over claims his wife accepted penalty points on her driving licence for speeding on his behalf.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16866127 BBC News Chris Huhne quits cabinet over speeding claims charge BBC 3 February 2012 3 February 2012 The Football Association removes John Terry as Captain of the England national football team over allegations of racial abuse of opponent Anton Ferdinand during a match.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16866149 BBC Sport John Terry: FA strips England captaincy from Chelsea defender BBC 3 February 2012 5 February 2012 4 February – The Met Office issues a severe weather warning as heavy snow falls across much of the UK, disrupting road and air travel.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16883674 BBC News Heavy snow falling across much of UK BBC 4 February 2012 4 February 2012 6 February – Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking sixty years on the throne; only the second British monarch to do so.Peter Hunt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16896731 BBC News – Diamond Jubilee: Queen celebrating 60-year reign Bbc.co.uk 6 February 2012 10 February 2012 9 February – The Bank of England agrees to extend its quantitative easing programme by £50,000,000,000, to give a further boost to the UK economy.Simon Gompertz https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16963116 BBC News Bank of England injects another £50bn into UK economy BBC 9 February 2012 10 February 2012 17 February – Rupert Murdoch announces that a Sunday edition of The Sun newspaper, The Sun on Sunday, will be launched "very soon", effectively replacing the News of the World which was axed last summer due to the phone hacking scandal.Torin Douglas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17070555 BBC News Rupert Murdoch to launch Sun on Sunday newspaper 'soon' BBC 17 February 2012 28 February 2012 Its launch is confirmed on 19 February for the following weekend. 23 February – The Together for Trees environmental campaign is first publicly announced.RSPB and Tesco Come Together For Trees http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/306317-rspb-and-tesco-come-together-for-trees RSPB Website RSPB.org 24 March 2012 24 February – Falkirk MP Eric Joyce is charged with three counts of common assault after a disturbance at a House of Commons bar.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17150381 BBC Sport MP Eric Joyce charged with assault BBC 24 February 2012 24 February 2012 26 February – The first edition of The Sun on Sunday is published. 27 February – Singer Charlotte Church and her parents agree damages and costs of £600,000 with Rupert Murdoch's News Group, publishers of the defunct News of the World, after the newspaper printed stories about them from information gained through phone hacking activities.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17178550 BBC News Charlotte Church 'sickened' by NoW phone hacking BBC 27 February 2012 28 February 2012 29 February James Murdoch resigns from News International to focus on running News Limited's television business with the News International phone hacking scandal as a factor in the decision.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9114105/James-Murdoch-resigns-from-News-International-as-firm-admits-papers-could-be-sold-off.html James Murdoch resigns from News International as firm admits papers could be sold off The Daily Telegraph 29 February 2012 1 March 2012 David Rathband, the policeman blinded by gunman Raoul Moat during a 2010 shooting is found dead at his home in Blyth, Northumberland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-17216389 BBC News – Raoul Moat victim PC David Rathband found dead at home BBC BBC News 1 March 2012 1 March 2012 March 3 March – A meteor is seen over most of the United Kingdom at about 21:40 GMT.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959 BBC News – Meteor witnessed across Britain BBC News 5 March 2012 7 March 2012 14 March – It is announced that the towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are being granted city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17364651 BBC News Three towns win city status for Diamond Jubilee BBC 14 March 2012 14 March 2012 15 March – Unemployment now stands at a 17-year high of nearly 2,700,000 for January.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17379243 BBC News UK economy: Jobs BBC 15 March 2012 17 March 2012 16 March – Dr. Rowan Williams announces he will retire as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of the year having headed the Anglican Church since 2003. He will subsequently take up the role of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Robert Pigott https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17399403 BBC News Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to stand down BBC 16 March 2012 16 March 2012 17 March – Personal documents released from the papers of Margaret Thatcher show the former British Prime Minister held a private meeting with Rupert Murdoch at Chequers weeks before his purchase of Times Newspapers in 1981.Wallis Holly https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17366040 BBC News Thatcher files: Secret Murdoch meeting detailed in archives BBC 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 18 March – British journalists Gareth Montgomery-Johnson and Nicholas Davies-Jones, detained last month in Libya after being accused of entering the country illegally, have been released the country's Interior Ministry confirms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17424831 BBC News British Press TV journalists freed by Libya BBC 18 March 2012 18 March 2012 21 March – George Osborne delivers his 2012 United Kingdom Budget. 24 March – The Sunday Times releases a video showing Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas allegedly offering undercover reporters access to Prime Minister David Cameron for £250,000.http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16195702 Conservatives Deny Sunday Times 'Cash For Access' Sky News British Sky Broadcasting 24 March 2012 24 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120326163338/http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16195702 26 March 2012 25 March – Peter Cruddas resigns as Tory Party co-treasurer following the "Cash for Access" revelations.Daniel Boffey https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/25/peter-cruddas-resigns-cash-access Senior Tory Peter Cruddas resigns after cash for PM access sting The Observer Guardian Media Group 25 March 2012 25 March 2012 26 March In the wake of the Cash for Access scandal, David Cameron publishes details of Conservative Party donors who have had dinner with him at 10 Downing Street.Nick Robinson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17508271 BBC News David Cameron publishes list of all donors dining at No 10 BBC 26 March 2012 27 March 2012 Fuel tanker drivers belonging to the Unite union vote overwhelmingly to take strike action in a dispute over terms and conditions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17512729 BBC News Fuel strike drivers vote yes in row over conditions BBC 26 March 2012 27 March 2012 27 March – The cost of a first-class stamp will rise from 46p to 60p from 30 April while second class post will increase from 36p to 50p after regulator Ofcom lifts some price controls on Royal Mail. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17522500 Stamp prices: First-class stamps to cost 60p BBC BBC News 27 March 2012 27 March 2012 29 March – 2012 Bradford West by-election: Respect Party candidate George Galloway wins, taking the seat from the Labour Party with a majority of 10,140 votes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388 BBC News George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election BBC 30 March 2012 30 March 2012 April 7 April – The 158th University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge is stopped mid-race due to a swimmer in the water. Cambridge go on to win when a clash of oars at the restart leaves Oxford with a broken paddle.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/17645929 BBC Sport Boat Race: Oxford & Cambridge interrupted by swimmer BBC 7 April 2012 7 April 2012 12 April – Transport for London bans an advertising campaign due to run on buses by a Christian group; which was suggesting that gay people could be cured by therapy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17693947 London transport chiefs ban 'gay cure' bus advert BBC BBC News 12 April 2012 13 April 2012 15 April – Centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is commemorated in Southampton, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and around the world. 18 April – In a rare move, television cameras are allowed into the High Court in Edinburgh to film the sentencing of David Gilroy for the murder of Suzanne Pilley.Steven Brocklehurst https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17754517 Filming in court 'not precedent' BBC BBC News 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 20 April – Belfast MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre), designed by Hackett Hall McKnight, opens in Northern Ireland.Belfast's new arts venue the MAC prepares to open BBC News 19 April 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17770503 27 October 2014 22 April – 30-year-old Claire Squires collapses and dies while running the London Marathon, the tenth death in the race's history. She had planned to raise £500 for The Samaritans, but within a day members of the public have donated £219,000.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/23/london-marathon-death-claire-squires London marathon death: donations rocket for runner Claire Squires The Guardian 23 April 2012 24 April 2012 The end of the year would see this total rise to nearly £1M.Claire Squires' Just Giving fundraising page http://www.justgiving.com/Claire-Squires2/ 15 December 2012 25 April – Figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate the UK economy has returned to recession after shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012, bringing about a much-feared double-dip recession.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17836624 BBC News UK economy in double-dip recession BBC 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 30 April – Figures released by the Met Office show that April was the wettest on record in the United Kingdom.