2013 in the United Kingdom

none July 2024 April 2014 2013 Countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Popular culture Football: England Scotland Wales 2013 British Grand Prix 2013 English cricket season 2013 in British television 2013 in British music 2013 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Events from the year 2013 in the United Kingdom. 3 Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – David Cameron (Coalition) Events January 1 January – the United Kingdom assumes presidency of the G8 group. The next G8 summit is to be held on the shores of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh in June.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20880368 BBC News UK assumes presidency of G8 group BBC 1 January 2013 4 January 2013 4 January – Mark Cahill, a 51-year-old former pub landlord from West Yorkshire becomes the first person in the UK to receive a hand transplant.Gallagher James https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20898940 BBC News UK's first hand transplant operation BBC 4 January 2013 4 January 2013 10 January – April Casburn, a senior detective with the Metropolitan Police is found guilty of trying to sell information on the investigation into phone hacking to the News of the World, the newspaper at the centre of the scandal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20976214 BBC News April Casburn guilty of leak to News of the World offer BBC 10 January 2013 10 January 2013 On 1 February she is jailed for fifteen months.Dominic Casciani https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21292338 BBC News April Casburn jailed for News of the World leak offer BBC 1 February 2013 1 February 2013 11 January – publication of the Giving Victims a Voice report, initiated as a result of publicity surrounding the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. 13 January – 86 year old Una Crown is found murdered at her home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.29 April 2013 Una Crown murder: Crimewatch reconstruction appeal en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-22337214 4 April 2023 16 January – a helicopter crash in central London kills two people and injures 13 others. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21040410 London helicopter crash: Two die in Vauxhall crane accident BBC BBC News 16 January 2013 16 January 2013 19 January – an avalanche at Glencoe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, kills four people.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9813298/Four-dead-and-one-seriously-injured-in-Glencoe-avalanche.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130119194508/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9813298/Four-dead-and-one-seriously-injured-in-Glencoe-avalanche.html dead 19 January 2013 Four dead and one seriously injured in Glencoe avalanche The Telegraph London David Barrett 19 January 2013 27 October 2013 22 January – a death sentence handed to British citizen Lindsay Sandiford by an Indonesian court for drug smuggling is condemned by the UK government.http://www.channel4.com/news/british-woman-sentenced-to-death-in-bali Government condemns Sandiford death penalty Channel 4 News ITN 22 January 2013 23 January 2013 28 January – Government plans to redraw Parliamentary constituency boundaries before the next general election are defeated in the House of Commons by 334 to 292.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21235169 BBC News Conservatives lose boundary review vote BBC 29 January 2013 29 January 2013 30 January – Tony McCluskie is found guilty of the March 2012 murder of his sister, actress Gemma McCluskie, and jailed for life with a recommendation he serve a minimum term of 20 years.EastEnders' Gemma McCluskie death: Brother faces murder trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20640533 BBC News BBC 28 September 2012 28 September 2012 February 4 February – former government Minister Chris Huhne pleads guilty to perverting the course of justice over claims he caused his ex-wife to accept speeding points he had incurred. He also announces his intention to resign his House of Commons seat.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21320992 BBC News Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice BBC 4 February 2013 8 February 2013 5 February – the House of Commons votes 400 to 175 in favour of a vote on the bill to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales.Craig Jon http://news.sky.com/story/1048058/gay-marriage-mps-back-bill-in-commons-vote Gay Marriage: MPs Back Bill in Commons Vote British Sky Broadcasting Sky News 5 February 2013 7 February 2013 7 February – Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove confirms that plans to replace the General Certificate of Secondary Education with a new English Baccalaureate qualification have been abandoned.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21363396 BBC News Planned switch from GCSEs to Baccalaureate in England 'abandoned' BBC 7 February 2013 7 February 2013 23 February – the UK loses its top AAA credit rating for the first time since 1978 after being downgraded by the ratings agency Moody's.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21554311 BBC News UK loses top AAA credit rating for first time since 1978 BBC 23 February 2013 23 February 2013 25 February – Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, resigns as the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh due to allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards priests in the 1980s.Pigott Robert https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21572724 BBC News Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns as Archbishop BBC 25 February 2013 3 March 2013 27 February – Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia is appointed apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh following the resignation of Cardinal Keith O'Brien.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21605525 BBC News Pope appoints temporary replacement to Cardinal Keith O'Brien BBC 27 February 2013 3 March 2013 28 February – the Eastleigh by-election, triggered by the resignation of Chris Huhne, sees the Liberal Democrats hold the seat despite a UKIP surge that pushes the Conservatives into third place.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21625726 BBC News Eastleigh by-election: Lib Dems hold on despite UKIP surge BBC 1 March 2013 1 March 2013 March 4 March Queen Elizabeth II is admitted to hospital for observation after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis. Buckingham Palace have described it as a "precaution".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649494 BBC News Queen in hospital with stomach bug, Buckingham Palace says BBC 3 March 2013 3 March 2013 She is discharged the following day.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21659635 BBC News Queen leaves hospital after stomach bug 4 March 2013 4 March 2013 Psychiatric patient Nicola Edgington, who stabbed a woman to death six years after killing her mother is jailed for life with a minimum of 37 years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21653018 BBC News Nicola Edgington: Psychiatric patient gets life for murder BBC 4 March 2013 4 March 2013 7 March Foreign Secretary William Hague announces the UK will send armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria to help save lives.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21684105 BBC News UK to send armoured vehicles to Syrian opposition 6 March 2013 6 March 2013 The Office of Fair Trading gives the leading 50 companies providing payday loans in the United Kingdom 12 weeks to change their practices after identifying "widespread irresponsible lending".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21683739 BBC News Payday lenders told to improve by OFT 6 March 2013 6 March 2013 Mid Ulster by-election results in Sinn Féin retaining the seat vacated by Martin McGuinness.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21692865 BBC News Sinn Féin's Francie Molloy wins Mid Ulster by-election 8 March 2013 8 March 2013 Vicky Pryce, ex-wife of former Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne, is convicted of perverting the course of justice after accepting speeding penalty points on Huhne's behalf.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21496566 BBC News Vicky Pryce guilty over Chris Huhne speeding points 7 March 2013 14 March 2013 Closure of Daw Mill colliery following a major fire, the last mine in the Warwickshire coalfield.Daw Mill: Hundreds of jobs go at fire-hit mine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-21696875 7 March 2013 BBC News 7 March 2013 11 March – Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are each jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21737627 BBC News Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce jailed for eight months 11 March 2013 14 March 2013 14 March Prime Minister David Cameron says talks between himself and the leaders of the UK's other main political parties on the recommendations of the Leveson report have broken down and that he intends to publish a Royal Charter on press regulation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21785611 BBC News David Cameron halts press regulation talks 14 March 2013 15 March 2013 Labour Party peer Lord Ahmed is suspended from the party after claiming a conspiracy by Jewish-owned media organisations was responsible for his imprisonment for dangerous driving.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21783467 BBC News Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after 'Jewish claims' 14 March 2013 15 March 2013 16 March Lance Corporal James Ashworth, who died in southern Afghanistan in 2012 while protecting his colleagues from a grenade blast, is to be awarded the Victoria Cross.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21810581 BBC News Victoria Cross for Afghan hero L/Cpl James Ashworth 16 March 2013 16 March 2013 62 people are arrested by Warwickshire Police following civil unrest in Nuneaton town centre ahead of a football match between Nuneaton Town and Lincoln City.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21818075 BBC News Sixty-two held for violent disorder in Nuneaton 16 March 2013 17 March 2013 18 March – the final BBC news bulletins are transmitted from Television Centre, after 43 years of occupying the building, as the corporation moves its entire news operation to Broadcasting House in central London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21818963 BBC News BBC TV Centre to broadcast last network news bulletins 17 March 2013 17 March 2013 21 March The date for the Scottish independence referendum is announced as 18 September 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21828424 BBC News Scottish independence: Referendum to be held on 18 September, 2014 21 March 2013 21 March 2013 A man is killed when his vehicle is hit by a First Great Western express train on Athelney Level Crossing on the Reading–Taunton line in Somerset.http://news.sky.com/story/1067771/level-crossing-crash-man-dies-near-athelney Sky News Level Crossing Crash: Man Dies Near Athelney Sky News 21 March 2013 21 March 2013 23 March – a blizzard which brings the heaviest March snow for 50+ years hits the north of England. 26 March Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirms he is to resign as an MP and move to the United States to become head of the International Rescue Committee in New York.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21947497 BBC News David Miliband to step down as MP 26 March 2013 27 March 2013 A teenage girl is found dead by police at a house in the Atherton area of Greater Manchester where four "out of control" dogs are subsequently put down. Police said her injuries are consistent with those of a dog attack.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21321953 BBC News 'Dog attack' girl found dead in Atherton house 26 March 2013 25 May 2013 She is named the following day as 14-year-old Jade Anderson.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21951289 BBC News Tributes to Jade Anderson after Atherton dog attack 27 March 2014 25 May 2013 April 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country. 