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17897982 BBC News 2012 had wettest April for 100 years, Met Office says BBC 30 April 2012 18 May 2012 May 3 May – Local elections held in England, Scotland and Wales. Labour makes gains and wins the largest number of councillors in contested seats in Englandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/england.stm Vote 2012: English Council Results BBC BBC News 18 May 2012 and Waleshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/wales.stm Vote 2012: Welsh Council Results BBC BBC News 18 May 2012 and the SNP making gains and winning the largest number of councillors in Scotland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/scotland.stm Vote 2012: Scottish Council Results BBC BBC News 18 May 2012 The estimated voting share is: 39% Labour, 31% Conservative, 16% Liberal Democrats and 14% other.Sparrow Andrew https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/may/03/local-election-results-live-coverage?newsfeed=true Local election results – live coverage The Guardian 3 May 2012 18 May 2012 Boris Johnson is re-elected as Mayor of London with 51.5% of the vote.Louise Stewart https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17968021 BBC News David Cameron hails Boris Johnson's London mayoral win BBC 5 May 2012 18 May 2012 Ken Livingstone subsequently says it would be his 'last election'.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17968483 BBC News Ken Livingstone: End of the road for political heavyweight BBC 5 May 2012 18 May 2012 In the London Assembly, Labour becomes the party with the greatest number of seats, with minor losses for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The British National Party loses its only seat. Of 25 seats, the final tally stands at: Labour 12, Conservatives 9, Liberal Democrats 2, Green 2.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/assembly/ Vote 2012:London Assembly Results BBC BBC News 2012 18 May 2012 5 May – Chelsea win the seventh FA Cup of their history with a 2–1 win over Liverpool in the final.McNulty Phil https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17878435 BBC Sport – Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool Bbc.co.uk 5 May 2012 11 June 2012 5 May - Wales Coast Path officially launched.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17968524 Wales Coast Path officially opens with events in Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Flint BBC News 5 May 2012 13 May – Manchester City win the Premier League title on goal difference ahead of cross city rivals United, their first top division title since 1968.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18052553 BBC Sport Man City win Premier League: BBC Sport pundits reaction BBC 13 May 2012 11 June 2012 16 May – The Office for National Statistics publishes figures which show that unemployment has fallen by 45,000 in the three months to March to 2,625,000, a rate of 8.2%. Youth unemployment has fallen to 1,020,000, a rate of 21.9%. Average weekly pay, including bonuses, grew by 0.6%. The claimant count dropped by 13,700 in April to 1,590,000, and the March figure is revised to show a fall of 5,400 rather than a rise of 3,600.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084679 BBC News UK unemployment falls by 45,000 BBC 16 May 2012 18 May 2012 18 May – The Olympic flame arrives at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall on board a British Airways Airbus A319, with custom gold livery and named "The Firefly" as flight BA2012 from Athens, ready for the torch relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.Heald Claire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18093410 BBC News Olympic torch: Flame arrives in UK for 2012 torch relay BBC 18 May 2012 18 May 2012 thumb|The Olympic Torch Relay leaves Land's End on its journey around the UK.19 May the Olympic torch relay begins when members of 771 Naval Air Squadron take the flame from Culdrose to Land's End by Sea King helicopter, Olympic sailing star Ben Ainslie runs the first leg of the relay. Chelsea win the European Cup for the first time in their history, defeating Bayern Munich of Germany on penalties after a 1–1 draw in Munich's Allianz Arena.McNulty Phil https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18044385 BBC Sport Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich (aet, 4-3 pens) BBC 19 May 2012 11 June 2012 22 May – The Royal Navy's first female warship commander, Commander Sarah West, takes up her post on HMS Portland at Rosyth.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14451761 Royal Navy appoints first woman warship commander BBC BBC News 8 August 2011 8 August 2011 25 May – Millionaire's daughter Laura Johnson, who drove looters around London during the 2011 riots is jailed for two years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18203338 London riots: Millionaire's daughter Laura Johnson jailed BBC BBC News 25 May 2012 25 May 2012 June thumb|Fireworks display at Buckingham palace marks Elizabeth II's Diamond jubilee2–5 June – The UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II with a four-day bank holiday weekend. Events include a pageant of over 1,000 boats on the River Thames on 3 June and a pop concert outside Buckingham Palace on 4 June.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18147354 BBC News Diamond Jubilee: Guide to the weekend of events BBC 30 May 2012 6 June 2012 9–10 June – Heavy rain causes flooding in Wales.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18391754 BBC News Flood-risk villagers continue with clean-up in mid Wales BBC 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 24 June – In the Euro 2012 football tournament's quarter-final, England lose by a penalty shoot-out, with former West Ham player Alessandro Diamanti converting from the spot at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv to take Italy through to the semi-final against Germany.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17875864 https://web.archive.org/web/20120624194819/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17875864 dead 24 June 2012 BBC Sport Euro 2012 quarter-final: England v Italy BBC 24 June 2012 4 July 2012 27 June – Barclays Bank plc is fined £290,000,000 after trying to manipulate interbank interest rates. Chief Executive Bob Diamond also forgoes his bonus.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18612279 BBC News Barclays fined for attempts to manipulate Libor rates BBC 27 June 2012 4 July 2012 28 June – A man is killed as torrential rain causes widespread flooding across England. Both main railway lines connecting England and Scotland are closed after the tracks are blocked by landslides.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-18623801 BBC News Landslides and fire disrupt rail services as rains hit Scotland BBC 29 June 2012 4 July 2012 The storms also force the Olympic torch relay to be halted briefly.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18624085 BBC News Flash flooding: Man found dead as downpours cause chaos BBC 28 June 2012 4 July 2012 30 June – The UK government announces an independent review of the workings of the Libor inter-bank lending rate in the wake of the Barclays scandal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18640916 BBC News Ministers to order Libor bank rate review BBC 30 June 2012 4 July 2012 July July – Auckland Castle, former seat of the Prince Bishops of Durham, is transferred from the Church Commissioners to a local charitable foundation. 3 July – Bob Diamond resigns as the Chief Executive of British bank Barclays following a scandal in which the bank tried to manipulate the Libor and Euribor interest rates systems.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18685040 BBC News Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns amid Libor scandal BBC 3 July 2012 4 July 2012 4 July – Broadcaster George Entwistle is named as the next Director-General of the BBC beginning in autumn 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18702085 BBC News George Entwistle named next BBC director general BBC 4 July 2012 4 July 2012 5 July – The Shard, the tallest building in Europe and the tallest habitable free-standing structure in the UK at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft), is officially opened.http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/5976 Prince Andrew and Qatari prime minister to open Shard on 5 July LondonSE1 30 April 2012 5 July 2012http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=478894&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56 Qatar's Shard the tallest building in Europe now Gulf Times 3 January 2012 5 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121939/http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=478894&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56 3 January 2012 6 July – Andy Murray makes it to the final of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, becoming the first Briton to do so in 74 years.Ornstein David https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18728934 BBC Sport Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Tsonga to reach final BBC 6 July 2012 6 July 2012 He is defeated at the final two days later by Roger Federer.Ornstein David https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18757207 BBC Sport Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beaten by Roger Federer in final BBC 8 July 2012 10 July 2012 7 July – Britain's Jonathan Marray and Denmark's Frederik Nielsen win Wimbledon's men's double final by three sets to two. Marray becomes the first Briton to win such a match since 1936.