3 April – 17-year-old Paris Brown is appointed as the first youth Police and Crime Commissioner by Kent PCC Ann Barnes. Her job is to represent young people's views on policing in Kent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-22012087 BBC News Paris Brown becomes Kent youth PCC BBC 3 April 2013 4 April 2013 8 April – former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies in London following a stroke.Rayner Gordon Swinford Steven https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9978831/Margaret-Thatcher-dies-of-stroke-aged-87.html Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87 The Daily Telegraph 8 April 2013 London 8 April 2013http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/MTobit.asp Obituary Margaret Thatcher Foundation 8 April 2013 8 April 2013 Street parties are held in a number of cities across the UK to "celebrate".https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-video-cheering-1818888 Margaret Thatcher dead: Street parties held across the UK to mark passing of PM Daily Mirror 9 April 2013 9 April 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22078303 BBC News Martin McGuinness opposes Baroness Thatcher parties BBC 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 thumb|Thatcher's horse drawn hearse 9 April – six days after being appointed as Britain's first Youth Police and Crime Commissioner, Paris Brown steps down from the role after controversy over postings she made on Twitter.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22083032 BBC News Paris Brown: Kent youth PCC resigns after Twitter row BBC 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 10 April – "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" charts at number 10 in the Official Midweek Charts as opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have been buying copies of the song following her death two days earlier.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-22093181 BBC News Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead headed for the Top 10 BBC 10 April 2013 12 April 2013 17 April – the funeral of Margaret Thatcher takes place at London's St Paul's Cathedral.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22177366 BBC News Margaret Thatcher: Queen leads mourners at funeral BBC 17 April 2013 23 April 2013 19 April – the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester is granted full university status as the Royal Agricultural University. 22 April A London house goes on sale for a record £250 million, 700 times greater than the average £370,000 cost of a property in the city.Jonathan Prynn https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/the-250m-home-next-to-the-queen-london-property-smashes-uk-house-price-record-as-it-goes-on-sale-8582837.html The £250m home next to the Queen: London property smashes UK house price record as it goes on sale London Evening Standard 22 April 2013 23 April 2013 Manchester United are crowned champions of England for the 20th time. It is their 13th Premier League title. 23 April – businessman James McCormick is convicted at the Old Bailey on three counts of fraud after selling fake bomb detectors, based on a device for finding golf balls, to countries including Iraq and Georgia.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22266051 BBC News James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors BBC 23 April 2013 23 April 2013 On 2 May he is jailed for ten years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380368 BBC News Fake bomb detector seller James McCormick jailed BBC 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 25 April – passing of the following Acts of Parliament: Defamation Act 2013. Succession to the Crown Act 2013 alters the laws of succession to the British throne in accordance with the 2011 Perth Agreement to replace male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture for those in the line of succession. This comes into effect in the UK and Commonwealth realms in 2015.Succession to the Crown Act 2013. May 2 May 2013 local elections show gains for the Labour Party and UKIP and losses for the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22382098 BBC News Local elections: Nigel Farage hails results as a 'game changer' BBC 3 May 2013 8 May 2013 Labour's Emma Lewell-Buck retains the South Shields Parliamentary seat for the party following the by-election triggered by the resignation of David Miliband. However, Labour's majority is reduced significantly after the UK Independence Party secures almost a quarter of the votes cast.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22393094 BBC News South Shields by-election: Labour wins as UKIP makes big gains BBC 3 May 2013 3 May 2013 8 May – Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in English football during his 27 years as manager of Manchester United, announces his retirement after the end of the Premier League season later in the month.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22447018 BBC Sport Sir Alex Ferguson to retire as Manchester United manager BBC 8 May 2013 8 May 2013 9 May – David Moyes, who has managed Everton for 11 years during which they have qualified for European competitions on five occasions, is announced as the successor to Sir Alex Ferguson.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22453802 BBC Sport David Moyes: Manchester United appoint Everton boss BBC 9 May 2013 14 May 2013 11 May – Wigan Athletic win the FA Cup with a 1–0 win over Manchester City. Ben Watson scores the winning goal, a header from Shaun Maloney's corner, in the 90th minute of the game.June 2024 13 May – Stuart Hazell, 38, admits the murder of Tia Sharp, 12-year-old granddaughter of his partner Christine Sharp, who was found dead in New Addington, London, nine months ago. His murder trial at the Old Bailey began six days ago but he has previously denied the charge against him. The following day, he is sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 38 years. 14 May The Conservative Party publishes a draft European Union (Referendum) Bill aimed at holding a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by 2017. Prime Minister David Cameron had previously said a referendum would be held if he could renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership, but Tory MPs have been unhappy that legislation for a referendum was not included in the recent Queen's Speech.Nick Robinson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22530655 BBC News David Cameron: EU referendum bill shows only Tories listen BBC 14 May 2013 14 May 2013 Three days after winning the FA Cup, Wigan Athletic are relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat to Arsenal, making history as the first team to win the FA Cup and get relegated in the same season.June 2024 15 May In the House of Commons, an amendment to the Queen's Speech expressing regret that it did not contain legislation for a referendum on Britain's EU membership is defeated 277–131.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22547910 BBC News More than 100 Tory MPs 'express regret' at lack of referendum bill BBC 15 May 2013 16 May 2013 MPs debate government proposals to tighten the law governing dangerous dogs following the death of Jade Anderson in March. The legislation would give police greater powers to deal with attacks on private property.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22556348 BBC News Jade Anderson death: New dog laws 'will not prevent tragedies' BBC 16 May 2013 25 May 2013 16 May – UKIP leader Nigel Farage is heckled by angry protesters during a campaign visit to Edinburgh.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22559526 BBC News Farage swarmed by angry protesters in Edinburgh BBC 16 May 2013 17 May 2013 21 May – MPs vote 366–161 in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill taking an important step towards allowing gay marriage in England and Wales.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22605011 BBC News Gay marriage: Commons passes Cameron's plan BBC 21 May 2013 21 May 2013 22 May – murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich: off-duty British soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby, a former drummer serving with 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, is killed in the street. Two men carrying knives and a meat cleaver are subsequently apprehended by police. The government treats the killing as a terrorist incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303 BBC News Woolwich machete attack leaves man dead BBC 22 May 2013 23 May 2013 The victim's identity is confirmed the following day.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22644857 BBC News Woolwich attack: Lee Rigby named as victim BBC 23 May 2013 23 May 2013 24 May – a 24-year-old zoo worker is seriously injured after being attacked by a Sumatran tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Cumbria.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22661642 BBC News Tiger attacks woman at South Lakes Wild Animal Park BBC 24 May 2013 25 May 2013 Sarah McClay subsequently dies in hospital as a result of her injuries. Police launch an investigation into the attack.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-22664613 BBC News Cumbria Tiger attack: Sarah McClay dies of her injuries BBC 25 May 2013 25 May 2013 25 May – 48 people are rescued from a trip boat which begins taking on water after colliding with a rock off the coast of Pembrokeshire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22666265 BBC News 48 people rescue from sinking boat near Skomer Island BBC 25 May 2013 25 May 2013 30 May – a court in Mold, Wales, finds Mark Bridger guilty of abducting and murdering five-year-old April Jones in October 2012. The trial judge recommends that 47-year-old Bridger should never be released from prison. Only bone fragments of April Jones are ever found.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22687971 BBC News April Jones trial: Mark Bridger guilty of murder BBC 30 May 2013 31 May 2013 31 May – Conservative MP Patrick Mercer resigns the Tory whip following allegations he broke the rules on lobbying. He will not contest his seat in the next general election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22727903 BBC News Tory MP Patrick Mercer resigns over Panorama lobbying probe BBC 31 May 2013 31 May 2013 June 2 June – two British Labour Party peers are suspended by their party after allegations they offered to undertake Parliamentary work in exchange for payment. A third peer, from the Ulster Unionist Party resigns the whip following the allegations.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22742327 BBC News Lobbying claims: Two peers suspended, one resigns BBC 2 June 2013 13 June 2013 4 June – members of the House of Lords vote in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, paving the way for gay marriage in the United Kingdom.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22764954 BBC News Gay marriage bill: Peers back government plans BBC 5 June 2013 13 June 2013 5 June – Prince Philip is admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/uk-prince-philip-hospital/index.html UK's Prince Philip hospitalized for 'exploratory operation' CNN 5 June 2013 13 June 2013 10 June – Tory MP Tim Yeo temporarily steps aside as head of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee amid allegations he offered to advise energy companies in exchange for payment.Patrick Wintour https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/tim-yeo-steps-aside-committee-chair-lobbying Tim Yeo steps aside as committee chair amid lobbying claims The Guardian 10 June 2013 13 June 2013 London 13 June – at Manchester Crown Court, Dale Cregan is given a whole life tariff for the murders of four people, including two police officers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22893157 BBC News Dale Cregan trial: Police killer sentenced to whole of life in jail BBC 13 June 2013 13 June 2013 20 June – four Conservative MPs Christopher Chope, Peter Bone, Philip Hollobone camp outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on an 'Alternative Queen's Speech' – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html Conservative MPs launch attempt to bring back death penalty, privatise the BBC and ban burka Robert Watts 20 June 2013 Daily Telegraph 21 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130621010149/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10133076/Conservative-MPs-launch-attempt-to-bring-back-death-penalty-privatise-the-BBC-and-ban-burka.html 21 June 2013 live 42 policies are listed including reintroduction of the death penalty and conscription, the privatisation of the BBC, banning the burka in public places, holding a referendum on same-sex marriage and preparing to leave the European Union. 