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18757744 BBC Sport Wimbledon 2012: Briton Jonathan Marray wins men's doubles final BBC 7 July 2012 10 July 2012 10 July – The Trades Union Congress confirms the appointment of its first female General Secretary. Frances O'Grady will take up the role at the end of the year.Moylan John https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18772379 BBC News TUC: Frances O'Grady is first female leader Bbc.co.uk 10 July 2012 10 July 2012 17 July – The Office for National Statistics publishes its monthly inflation report. The consumer price inflation rate has unexpectedly fallen in June to 2.4%, its lowest level since November 2009. The retail price inflation figure shows a similar marked drop to 2.8%. https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-inflation-idUSL6E8IHD5120120717 Reuters Shock fall in UK inflation gives BoE room to act again Reuters 17 July 2012 18 July 2012 18 July – The Office for National Statistics publishes figures which show that unemployment has fallen by 65,000 in the three months to May to 2,580,000 a rate of 8.1%. Average weekly pay, including bonuses, grew by 1.8% on the year. The claimant count rose by 6,100 in June to 1,600,000. With surprisingly good inflation and employment figures, the UK economy looks set to grow in the second half of 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18881881 BBC News UK unemployment total falls to 2.58m BBC 18 July 2012 18 July 2012 22 July – Bradley Wiggins wins the 2012 Tour de France bicycle race, the first British rider ever to do so.thumb|Olympic Rings by the River Thames on 6 August 27 July – 12 August – London hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics, beginning with an opening ceremony, and making the UK capital the first city to host the Games for a third time. The closing ceremony is on 12 August. August 3 August – Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed are jailed for life after being convicted of the 2003 murder of their daughter Shafilea.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19068490 BBC News Shafilea Ahmed murder trial: Parents guilty of killing BBC 3 August 2012 3 August 2012 4 August – Team GB wins six gold medals and a silver on Day Eight of the 2012 London Olympics, making it the greatest British success in one day at an Olympics since 1908.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/19125093 BBC Sport Ennis and Farah light up London 2012 Olympics for Great Britain BBC 4 August 2012 4 August 2012 5 August – In Olympic tennis, Andy Murray defeats Roger Federer to win the men's singles final, securing Britain's 16th gold medal in the process. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18907001 Andy Murray wins men's singles Olympics tennis gold BBC BBC Sport 5 August 2012 5 August 2012 12 August As the 2012 Olympics draws to an end, Team GB finishes third in the medal table with 29 gold medals, and 65 medals in total.Hélène Mulholland https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/12/olympic-games-legacy-london-2012-cameron Olympic Games have shown world what Britain is made of, says Cameron The Guardian 12 August 2012 13 August 2012Owen Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/12/team-gb-medal-success-anthony-joshua?newsfeed=true Anthony Joshua crowns Team GB's golden Olympics with 29th gold medal The Guardian 12 August 2012 13 August 2012 Golfer Rory McIlroy wins the 2012 US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.Chowdhury Saj https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/19236496 Rory McIlroy wins US PGA Championship by eight shots BBC BBC Sport 13 August 2012 13 August 2012 14 August – Outgoing BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is appointed CEO of The New York Times, taking up his role in November. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19263760 New York Times appoints BBC's Mark Thompson as new boss BBC News BBC 14 August 2012 18 August 2012 15 August – Virgin Trains founder Richard Branson says the operator will "almost definitely" back out of bidding for future rail licences after losing the InterCity West Coast franchise to FirstGroup, the UK's largest rail operator.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19264614 BBC News Virgin Trains loses West Coast Mainline franchise BBC 15 August 2012 15 August 2012 17 August – The death occurs of Winnie Johnson, the mother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett, the only victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley whose remains have not been recovered. Her death comes as police investigate claims Brady wrote her a letter revealing the location of her son's body.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19305055 BBC News Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett's mother dies BBC 18 August 2012 18 August 2012 20 August – Former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir is found guilty on three counts of stealing millions of pounds from his company by a jury at London's Old Bailey.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19323202 BBC News Asil Nadir found guilty of Polly Peck theft BBC 20 August 2012 20 August 2012 29 August – Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, which end on 9 September. September 7 September – Greater Gabbard wind farm construction completed. 9 September – 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony. 10 September – Andy Murray wins the US Open Tennis Championship, the first British man to win a Grand Slam tournament since 1936.Murray ends Britain's Grand Slam skid USA Today 11 September 2012 1C 18 September – Two female police officers are killed in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, in a gun and grenade attack.Lizzy Davies Vikram Dodd https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/sep/18/woman-police-officer-killed-manchester?newsfeed=true Two police officers killed in Greater Manchester shooting The Guardian 18 September 2012 20 September 2012 20 September – Dale Cregan, 29, is charged with the murders of WPCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in Greater Manchester. He is also charged with two other murders which occurred in the Greater Manchester area last month, as well as three attempted murders between May and August of this year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-19667436 BBC News Dale Cregan charged over Greater Manchester police deaths BBC 20 September 2012 22 October 2012 30 September – It is reported that an ITV documentary to be shown on 3 October in the Exposure series will reveal accusations that DJ and BBC TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile, who died the previous year, sexually abused underage girls.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-19781394 BBC News Jimmy Savile accused of sexual abuse BBC 30 September 2012 22 October 2012 October 1 October – Automatic enrolment to workplace pension schemes commences.Pensions auto-enrolment starts for biggest firms https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19760421 BBC News BBC 1 October 2012 1 October 2012 3 October – The decision to award the rail franchise for InterCity West Coast to FirstGroup is scrapped by the government after what are described as "significant technical flaws" in the bidding process.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19809717 BBC News West Coast Main Line deal scrapped after contract flaws discovered BBC 3 October 2012 8 October 2012 8 October – Scientists warn of the dangers of using liquid nitrogen in drinks after an 18-year-old woman in Lancaster requires emergency surgery after consuming a cocktail containing the substance.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9594000/Warning-over-liquid-nitrogen-drinks-after-girl-loses-stomach.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121009045854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9594000/Warning-over-liquid-nitrogen-drinks-after-girl-loses-stomach.html dead 9 October 2012 Warning over liquid nitrogen drinks after girl loses stomach The Daily Telegraph 8 October 2012 8 October 2012 11 October – Heavy rain in the United Kingdom causes flash flooding in the coastal village of Clovelly, Devon, damaging homes and pulling up cobbles in the street.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19913483 BBC News Clovelly flooding damages homes BBC 11 October 2012 11 October 2012 12 October – The UK's largest independent investigation into police wrongdoing will be conducted following damning reports into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19922092 BBC News Hillsborough probe 'to be UK's biggest into police conduct' BBC 12 October 2012 12 October 2012 14 October The Ministry of Defence says that five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over an incident involving the death of an insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19940138 BBC News Five marines charged with murder after Afghanistan incident BBC 14 October 2012 15 October 2012 The Ministry of Defence will hold an investigation after journalists from The Sunday Times posed as lobbyists for a defence manufacturer and approached several senior retired officers to ask if they would help them secure contracts.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19940473 BBC News MoD to investigate military lobbying claim BBC 14 October 2012 15 October 2012 15 October thumb|Alex Salmond and David Cameron sign the Edinburgh Agreement British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond sign the Edinburgh Agreement – a deal setting out the terms of a referendum on Scottish independence.Black Andrew https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19942638 BBC News Scottish independence: Cameron and Salmond strike referendum deal BBC 15 October 2012 15 October 2012 Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely resigns as president of the Royal British Legion following claims of his involvement with defence contract lobbying.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19951342 BBC News General quits Royal British Legion role over lobbying claims BBC 15 October 2012 15 October 2012 Essex Police begin an investigation after four children and their mother are killed in a suspicious house fire in Harlow.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19395150 BBC News Harlow fire deaths: Mother and children 'wonderful' BBC 16 October 2012 16 October 2012 A fifth child dies in hospital on 18 October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19999093 BBC News Harlow fire deaths: Fifth child dies BBC 18 October 2012 18 October 2012 16 October – The BBC appoints the heads of two separate inquiries into the substantial sexual abuse allegations against the late Jimmy Savile that have come to light. Former High Court judge Dame Janet Smith will review the culture and practices of the BBC during the time Savile worked there, while Nick Pollard, a former Sky News executive will look at why a Newsnight investigation into Savile's activities was dropped shortly before transmission.Mason Rowena https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9613014/BBCs-Jimmy-Savile-probe-to-be-led-by-Harold-Shipman-inquiry-judge.