28 June – Moors murderer Ian Brady loses a legal challenge to be transferred from a psychiatric hospital back to prison.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23099582 BBC News Moors Murderer Ian Brady loses prison move bid BBC 28 June 2013 28 June 2013 July 6 July – John Prescott resigns from the Privy council in protest at delays to changes in press regulations.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23213741 BBC News John Prescott resigns from Privy Council BBC 6 July 2013 6 July 2013 7 July Abu Qatada, a Muslim cleric with alleged links to al-Qaeda is deported to Jordan from the UK to face charges of terrorism.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23213740 BBC News Abu Qatada deported from UK to stand trial in Jordan BBC 7 July 2013 7 July 2013 Andy Murray wins the Men's Singles at Wimbledon 2013 defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in straight sets. Murray becomes the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.Newbery Piers https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/23217393 BBC Sport Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon BBC 7 July 2013 8 July 2013 9 July Ed Miliband says he will end the automatic "affiliation" fee paid by three million union members to the Labour Party after Unite the Union was accused of secretly signing up its members to get its favoured candidate elected in the Falkirk constituency.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23234340 BBC News Ed Miliband urges 'historic' changes to Labour links with unions BBC 9 July 2013 9 July 2013 A man who posted threats to kill 200 people on social networking site Facebook leading to school closures in the US state of Tennessee is jailed for 28 months at Newcastle Crown Court.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-22839359 BBC News US Facebook death threats troll: Reece Elliott jailed BBC 9 July 2013 9 July 2013 The option of imposing a whole life tariff for the worst murders in England and Wales is ruled illegal by the European Court of Human Rights following a legal challenge by three convicted murderers serving such sentences. They are Jeremy Bamber, Douglas Vinter and Peter Moore, who are among a group of at least 49 prisoners in England and Wales serving such sentences. The sentence is not an option in Scotland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23230419 BBC News Killers' life terms 'breach their human rights' BBC 9 July 2013 29 July 2013 The legal decision is overturned on appeal. 11 July – party leaders criticise Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority recommendations to increase MPs annual salaries by £6,000 to £74,000 from 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23262503 BBC News MPs' pay: Watchdog calls for rise of more than £6,000 BBC 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 12 July – the funeral of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby takes place in Bury; attendees include Prime Minister David Cameron.Lee Rigby: Military funeral for killed soldier https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23263754 12 July 2013 BBC News 12 July 2013 13 July – two soldiers die during a training exercise on the Brecon Beacons on one of the hottest days of the year. The Ministry of Defence works with Dyfed-Powys Police to investigate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23311651 BBC News Brecon Beacons soldier deaths: Craig Roberts named as victim BBC 15 July 2013 16 July 2013 On 30 July a third soldier dies in hospital.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23511938 BBC News Soldier deaths: Third SAS training reservist dies BBC 31 July 2013 31 July 2013 15 July – the House of Lords approves the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, enabling gay marriages to take place in England and Wales from 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23320624 BBC News Gay marriage: Peers approve legislation BBC 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 16 July – Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announces that eleven hospitals will be placed in special measures because of major failings.Triggle Nick https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23315869 BBC News Hospitals rapped over major failures BBC 16 July 2013 16 July 2013 17 July Rising temperatures lead to heat health warnings being issued for Southern England and the Midlands in the UK's first prolonged heatwave since 2006.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23341504 BBC News Heatwave: Met Office upgrades warning for South East BBC 17 July 2013 17 July 2013 Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23338279 BBC News Same-sex marriage becomes law in England and Wales BBC 17 July 2013 17 July 2013 22 July thumb|The Duchess of Cambridge with her newborn babyPrime Minister David Cameron announces plans for every household in the UK to have pornography automatically blocked by their internet provider unless they choose otherwise. The possession of online material depicting rape will also become illegal in England and Wales, bringing them into line with current Scottish legislation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076 BBC News Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces BBC 22 July 2013 22 July 2013 The UK records its hottest day since July 2006, with 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in west London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23408504 BBC News UK heatwave: Hottest day for seven years recorded BBC 22 July 2013 22 July 2013 Home Office "Go Home" vans begin to tour areas of London with high immigrant populations.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/22/go-home-vans-scrapped-failure 'Go home' vans to be scrapped after experiment deemed a failure Wintour Patrick 22 October 2013 The Guardian en 30 April 2018 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (later Princess of Wales) gives birth to a boy at St Mary's Hospital, London who becomes third in line to the throne and Queen Elizabeth II's third great-grandchild.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23413653 BBC News Royal baby: Kate gives birth to boy BBC 22 July 2013 22 July 2013 He is subsequently named George Alexander Louis.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23443504 BBC News Royal baby: William and Kate name their son George BBC 24 July 2013 24 July 2013 23 July – overnight thunderstorms bring the three-week heat wave to an end.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23415544 BBC News UK heatwave: Storms follow hottest day for years BBC 23 July 2013 23 July 2013 27 July – six people are taken to hospital after a double-decker bus has its roof ripped off by a bridge in Stockport, Greater Manchester.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23478679 BBC News Transpeak bus loses roof after hitting Stockport bridge BBC 27 July 2013 27 July 2013 31 July – administrators recommend the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust after it went into administration in April.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-23508096 BBC News Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust 'should be dissolved' BBC 31 July 2013 1 August 2013 August 1 August – temperatures of 33.7C are recorded at Heathrow Airport and 34.1 in London – the hottest since 2006 – as the hot weather makes a brief return. The Met Office says it is the hottest day since 2003 and the warmest summer since 2006.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/uk-heatwave-hottest-day Heatwave resumes with hottest day since 2006 The Guardian 1 August 2013 3 August 2013 2 August – Magdelena Luczak and her partner, Mariusz Krezolek, are jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years for the murder of Luczak's four-year-old son Daniel Pelka, who was starved, then beaten to death, in Coventry.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23544717 BBC News Daniel Pelka murder: Mother and partner given life BBC 2 August 2013 3 August 2013 The perpetrators both die in prison within three years (of suicide and heart attack respectively). 3 August – Tony Wang, head of Twitter, apologises after women received bombing and rape threats by users of the site. The apology comes as the company updates its rules to help clamp down on threats and harassment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23559605 BBC News Twitter's Tony Wang issues apology to abuse victims BBC 3 August 2013 3 August 2013 5 August – the world's first lab-grown burger – produced from bovine stem cells – is cooked and eaten at a news conference in London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143 BBC News World's first lab-grown burger is eaten in London BBC 5 August 2013 6 August 2013 6 August – it is reported that sewage workers from Thames Water have removed a fifteen ton bus-sized "fatberg" – thought to be Britain's largest – from a sewer beneath London, after the mass caused a 95% blockage and threatened to send raw sewage spurting from manhole covers.http://news.sky.com/story/1124836/bus-sized-fatberg-threatened-london-streets Bus-Sized 'Fatberg' Threatened London Streets British Sky Broadcasting Sky News 6 August 2013 6 August 2013 7 August – Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the Bank will not consider raising interest rates until the unemployment rate has fallen to 7% or below.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23588958 BBC News UK interest rates held until unemployment falls BBC 7 August 2013 7 August 2013 8 August – BPP University College of Professional Studies, a for-profit institution under US ownership at this time, is granted the title of university as BPP University.Sellgren Katherine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23605046 For-profit college gains full university status BBC News 20 August 2026 10 August – 56 police officers are injured in Belfast after a night of loyalist rioting. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23645607 Belfast riots: 56 police officers injured during parade protests BBC BBC News 10 August 2013 10 August 2013 19 August Senior politicians urge police to explain why the partner of a Guardian journalist who published leaked documents from US whistleblower Edward Snowden was detained at Heathrow Airport for nine hours.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23750289 BBC News David Miranda detention: MP asks police for explanation BBC 19 August 2013 20 August 2013 Green MP Caroline Lucas and her son are among protesters arrested at a site in West Sussex where energy firm Cuadrilla is drilling for oil.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23753750 BBC News Green MP Caroline Lucas arrested at climate protest BBC 19 August 2013 19 August 2013 The chief executive of the UK Independence Party, Will Gilpin, steps down from his post.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23759338 BBC News UKIP chief executive Will Gilpin leaves job BBC 19 August 2013 19 August 2013 20 August – Britons Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid are formally charged with attempting to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23645608 BBC News Peru arrests: British and NI women held over 'drugs' find BBC 11 August 2013 20 August 2013Heather Saul https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/peru-drugs-arrests-british-women-formally-charged-over-alleged-15m-cocaine-smuggling-8777337.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/peru-drugs-arrests-british-women-formally-charged-over-alleged-15m-cocaine-smuggling-8777337.