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121017060855/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9613014/BBCs-Jimmy-Savile-probe-to-be-led-by-Harold-Shipman-inquiry-judge.html dead 17 October 2012 BBC's Jimmy Savile probe to be led by Harold Shipman inquiry judge The Daily Telegraph 16 October 2012 17 October 2012 17 October The government launches GOV.UK, a single website for government, closing the Directgov and Business Link websites.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-government-website-govuk-goes-live-8214499.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-government-website-govuk-goes-live-8214499.html 1 May 2022 subscription New government website gov.uk goes live The Independent 17 October 2012 22 December 2012 Lancashire Police apologises after an officer used a Taser on a blind man whose white cane was mistaken for a samurai sword. The matter is also referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184 BBC News Police use Taser on blind man after stick mistaken for sword BBC 17 October 2012 17 October 2012 19 October – Scotland Yard launches a "formal criminal investigation" into Jimmy Savile, after 200 potential sexual abuse victims come forward.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20006049 BBC News Savile abuse claims: Met Police launch criminal inquiry BBC 19 October 2012 19 October 2012 20 October – Frankel retires as the world's highest-rated racehorsehttp://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/worlds_best/ World Thoroughbred Rankings British Horseracing Authority 28 May 2012 20 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111011143800/http://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/worlds_best/ 11 October 2011 dead after his fourteenth race in an unbeaten career.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/19819948 Frankel retires unbeaten after Champion Stakes win at Ascot Frank Keogh BBC Sport BBC 20 October 2012 20 October 2012 22 October – Surgeons have carried out the first ever robotic open-heart operations in Britain at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.Paduano Michele https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20028502 BBC News Da Vinci robot heart surgery at New Cross Hospital BBC 22 October 2012 30 October 2012 23 October Leader of Birmingham City Council Sir Albert Bore warns that cuts in government grants to the city could lead to "the end of local government as we have known it".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20038979 BBC News Birmingham City Council announces cuts and job losses BBC 23 October 2012 23 October 2012 James Bond film Skyfall premières at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 24 October – The last analogue television broadcasts are made in the United Kingdom, in Northern Ireland, as the country completes its transfer to digital television.Dutta Kunal https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/uks-final-analogue-tv-signal-switched-off-you-have-been-watching-for-the-last-76-years-8225396.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/uks-final-analogue-tv-signal-switched-off-you-have-been-watching-for-the-last-76-years-8225396.html 1 May 2022 subscription live UK's final analogue TV signal switched off: You have been watching, for the last 76 years... The Independent 24 October 2012 18 January 2019 30 October – Britain's first 4G mobile network is launched, offering high-speed mobile data services in eleven major cities.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/oct/29/ee-launches-uk-4g-mobile-network EE launches UK's first 4G mobile network The Guardian 30 October 2012 30 October 2012 November 1 November – The Comet retail chain goes into administration after private equity firm OpCapita failed to revive the business.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20164228 BBC News Comet retailer to go into administration BBC 1 November 2012 7 November 2012 5 November – Prime Minister David Cameron orders a fresh investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving a senior Conservative politician from the Thatcher era. The allegations concern sexual abuse at children's homes in Wales during the 1970s and 1980s.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20204687 BBC News Wales child abuse: PM orders sex abuse inquiry probe BBC 5 November 2012 9 November 2012 6 November – Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is suspended from the party after her decision to appear on the reality television series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20217901 BBC News Nadine Dorries suspended as Tory MP in I'm a Celebrity row BBC 6 November 2012 7 November 2012 8 November – This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield hands David Cameron an internet-generated list of suspects in the North Wales child abuse scandal involving a care home during a live interview and asks him to comment, resulting in ITV facing an investigation by the media regulator Ofcom.John Hall https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/itv-faces-ofcom-investigation-after-phillip-schofield-ambushes-david-cameron-with-internetsourced-paedophile-list-during-live-broadcast-of-this-morning-8300240.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/itv-faces-ofcom-investigation-after-phillip-schofield-ambushes-david-cameron-with-internetsourced-paedophile-list-during-live-broadcast-of-this-morning-8300240.html 1 May 2022 subscription ITV faces Ofcom investigation after Phillip Schofield ambushes David Cameron with internet-sourced 'paedophile list' during live broadcast of This Morning Independent Print Limited The Independent 9 November 2012 9 November 2012 9 November – The BBC issues an apology after a key witness in a Newsnight report aired on 2 November wrongly identified a senior politician as a paedophile.Marsden Sam https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9667947/BBC-in-chaos-as-abuse-victim-says-Lord-McAlpine-was-not-my-attacker.html BBC in chaos as abuse victim says Lord McAlpine was not my attacker Telegraph Media Group 9 November 2012 9 November 2012 10 November – George Entwistle steps down as BBC Director-General following the Newsnight child abuse broadcast controversy.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9669681/George-Entwistle-quits-as-director-general-over-Newsnight-fiasco.html George Entwistle quits as director-general over Newsnight fiasco The Daily Telegraph 10 November 2012 10 November 2012 11 November – Tim Davie, BBC head of audio and music becomes Acting Director-General following George Entwistle's resignation.Helen Lewis http://www.newstatesman.com/staggers/2012/11/bbcs-director-general-george-entwistle-resigns-over-newsnight-mistakes BBC's director-general, George Entwistle, resigns over Newsnight mistakes New Statesman 10 November 2012 10 November 2012 13 November – Labour Party politician Margaret Moran, former Member of Parliament for Luton South, is found guilty of 15 counts of false accounting and six of using a false instrument over the claims. Her fraud totalled more than £53,000, the most of any politician convicted in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-20309090 Ex-MP Moran falsely claimed £53k 13 November 2012 BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20725315 Fraud MP handed treatment order 14 December 2012 BBC News 15 November 2012 England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections: Elections held to choose 41 Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales are marked by voter apathy with a turnout of just 14.9%. The Electoral Commission says it will investigate the low turnout.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20344900 BBC News Low turnout in police and crime commissioner elections BBC 16 November 2012 18 November 2012 2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election: Labour holds the seat. Stephen Doughty is the new MP.15 November 2012 Police commissioner elections: Voters head to the polls https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20331720 15 November 2012 BBC News BBC 2012 Corby by-election: Labour gain the seat from the Conservatives. Andy Sawford is the new MP. 2012 Manchester Central by-election: Labour holds the seat. Lucy Powell is the new MP.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20345196 BBC News By-elections: Labour takes Corby from Conservatives BBC 16 November 2012 18 November 2012 19 November – Scientists report a significant decline in UK birdlife – from 210,000,000 nesting birds in 1966, down to 166,000,000 today.http://www.rspb.org.uk/media/releases/329911-44-million-birds-lost-since-1966 44 million birds lost since 1966 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 19 November 2011 22 November 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20360855 BBC Nature UK bird population down by 44m since 1966, report finds BBC 19 November 2012 22 November 2012 20 November – A typewriter which its makers say is the last to be built in the UK has been produced at a North Wales factory.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-20406546 BBC News UK's 'last typewriter' produced BBC 20 November 2012 22 November 2012 22 November – The BBC appoints Tony Hall as its new Director-General. He is expected to start in the role in early March 2013.Rob Williams https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-confirms-tony-hall-to-be-appointed-new-directorgeneral-8343625.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-confirms-tony-hall-to-be-appointed-new-directorgeneral-8343625.html 1 May 2022 subscription BBC confirms Tony Hall to be appointed new Director General Independent Print Limited The Independent 22 November 2012 22 November 2012 24 November – Education Secretary Michael Gove and Rotherham Council are to launch separate investigations after three children were removed from their foster parents because the couple belong to the UK Independence Party.Alan Soady https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20476654 BBC News UKIP fostering decision 'indefensible' says Michael Gove BBC 24 November 2012 24 November 2012 29 November Lord Leveson announces the findings of the Leveson Inquiry into the British media.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/28/business/uk-leveson-media-report/index.html?eref=edition Leveson urges new independent regulator for UK press CNN 29 November 2012 30 November 2012 Prime Minister David Cameron says he backs the principles of the report's recommendations, but has "serious concerns and misgivings" about introducing any new legislation to underpin a regulatory body to oversee the media.