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Peru drugs arrests: British women Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid formally charged over alleged £1.5m cocaine smuggling Independent Print Limited The Independent 21 August 2013 21 August 2013 Londonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23776210 BBC News Peru drugs: UK pair charged with drug offences BBC 21 August 2013 21 August 2013 They are remanded in custody the following day.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23776210 BBC News Peru drugs: UK pair in court on smuggling charges BBC 21 August 2013 21 August 2013 21 August – an inspection report reveals that a female inmate at HMP Bronzefield was kept in solitary confinement for more than five years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-23778279 BBC News HMP Bronzefield prisoner segregated for more than five years BBC 21 August 2013 21 August 2013 22 August – Yes Scotland is forced to close its computer systems after being hacked by "forces unknown". Police Scotland's Digital Forensic Unit launches an investigation but uncovers no evidence of criminality.http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/politics/police-find-no-criminality-after-yes-scotland-email-investigation-1.157086 Police find 'no criminality' after Yes Scotland email investigation DC Thompsons The Courier and Advertiser 23 November 2013 23 November 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131125014541/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/politics/police-find-no-criminality-after-yes-scotland-email-investigation-1.157086 25 November 2013 23 August – a Super Puma L2 helicopter crashes near Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, resulting in four fatalities among the oil rig workers being carried. Operation of the helicopter model is globally suspended.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23822420 BBC News Shetland helicopter crash: Four dead named BBC 24 August 2013 25 August 2013 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23851292 BBC News Syria: Cameron says use of chemical weapons 'cannot stand' BBC 27 August 2013 27 August 2013 29 August MPs vote 285–272 against the principle of British involvement in any military intervention in the Syrian conflict.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23892783 BBC News Syria crisis: Cameron loses Commons vote on Syria action BBC 29 August 2013 30 August 2013 Members of the Fire Brigades Union vote to take industrial action in a dispute over pensions, threatening the first firefighters' strike across England, Scotland and Wales since 2002.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23884078 BBC News Firefighters back industrial action in pensions row BBC 29 August 2013 30 August 2013 September 3 September – the Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the UK, is opened.http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2012/03/20/opening-date-for-new-library-of-birmingham-revealed-65233-30579907/ Opening date for new Library of Birmingham revealed Brown Graeme Birmingham Post 20 March 2012 25 July 2012 4 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120725234315/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2012/03/20/opening-date-for-new-library-of-birmingham-revealed-65233-30579907/ dead 5 September – sixty people are injured as more than 130 vehicles are involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the Sheppey Crossing in Kent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23970047 BBC News Sheppey crossing crash: Dozens hurt as 130 vehicles crash BBC 5 September 2013 5 September 2013 7 September – a man is arrested on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage after scaling a fence to get into Buckingham Palace.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23999047 BBC News Man arrested in Buckingham Palace 'after scaling fence' BBC 7 September 2013 7 September 2013 10 September – MP Nigel Evans resigns as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons after being charged with sexual offences.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24042797 BBC News Nigel Evans quits as deputy speaker amid sex charges BBC 10 September 2013 10 September 2013 11 September – Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps writes to the UN Secretary General demanding an explanation after a UN official criticised housing benefit changes as a "disgrace".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24046094 BBC News Conservatives protest to UN over 'bedroom tax' report BBC 11 September 2013 11 September 2013 14 September – Robert Lund, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of his wife Evelyn, is released from prison in France.Boulbès Serge 31 October 2013 Condamné pour le meurtre de sa femme, Robert Lund est enfin libre : « J'espère un procès en révision » https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/10/31/1743090-robert-lund-j-espere-un-proces-en-revision.html 13 November 2014 LaDepeche.fr 20 September – UKIP withdraws the party whip from MEP Godfrey Bloom after he referred to female activists as "sluts" during his party's annual conference.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24175041 BBC News UKIP's Godfrey Bloom under fire over 'demeaning' joke BBC 20 September 2013 20 September 2013 24 September – at its annual conference, Labour leader Ed Miliband says that if elected in 2015, his party would freeze energy prices for their first 20 months in office.Ross Hawkins https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24213366 BBC News Ed Miliband: Labour would freeze energy prices BBC 24 September 2013 1 September 2013 25 September Firefighters in England and Wales stage a four-hour strike in a dispute over changes to their pensions.Mike Sergeant https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24235251 BBC News Firefighters stage four-hour strike in pensions row BBC 25 September 2013 25 September 2013 Chessington World of Adventures bans animal print clothing because it says animals at the wildlife park find it confusing.