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20539239 BBC News Leveson: David Cameron and Nick Clegg at odds over plans BBC 29 November 2012 30 November 2012 2012 Croydon North by-election: Labour holds the seat. Steve Reed is the new MP. 2012 Middlesbrough by-election: Labour holds the seat. Andy McDonald is the new MP. The UK Independence Party achieve second place, beating the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.30 November 2012 By-elections: Labour retains three seats BBC News BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20541136 30 November 2012 2012 Rotherham by-election: Labour holds the seat. Sarah Champion is the new MP. The UK Independence Party achieve second place, beating the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. 30 November – Victims of press intrusion launch an online campaign to urge British Prime Minister David Cameron to implement fully the recommendations of the Leveson report.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20559833 BBC News Leveson report: Victims urge full implementation BBC 30 November 2012 30 November 2012 December 3 December – St. James' Palace announces that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her first child. She is hospitalised at the King Edward VII Hospital in London with acute morning sickness.Rayner Gordon Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant: Kate admitted to hospital with acute morning sickness https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9719408/Kate-Middleton-is-pregnant.html The Telegraph 3 December 2012 6 December Virgin Trains is awarded a 23-month franchise to continue operating InterCity West Coast until 9 November 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20620787 BBC News West Coast Mainline deal failure criticised BBC 6 December 2012 7 December 2012 The Duchess of Cambridge leaves hospital.Duchess of Cambridge leaves hospital with Prince William https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9726658/Duchess-of-Cambridge-leaves-hospital-with-Prince-William.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121207193659/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9726658/Duchess-of-Cambridge-leaves-hospital-with-Prince-William.html dead 7 December 2012 The Telegraph 6 December 2012 9 December – University College Falmouth, Cornwall, is granted full university status as Falmouth University, a creative arts institution.Falmouth University status officially confirmed http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/falmouth-university-status-officially-confirmed-5157.html Falmouth University dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130116175355/http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/falmouth-university-status-officially-confirmed-5157.html 13 January 2012 16 January 2013 8 August 2020 14 December – Former Labour Party MP Margaret Moran is given a two-year supervision and treatment order after falsely claiming £53,000 in expenses. A judge had earlier ruled she was unfit to stand trial because of mental health issues.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20725315 BBC News Fraud MP Margaret Moran given supervision order BBC 14 December 2012 14 December 2012 Undated Despite beginning with drought in some areas, 2012 is the second-wettest year on record in the UK and the wettest ever in England.Statistics for December and 2012 – is the UK getting wetter? http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2013/2012-weather-statistics Met Office 3 January 2013 5 January 2013Damian Carrington 2012 second wettest year on record for UK https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/03/2012-uk-second-wettest-year The Guardian 3 January 2013 5 January 2013 British new car sales reach a post-recession high of 2,040,000 with the Ford Fiesta being Britain's most popular car for the fourth year in a row. The success of Nissan's British-built Qashqai crossover vehicle continues with more than 45,000 sales making it Britain's sixth-most popular new car. Mercedes-Benz enjoys a surge in sales, with its C-Class range achieving over 37,000 sales as Britain's ninth-most popular new car. Publications Hilary Mantel's historical novel Bring Up the Bodies (wins Man Booker Prize and Costa Book of the Year). Jamie Oliver's recipe book Jamie's 15 Minute Meals.Top 100 bestselling books of 2012 https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/28/top-100-bestselling-books-2012 The Guardian 29 December 2012 30 December 2012 Births 29 March – Isla Phillips, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips, sister of Savannah and second great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II 3 June – Lox Pratt , actor Deaths Deaths in 2012 January thumb|right|John Madin 1 January Gary Ablett, English footballer (Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (born 1965)https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16383027 BBC Sport – Gary Ablett, former Liverpool & Everton defender, dies at 46 BBC News 2 January 2012 Bob Anderson, Olympic fencer, film fight director and choreographer (Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings) (born 1921)https://www.espn.com/olympics/fencing/story/_/id/7413351/british-fencer-bob-anderson-darth-vader-stand-star-wars-dies-89 British fencer Bob Anderson, Darth Vader stand-in for Star Wars, dies at 89 – ESPN Espn.go.com 2 January 2012 Frank Horwill, athletics coach. (born 1927)IAAF.org http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=63268.html Frank Horwill, coaching legend, passes away iaaf.org 2 January 2012 2 January Ian Bargh, jazz pianist, lung cancer (born 1935)Ted O'Reilly http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/67698-ian-bargh-toronto-pianist-rip/ Ian Bargh, Toronto pianist RIP – organissimo jazz forums – The best jazz discussion forum on the web! 2 January 2012 Organissimo.org 2 January 2012 David W. Barron, 76, computer scientist. Alan Rowlands, 82, pianist. 3 January Jenny Tomasin, 75, actress (Upstairs, Downstairs. Bob Weston, 64, guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac). 4 January Eve Arnold, American photojournalist (born 1912), died in London Harry Fowler, actor (born 1926) Kerry McGregor, singer (born 1974) 5 January – Idwal Fisher, 76, rugby player. 6 January Louise Gibson Annand, 96, artist. Harry Fearnley, 88, footballer. Bob Holness, South African-born radio and television presenter (Blockbusters) and actor (born 1928) Eleftherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994). Clive Shell, 64, rugby player. 7 January Tony Blankley, 63, commentator, newspaper editor and child actor. Charlie Pawsey, 88, rugby league player. 8 January T. J. Hamblin, 68, haematologist. John Madin, 87, architect. Charles Morris, 85, politician, MP for Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983). Graham Rathbone, 69, footballer. 9 January Brian Curvis, British and Commonwealth champion boxer (born 1937). Bill Dickie, 82, football administrator. Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (born 1924), died in Belfast 10 January Lila Kaye, 82, actress. Cliff Portwood, 74, footballer and singer. 11 January Frank Cook, politician (born 1935) Steven Rawlings, 49, astrophysicist. Ivor Rees, 85, Anglican prelate, Bishop of St David's (1991–1995). David Whitaker, 80, composer and songwriter. 12 January John Beech Austin, 94, aviator. Reginald Hill, crime fiction writer (born 1936) Rosalind Runcie, 79, pianist. 13 January Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, 93, composer. Billie Love, 88, Actress and photographer. 14 January Janey Buchan, politician and campaigner (born 1926) Robbie France, 52, drummer. Dame Lesley Strathie, 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs (2008–2011). 15 January – Sir Robert Freer, 88, military officer. 16 January – Dave Lee, 64, comedian. 18 January Tom Cowie, entrepreneur (born 1922) Ray Finch, 97, studio potter. 19 January Peter de Francia, 90, artist. Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill, 87, academic. 20 January Stella Cunliffe, 95, statistician. Lucy Faulkner, 87, Northern Irish journalist. Marion Mathie, 86, actress. Michael Welsh, 85, politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992). Walter Whitehurst, 77, English footballer. 21 January Emmanuel Cooper, 73, potter and writer. Ernie Gregory, 90, footballer. 22 January Sarah Cullen, 62, radio and television journalist. Sir Simon Marsden, 63, photographer. 23 January David Atkinson, politician (born 1940) Marge Carey, 73, union leader, President of USDAW (1997–2006). Slacker, electronic music producer. 24 January Antony Barrington Brown, 84, designer, photographer and explorer. Moira Milton, 88, golfer. Althea Wynne, 75, sculptor. 25 January Sir Alfred Ball, 91, air marshal. Len McIntyre, 78, rugby league player. 26 January Ian Abercrombie, actor (born 1934) Alex Eadie, politician (born 1921) Colin Tarrant, actor (born 1952) 27 January – Ted Dicks, 83, composer. 28 January – Patrick Shovelton, 92, civil servant and obituarist. 29 January – J. O. Urmson, 96, philosopher. 30 January – Frederick Treves, 86, actor. 31 January Mikel Japp, 49, musician and songwriter. Sid Ottewell, 92, English footballer. February 1 February – Joe Ekins, 88, soldier. 2 February – David Edelsten, 78, writer and army officer. 3 February – Samuel Youd, author (born 1922) 4 February Nigel Doughty, businessman and football team owner (born 1957) Florence Green, 110, supercentenarian and last-surviving World War I service veteran (born 1901) Sir Alan Reay, 86, army officer. 5 February – Ray Honeyford, 77, headmaster and writer (born 1934)Staff https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9069943/Ray-Honeyford.html English headmaster and writer Ray Honeyford dead The Telegraph 8 February 2012 5 July 2012 London 6 February – Jim King, 69, musician (Family). 7 February James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke, aristocrat (born 1938) Ann Dummett, 81, British activist. 8 February John Fairfax, 74, ocean rower and adventurer. Allan Segal, documentary filmmaker (born 1941) 9 February Josh Gifford, racehorse jockey and trainer (born 1941) John Hick, philosopher and theologian (born 1922) Barbara Marianowska, British-born Polish politician (born 1947) Joe Moretti, 73, guitarist. 10 February R. T. France, 73, New Testament scholar. Ronald Fraser, 81, historian. Brian Jones, 67, intelligence analyst. James Riordan, 75, novelist and academic. 11 February – Jeffrey Perry, 63, stage and screen actor. 12 February Malcolm Devitt, English footballer (born 1937) Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley, musician and aristocrat (born 1923) David Alan Walker, 83, scientist. 13 February David Griffiths, 84, Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon of Berkshire (1987–1992). Jim O'Brien, 64, film and television director. 14 February – Tom McAnearney, 79, footballer. 15 February Sir Alan Cottrell, 92, metallurgist Cyril Domb, 91, physicist. Clive Shakespeare, 62, British-born Australian guitarist (Sherbet) and record producer. James Whitaker, journalist, specialising in the British royal family and former Royal editor of the Daily Mirror (born 1940) 17 February – Robert Carr, politician (born 1916) 18 February M. R. D. Foot, 92, military historian. Ken Goodwin, 78, comedian (The Comedians) Peter Halliday, 87, actor. Miles Jackson-Lipkin, 87, barrister. 19 February – Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, 78, politician, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1974–1979) and Birmingham Erdington (1983–2001). 20 February – Michael Siegal, 61, developmental psychologist. 21 February Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, 86, politician, MP for Montgomeryshire (1962–1979). (born 1925) Colin Ireland, serial killer (born 1954) Leonard Rosoman, 98, artist. John Charles Winter, 88, church organist. 22 February Frank Carson, comedian (born 1926) Ian Robertson, 89, admiral. 24 February – Oliver Wrong, 87, medical academic. 26 February – Richard Carpenter, screenwriter, author and actor (born 1933) 28 February – Peter King, 47, footballer. 29 February Dennis Chinnery, 84, actor (Doctor Who). Davy Jones, singer-songwriter and actor (born 1945) Violet Wood, 112, supercentenarian, oldest person in the UK. March 1 March – Peter Graeme, 90, oboist. 2 March Gerry Bridgwood, 67, footballer (Stoke City). Norman St John-Stevas, politician, author and barrister (born 1929) 3 March Viv Bingham, 79, political activist. Dave Charnley, lightweight boxer (born 1935) 4 March – Paul McBride, lawyer (born 1964) 5 March Philip Madoc, actor (born 1934) Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter (born 1925), died in London 6 March – Gemma McCluskie, actress (born 1983) 7 March – Sir Raymond Lygo, 87, admiral and businessman. 8 March Ursula Dronke, 91, medievalist. Mick Walker, 69, motorcycling writer 9 March Brian Bromley, 65, footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth). Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, academic and politician (born 1927) 10 March R. I. Page, 87, historian and runologist. John G. Taylor, 80, physicist. Jack Watson, 90, cricketer, football coach and scout. 11 March Faith Brook, actress (born 1922) Philip Jenkinson, 76, television presenter. 13 March – Michael P. Barnett, 82, theoretical chemist and computer scientist. 14 March – Ray Barlow, English footballer (born 1926) 15 March – Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 81, soldier and courtier. 16 March – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby union player (born 1946) 18 March Alan Pegler, 91, railway preservationist. Eric Watson, photographer (born 1955) 21 March Christine Brooke-Rose, writer and literary critic (born 1923) Robert Fuest, film director and screenwriter (born 1927) Derick Thomson, 90, poet. 22 March Ted Cutting, 85, automotive engineer, designed Aston Martin DBR1. Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, 86, nobleman. Edward Sismore, 90, RAF officer. Neil L Whitehead, 56, anthropologist. 24 March Henry Clark, 82, colonial administrator and politician, MP for Antrim, North (1959–1970). Jocky Wilson, darts player (born 1950) 25 March John Crosfield, 96, businessman. Edd Gould, animator, owner of Eddsworld (born 1988) Tom Lodge, 75, British radio DJ, cancer. Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, former Conservative MP and cabinet member (born 1937)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17510001 BBC News Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Newton dies BBC 26 March 2012 27 March 2012 Bill Weston, 70, stunt performer (Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic). 26 March – Stella Tanner, 87, actress. 28 March John Arden, playwright (born 1930) Brian Phillips, 80, footballer (Mansfield Town). 29 March Jonathan Bowden, politician (born 1962) William Brett, Baron Brett, 70, trade unionist and politician. David Walter, journalist. 30 March Barry Kitchener, 64, footballer (Millwall). Addie Morrow, 83, Northern Irish politician. Emrys Roberts, 82, poet and author, April thumb|right|Jim Marshall 1 April – Stan Yapp, politician (born 1933) 5 April David Axon astrophysicist (born 1951) Jim Marshall, businessman and amplifier (born 1923) 6 April – Larry Canning, footballer (Aston Villa) and broadcaster, vascular dementia (born 1925) 7 April Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven, peer and soldier, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn (1969–1999) (born 1924) Miss Read, writer (born 1913) 8 April – Gordon Bagier, politician (born 1924) 9 April – Malcolm Thomas, rugby union player (born 1929) 10 April – John Anderson, 69, Northern Irish bioengineer. 12 April – Elizabeth Ferris, 71, Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) diver. 14 April Eddie May, footballer and manager (born 1943) Synchronised, Irish racehorse (born 2003), died at the Grand National 16 April Barry Askew, newspaper editor (born 1936) Alan Hacker, clarinetist (born 1938) Ray Davey, Northern Irish Presbyterian minister (born 1915) Graham Simpson, 68, British musician (Roxy Music). 17 April – Leila Berg, children's author (born 1917) 18 April – Arthur Bottom, footballer (York City) 19 April – Leopold David de Rothschild, financier (born 1927) 20 April Jack Ashley, politician (born 1922) Alfie Biggs, footballer (born 1936) Bert Weedon, guitarist and composer (born 1920) 21 April Brian Heward, 76, footballer. Charles Higham, 81, English-born American biographer. 23 April – Michael Brinton, businessman, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire (since 2001), cancer (born 1942) 24 April Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton, councillor and peeress (born 1945) Ambrose Weekes, Anglican priest (born 1919) 25 April Brandon Gough, businessman (born 1937) Stephen Maxwell, politician (born 1942) Ian Oswald, sleep researcher (born 1929) 26 April – Terence Spinks, gold medal-winning Olympic boxer (born 1938) 28 April John Birch, musician (born 1929) Patricia Medina, actress (born 1919) Dudley Peake, 77, footballer. Tom Spence, footballer, suspected heart failure (born 1962) Geoffrey Tyler, educationalist (born 1920) 30 April Cliff Ashby, poet and novelist (born 1919) William Burley Lockwood, British linguist (born 1917) May thumb|right|Vidal Sassoon 1 May – Eric James, Anglican clergyman and broadcaster (born 1925) 2 May Peter Connolly, historian (born 1935) Charlotte Mitchell, actress (born 1926) Digby Wolfe, actor and screenwriter (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), cancer (born 1929) 4 May Angelica Garnett, writer and painter (born 1918) Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, politician, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1972–1976), MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1951–1976) (born 1912) 6 May – John Slack, cricketer and judge (born 1930) 7 May – Sammy Barr, 80, trade union leader. 8 May Frank Parr, cricketer and jazz musician (born 1928) George Stephen Ritchie, Royal Navy admiral (born 1914) 9 May – Vidal Sassoon, hairdresser (born 1928) 10 May – Peter David, journalist (The Economist) (born 1951) 11 May Sir Michael Kerry, civil servant (born 1923) Martin Stovold, 56, cricket player (Gloucestershire). 13 May Les Leston, British racing driver (born 1920) Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, nurse and peer (born 1926) Lee Richardson, speedway rider, in-race crash (born 1979) Jack Simcock, 82, artist. 14 May – Derek Hammond-Stroud, opera singer (born 1926) 15 May Sir Roy Shaw, arts administrator (born 1918) Frederick E. Smith, author (633 Squadron), heart attack (born 1919) George Wyllie, sculptor (born 1921) 16 May – Anne Warner, biologist, cerebral haemorrhage (born 1940) 17 May – Sophia Brown, reality show contestant (Big Brother 10) (30 years old) 18 May Peter Jones, drummer (Crowded House), brain cancer (born 1963) Alan Oakley, designer of Raleigh Chopper bicycle, cancer (born 1927) 20 May Robin Gibb, singer-songwriter (born 1949) John George, officer of arms (81 years old) David Littman, historian and human rights activist (born 1933) 22 May Janet Lees Price, actress (born 1943) Sir Derek Wanless, banker and public policy adviser, pancreatic cancer (born 1947) 25 May – Doug Walton, rugby league player 26 May – Stephen Healey, Army officer and footballer (Swansea City), improvised explosive device (born 1982) 28 May Hugh Dawnay, soldier and polo player (born 1932) Bob Edwards, journalist (born 1925) 29 May – Cassandra Jardine, 57, journalist. Ivor Porter, diplomat (born 1913) 30 May – Sir Andrew Huxley, physiologist, biophysicist, and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1963) (born 1917) June thumb|right|Don Durbridge 2 June – Richard Dawson, Anglo-American comedian and game show host (born 1932) 3 June Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-born jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1918) John Lang, British Anglican priest and broadcaster, Dean of Lichfield (1980–1993) (born 1927) Roy Salvadori, racing driver (born 1922) 4 June Bobby Black, Scottish football player (born c.1927) Barney Gibbens, British businessman (born 1935) Philip Snow, British cricketer and administrator (born 1915) 5 June Steve Buttle, English football player and coach (born 1953) Caroline John, actress (born 1940) Chris Thompson, English footballer (born 1960) Barry Unsworth, novelist (born 1930) 7 June David Gibson, English cricketer (born 1936) Peter Gray, 85, chemist 9 June Don Durbridge, broadcaster (born 1939) John Maples, Baron Maples, politician (born 1943) 10 June – Gordon West, English football player (Everton) (born 1943) 11 June – A.M. Parkin, 68, English artist 13 June – James Ashworth, 23, English soldier, awarded Victoria Cross 14 June Gitta Sereny, Hungarian historian, died in Cambridge (born 1921) Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, politician (born 1926) 15 June – Angus Wright, 78, television producer 16 June – Scott Johnson, drum technician (Radiohead, Keane) (33 years old) 17 June George Leech, stuntman and actor (James Bond films) (90 years old) Bernard Prior, 78, rugby league player 18 June Brian Hibbard, actor and singer (born 1946) Tom Maynard, cricketer (born 1989) Victor Spinetti, actor (born 1929) 19 June Anthony Bate, actor (born 1927) Gerry Bron, record producer and band manager (born 1933) Michael Palliser, diplomat (born 1922) 20 June Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry, nobleman (born 1937) Michael Westmacott, mountaineer (born 1925) 21 June William Stewart, Lord Allanbridge, Scottish judge and politician (born 1925) Abid Hussain, Indian civil servant and diplomat (born 1926), died in London Teddy Scott, Scottish footballer (born 1929) Drew Turnbull, British rugby player (born c.1930) 22 June Mary Fedden, artist and painter (born 1915) Jackie Neilson, Scottish footballer (St Mirren) (born 1929) Margaret Wright, 72, British politician, Principal Speaker of the Green Party (1999–2003). 23 June James Durbin, British statistician and econometrician (born 1923) Ken Hargreaves, British politician, MP for Hyndburn (1983–1992) (born 1939) Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer (born 1963) 24 June – James Grout, English actor (Inspector Morse) (born 1927) 25 June Norman Felton, British-born American television producer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) (born 1913) Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990) 27 June – Stan Cox, British Olympic athlete (1948, 1952) (born 1918) 28 June Ron Lynch, English cricketer (born 1923) Devaanshi Mehta, started the Asian Donor Campaign (ADC) (born 1996) 30 June – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, British Australian peer (born 1942) July right|thumb|Lol Coxhill 1 July – Dennis Eagan, 85, hockey player and soldier. 3 July – Leo Kersley, 92, dancer and teacher. 4 July Paul Birch, 56, scientist and author. Eric Sykes, actor and writer (born 1923) 5 July – Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, businessman and life peer (born 1933) 7 July Jimmy Tansey, footballer (born 1929) Alf Pearson, variety performer, mostly with his brother Bob (as part of Bob and Alf Pearson) (born 1910) 8 July Chris Barber, 91, businessman, chairman of Oxfam (1983–1989). Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver, 86, engineer and politician. 9 July – Brian Thomas, 72, rugby union player and manager (Neath RFC). 10 July – Lol Coxhill, 79, jazz saxophonist. 11 July Sir Carron Greig, 87, business executive. Joe McBride, 74, football player (Celtic). Bobby Nicol, 76, football player (Hibernian). Harold Shukman, 81, historian. 12 July Eddy Brown, 86, footballer (Birmingham City). Roger Payne, 55, mountaineer. 13 July – Christopher Booth, 88, clinician and medical historian.< 14 July John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, 87, peer. Philip Crosland, 93, journalist. Sir David House, 89, Army general and Black Rod (1978–1985). Roy Shaw, 76, businessman and boxer. 15 July – Sir David Fraser, 91, Army general. 16 July Martin Kenzie, 56, cinematographer Jon Lord, musician (born 1941) Sir David Williams, 91, admiral, Governor of Gibraltar (1982–1985). 17 July Richard Evatt, 38, boxer. Marsha Singh, 57, politician, MP for Bradford West (1997–2012). 18 July – Jack Matthews, 92, rugby union player and doctor. 19 July Brian Dobson, 80, archaeologist. E. V. Thompson, 81, author. 20 July Sir Alastair Burnet, 84, journalist and broadcaster. John Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson, 83, peer and politician. John Monteith, 81, academic. Simon Ward, 70, actor. 21 July Alexander Cockburn, 71, political journalist and writer. Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, 89, glaciologist. Angharad Rees, actress (born 1944) Don Wilson, 74, cricketer. 22 July – Eric Bell, 82, footballer (Bolton Wanderers). 23 July Graham Jackson, 45, conductor and music director. Ernie Machin, 68, footballer (Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle). 24 July – Sir Kenneth Crook, 91, diplomat, Ambassador to Afghanistan (1976–1979). 25 July David Barby, 69, antiques expert (Bargain Hunt). Barry Langford, 86, television director and producer. 26 July – Mary Tamm, Doctor Who actress (born 1950) 27 July – Geoffrey Hughes, actor (born 1944) 28 July Phyllis Deane, 93, economic historian. Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery, 92, Anglo-Irish peer. James Marriott, 39, film critic and author. Ruth Mott, 95, television cook. David Thomas, 53, cricketer. 29 July – James Mellaart, 87, archaeologist. 30 July – Les Green, 70, footballer (Derby County) and manager (Tamworth). 31 July – Mollie Hunter, 90, writer. August right|thumb|Sir Bernard Lovell 1 August – Barry Trapnell, 88, cricketer and headmaster. 2 August Gabriel Horn, 85, biologist. Sir John Keegan, 78, military historian and journalist. William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden, 82, peer, 3 August – John Berry, 67, speedway promoter. 4 August Brian Crozier, 94, author and journalist. Jimmy Thomson, 75, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic). 6 August – Sir Bernard Lovell, physicist and radio astronomer (born 1913) 8 August – Ruth Etchells, 81, poet and college principal. 11 August Dame Simone Prendergast, 82, public servant and philanthropist. Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux, 74, politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull West (1983–1997). Sid Waddell, 72, darts commentator and author. 12 August Eileen Beasley, 91, teacher and Welsh language campaigner. Alex Falconer, 72, politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999). Alf Morris, Baron Morris, 84, politician and disability rights campaigner, MP for Manchester Wythenshawe (1964–1997). Jackie Watters, 92, footballer (Celtic). 14 August – Brian Green, 77, football coach and player. 15 August Jeffery Boswall, 81, naturalist and broadcaster. Mitchell Todd, 21, rugby player. Sir Ray Whitney, 81, politician, MP for Wycombe (1978–2001). 17 August Winnie Johnson, 78, justice campaigner, mother of Moors murders victim Keith Bennett. Geoffrey Lees, 92, cricketer and educator. Lou Martin, 63, Northern Irish musician. Brian Oakley, 84, civil servant and scientist. 18 August – Mike Hewland, 89, engineer, founder of Hewland engineering company. 19 August – Tony Scott, 68, film director and producer. 20 August – Len Quested, 87, footballer. 22 August Nina Bawden, 87, author (Carrie's War). Tony Nicklinson, 58, sufferer of locked-in syndrome, right-to-die advocate. 24 August Louise Clarke, 62, dancer (Pan's People). Sir Richard Evans, 84, diplomat, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1984–1988). Dominic Hibberd, 71, biographer. 25 August Ray Booty, 79, cyclist. Stephen Bradford, 48, English cricket player (Lincolnshire). Donald Gorrie, 79, politician, MSP for Central Scotland (1999–2007), MP for Edinburgh West (1997–2001). Emilio Pacione, 92, footballer (Dundee United). 26 August – Alan Steen, 90, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers). 27 August Tony Dumper, 88, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dudley (1977–1993). Allan Horsfall, 84, gay rights activist. Roger J. White, 71, British-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Milwaukee (1985–2003). 28 August Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, politician. Eva Figes, 80, author. 29 August – Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 59, academic and author (The Occult Roots of Nazism). 31 August – Max Bygraves, 89, singer and variety performer. September right|thumb| John C. Marshall 1 September – David R. Morrison, 71, writer and painter. 2 September – John C. Marshall, 71, musician. 3 September – Sir Andrew Crockett, 69, banker. 4 September – Ian Parrott, 95, composer and academic. 5 September Alan Kimber, 63, English swimmer. John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey, 83, peer and horse racing journalist. 6 September Lawrie Dring, 81, scouter, President of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. Frank Godwin, 95, film producer (Woman in a Dressing Gown). Terry Nutkins, 66, TV presenter and naturalist. 7 September – Nicole Milinaire, 92, socialite, Duchess of Bedford. 8 September – Bill Moggridge, 69, industrial designer. 9 September Hugh Bentall, 92, surgeon. Ron Tindall, 76, footballer (Chelsea). 10 September Stanley Long, 78, cinematographer and film director. James Wellbeloved, 86, politician, MP for Erith and Crayford (1965–1983). 11 September – Maurice Keen, 75, historian. 12 September Jimmy Andrews, 85, footballer. Geoffrey Horrocks, 79, mathematician. Derek Jameson, 82, journalist and broadcaster. Sid Watkins, 84, neurosurgeon, Formula One safety and medical delegate. 13 September John Turner, 63, cricketer. Edgar Metcalfe, 78, actor and theatre director. 14 September Pinkie Barnes, 97, table tennis player. Frank Dudley, 87, footballer. 15 September Griffith Edwards, c.84, psychiatrist. George Hurst, 86, conductor. Nevin Spence, 22, Northern Irish rugby union player (Ulster). 16 September – John Coates, 85, animated film producer (The Snowman). 17 September – Lou Kenton, 104, potter and Spanish Civil War veteran. 18 September Michael Hurll, 78, television producer. Malcolm Struel, 78, solicitor, Chairman of Swansea City (1973–1982). Brian Woolnough, 63, sports journalist. 19 September Patrick Creagh, 81, poet and translator. Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, 90, peeress. Charlie Richardson, 78, mobster. 20 September Alan Neville Gent, 84, scientist. Dorothy Wedderburn, 87, academic. 21 September Mike Baker, 55, journalist (BBC, The Guardian). Bill King, 102, naval officer, yachtsman, and author. Len Weare, 78, footballer (Newport County). 22 September Robert Davidson, 85, theologian. Harry Pilling, 69, cricketer (Lancashire). 23 September Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson, 82, naval surgeon. Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dundee, South Africa (1983–2005). 25 September John Bond, 79, football player and manager. Trevor Hardy, 67, serial killer. Eric Ives, 81, historian. Dame Louise Johnson, 71, biochemist and protein crystallographer 28 September – Crispin Aubrey, 66, journalist and environmental activist. 29 September Neil Smith, 58, geographer. Malcolm Wicks, 65, politician, MP for Croydon North West (1992–1997) and Croydon North (1997–2012). 30 September – Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss, 90, peeress. October thumb|right|Mike Singleton 1 October – Eric Hobsbawm, 95, historian. 2 October Nicholas C. Handy, 71, chemist. Big Jim Sullivan, 71, guitarist. 3 October Billy Hullin, 70, rugby union player. Albie Roles, 91, footballer. 4 October Jim Galley, 68, cricket player (Somerset). Bernard Holden, 104, railway preservationist (Bluebell Railway). Daphne Slater, 84, actress 5 October – Keith Campbell, 58, biologist. 6 October Anthony John Cooke, 80, organist. J. J. C. Smart, 92, British-born Australian philosopher 8 October Bill Drake, 81, rugby league player. Eric Lomax, 93, author. 9 October Paddy Roy Bates, 91, pirate radio broadcaster, founded Principality of Sealand. Eddie Harvey, 86, jazz musician. 10 October Malcolm Sampson, 72, rugby league player. Mike Singleton, 61, video game developer. 12 October Geraldine Mucha, 95, composer. Tony Pawson, 91, cricketer and writer (Kent). 13 October Sir Stuart Bell, 74, politician, MP for Middlesbrough (since 1983). Frank Sando, 81, cross-country runner. 14 October John Clive, 79, actor (A Clockwork Orange, The Italian Job). Sir John Moreton, 94, diplomat. Elizabeth Watkins, 89, author Buster Pearson, 71, pop group manager (Five Star). 15 October Maria Petrou, 59, computer scientist. Jim Rollo, 75, footballer. 16 October – Susan Parkinson, 87, potter and charity worker. 17 October – Milija Aleksic, 61, footballer (Tottenham Hotspur). 18 October – Christopher Allen, 68, cricket player (Dorset). 19 October Walter Harrison, 91, politician, MP for Wakefield (1964–1987), Government Deputy Chief Whip (1974–1979). Jack Hirst, 75, rugby league player. John Radford, 65, writer. 20 October Joe Melia, 77, actor. Daphne Skillern, 84, police officer. 21 October J Duncan M Derrett, 90, academic William Walker, 99, fighter pilot (Battle of Britain). 22 October – Mike Morris, 65, television presenter 23 October Hughie Hay, 80, footballer. Michael Marra, 60, musician and songwriter, 24 October – Peter Wright, 78, footballer (Colchester United F.C.). 25 October – John Connelly, 74, footballer (Burnley F.C.). 26 October – Jo Dunne, 43, guitarist (Fuzzbox). 27 October Ian Buist, 82, diplomat. Alan Shaxon, 78, magician. 28 October – Jack Dellal, 83, property investor. 29 October – Wallace L. W. Sargent, 77, astronomer. 30 October – Wayland Tunley, 75, architect. 31 October Nona Byrne, 90, Building Society founder and philanthropist. Brian Cobby, 83, actor, voice of the speaking clock (1985–2007). Bernard John Smith, 61, geologist. Fergie Sutherland, 81, horse trainer. November 1 November Geoffrey Lofthouse, 86, politician, MP for Pontefract and Castleford (1978–1997). Jonathan Street, 69, novelist. 2 November Han Suyin, 95, writer (A Many-Splendoured Thing). Ken Stephinson, 79, television director and producer. Roger Wood, 87, editor and journalist (Daily Express, New York Post). 3 November George Chesterton, 90, cricketer. Duke Vin, disk jockey and sound system operator. Tommy Godwin, 91, Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) track cyclist. 4 November Beverley Goodway, 69, glamour photographer. Reg Pickett, 85, footballer (Portsmouth, Ipswich Town). 5 November – Jimmy Stephen, 90, footballer. 6 November Clive Dunn, 92, actorBarker Dennis Clive Dunn obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn The Guardian 3 August 2023 7 November 2012 Ivor Powell, 96, footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Aston Villa) and coach (Carlisle United, Team Bath). 7 November Harry McShane, 92, footballer. David Olive, 75, theoretical physicist. 8 November Bobby Gilfillan, 74, footballer (Doncaster Rovers). Roger Hammond, 76, actor (Around the World in 80 Days). 9 November John Attenborough, 84, businessman, brother of Richard Attenborough and David Attenborough. Valerie Eliot, 86, editor, widow of T. S. Eliot. Bill Tarmey, 71, actor. 10 November Robert Carter, 102, Royal Air Force officer. Eric Devenport, 86, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dunwich (1980–1992). Eric Day, 91, footballer (Southampton F.C.). Marian Lines, 78, writer and actress. 11 November Joe Egan, 93, rugby league player. Sir Rex Hunt, 86, diplomat and colonial administrator, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1980–1985). Cornel Lucas, 92, photographer. 12 November Alan Hopkins, 86, politician. Fred Ridgeway, 59, actor. Ronald Stretton, 82, Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) track cyclist. John Winter, 82, architect. 13 November Kenneth Cragg, 99, Anglican priest and scholar. Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, 83, peer, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (1979–1983, 1988–1997). John Sheridan, 78, rugby league player (Castleford). 14 November – Norman Greenwood, 87, chemist. 15 November – Keith Ripley, 77, footballer. 16 November Leo Blair, 89, academic, father of Tony Blair. Eric Burgin, 88, cricketer (Yorkshire). William Turnbull, 90, artist. 17 November – Margaret Yorke, 88, crime fiction writer. 18 November Stan Greig, 82, pianist, drummer, and bandleader. Sir Philip Ledger, 74, classical musician and academic. William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy, 87, politician and life peer. Kenny Morgans, 73, footballer (Manchester United), Munich air disaster survivor. 19 November – John Hefin, 71, television director and producer (Pobol y Cwm, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George). 20 November Michael Dunford, British musician (Renaissance), Gary Ingham, 48, footballer. 21 November Stephen Abrams, 74, drug policy activist. Charles Denman, 5th Baron Denman, 96, businessman and peer. 23 November – Diana, Lady Isaac, 91, environmentalist and arts patron. 24 November Alec Campbell, 80, archaeologist and historian. Ian Campbell, 79, folk musician (Ian Campbell Folk Group). Chris Stamp, 70, music producer and manager (The Who). 25 November Bert Linnecor, 78, footballer. Dave Sexton, 82, footballer and manager (Chelsea, Manchester United). Dinah Sheridan, 92, actress. 26 November – Denis Haynes, 88, cricket player (Staffordshire). 27 November – Bob Kellett, 84, film and television director. 27 November – Sir William Bulmer, 92, 1businessman, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (1978–1985). 29 November – Maddalena Fagandini, 83, electronic musician and television producer. 30 November Stephen Gray, 89, musical administrator, managed the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Dolores Mantez, 82, television actress (UFO). December thumb|right| Sir Patrick Moore 1 December Mitchell Cole, 27, footballer (Southend United, Stevenage Borough). Steve Fox, 54, footballer. Phil Taylor, 95, footballer and coach (Liverpool). 2 December – Michael Crawford, 92, cricket player. 3 December – Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, photographer. 4 December Anthony Deane-Drummond, 95, army general. Jonathan Harvey, 73, composer. Michael Till, 77, Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005). 5 December Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, art historian. Doug Smith, 75, football player and administrator (Dundee United). Felix Weinberg, 84, physicist. 6 December Eta Cohen, 96, violin teacher and author. Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker). 8 December – John Gowans, 78, religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002). 9 December Sir Patrick Moore, 89, astronomer. Alex Moulton, 92, mechanical engineer and inventor. 10 December Roy Miles, 72, art dealer. Tommy Roberts, 70, fashion designer. Reginald James Wallace, 93, civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979). 11 December – Sophie Firth, 3, child actress (Emmerdale). 12 December – Richard Eyre, 83, Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996). 13 December Ian Black, 88, footballer. David Tait, 25, rugby player. 14 December John Graham, 89, army general. Kenneth Kendall, 88, television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt). 15 December – John Anderson Strong, 97, physician and academic. 16 December Peter Clarke, 77, cartoonist. Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, singer. 17 December Charlie Adam, 50, footballer. Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, artist. Sir Colin Spedding, 87, biologist and agricultural scientist. 18 December Jim Patterson, 84, footballer. George Showell, 78, footballer. Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974). 19 December Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, businessman (Barratt Developments). Colin Davis, 79, racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio. 20 December Bill Bell, 100, army officer and lawyer. Stan Charlton, 83, footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal). Alan Cowey, 77, scientist. Dennis Stevens, 79, footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton). 21 December David Lomon, 94, military veteran, member of the International Brigade. Daphne Oxenford, 93, actress 22 December Wattie Dick, 85, footballer (Accrington Stanley). Gerald Melling, 69, architect and writer. 23 December – Dennis Greenland, 75, soil scientist. 24 December Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, composer, musician and film scorer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express). Douglas Hamilton, 65, journalist. 25 December Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970). Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, peeress. John Josephs, 88, cricketer (Leicestershire). 26 December Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease. Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd. 27 December Hamid Ghodse, 74, scientist, expert in substance abuse and dependence, Archie Roy, 88, scientist. 28 December John Carol Case, 89, English opera singer. Barrie Edgar, 93, television producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World). Jon Finch, 70, actor. George Patterson, 92, missionary and journalist. 29 December Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser. Henri Bortoft, 74, philosopher of science. Tony Greig, 66, cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and television commentator. George Hazlett, 89, footballer. William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), 30 December Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997). Vic Turner, 85, trade unionist (Transport and General Workers' Union), member of the Pentonville Five. 31 December Alasdair Liddell, 63, health executive. Alan Reece, 85, engineer and businessman. See also 2012 in British music 2012 in British television List of British films of 2012 References 2012 Category:Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom Category:2012 by country Category:2010s in the United Kingdom Category:2012 in Europe