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-24240527 BBC News Chessington bans 'baffling' animal print clothing BBC 25 September 2013 25 September 2013 27 September – Prime Minister David Cameron rejects an invitation for a head-to-head TV debate on Scottish independence with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmondhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24297286 BBC News Scottish independence: David Cameron will not have TV debate with Alex Salmond BBC 27 September 2013 27 September 2013 October 3 October – The Mail on Sunday editor Geordie Greig issues an unreserved apology to Ed Miliband after a reporter was sent to a private memorial service for one of his relatives in an attempt to gather opinions from his family about a recent Daily Mail article that had accused the Labour Leader's late father, Ralph of hating Britain. Two reporters are suspended as a result of the incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24379322 BBC News Mail on Sunday apology for reporter attending Miliband family memorial event BBC 3 October 2013 8 October 2013 7 October – launch of the National Crime Agency, a new body designed to tackle some of Britain's most serious crimes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24418847 BBC News National Crime Agency to 'relentlessly pursue' organised crime BBC 7 October 2013 7 October 2013 8 October Banks begin to unveil details of the mortgages they will offer under the government's expanded Help to Buy scheme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24430010 BBC News Help to Buy scheme extension costs being unveiled BBC 8 October 2013 8 October 2013 The Scottish Government announces that the loss making Prestwick Airport in Glasgow is to be taken into public ownership.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24446591 BBC News Glasgow Prestwick Airport to be taken into public ownership BBC 8 October 2013 8 October 2013 British physicist Peter Higgs is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of the Higgs boson.Morgan James https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24436781 Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in physics BBC 8 October 2013 8 October 2013 10 October – Justice Minister Jeremy Wright confirms that former Liberian President Charles Taylor will serve his jail sentence for war crimes in the UK.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24474588 BBC News Liberia's Charles Taylor to serve jail term in UK BBC 10 October 2013 10 October 2013 11 October – the UK government publishes a draft Royal Charter aimed at underpinning self-regulation of the press following an agreement by the three main political parties. However, the proposals are greeted with concerns about press freedom by the industry.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24498662 BBC News Press regulation: Main parties agree deal BBC 11 October 2013 12 October 2013 Proposals put forward by the press has previously been rejected by the Privy council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24452108 BBC News Newspapers' press regulation plans rejected BBC 8 October 2013 12 October 2013 15 October – former Liberian President Charles Taylor arrives in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence, the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24537834 BBC News Liberia's Charles Taylor transferred to UK BBC 15 October 2013 15 October 2013 18 October – a planned firefighters strike in England and Wales for the following day is called off at the eleventh hour, following progress in talks over pensions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24583946 BBC News Firefighters' strike over pensions called off BBC 18 October 2013 18 October 2013 19 October – The Sidemen are formed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/culture/66750901 The Sidemen Our Youtube Content Lets You Escape BBC NewsSeptember 2025 medicmedic 20 October – about 100 homes are damaged when a "tornado" hits Hayling Island in Hampshire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24601190 BBC News Hayling Island properties hit by 'tornado' BBC 20 October 2013 20 October 2013 21 October – the government approves Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear plant to be constructed in the UK since 1995. Originally due to be completed in 2023, the date is later changed to 2028. The plant is intended to remain operational for 60 years, supplying about 7% of the country's electricity.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24613550 BBC News Nuclear power plant 'good deal' for UK BBC 21 October 2013 21 October 2013 22 October – former Prime Minister Sir John Major calls for the government to levy a windfall tax on Britain's energy companies after three of the six major gas and electricity suppliers raise their prices by between eight and ten percent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24621391 BBC News Sir John Major calls for windfall tax on energy profits BBC 22 October 2013 22 October 2013 23 October – Prime Minister David Cameron announces a review of green energy taxes after saying they had pushed up household bills to "unacceptable" levels.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24637499 BBC News David Cameron to review green energy taxes BBC 23 October 2013 23 October 2013 26 October – the Rugby League World Cup begins.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24676354 BBC News – Rugby League World Cup opens at Millennium Stadium BBC 26 October 2013 29 October 2013 28 October – St Judes Day storm: 99 mph gust recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight 30 October – the Privy council grants a Royal charter on press regulations after the newspaper industry loses a last minute legal bid to seek an injunction against the plans.Ross Hawkins https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24746137 BBC News Press regulation: Privy Council grants royal charter BBC 30 October 2013 1 November 2013 November 1 November – firefighters in England and Wales stage a four and a half-hour strike in a row over pension ages, as "contingency" crews battle a large scrapyard blaze in London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24762990 BBC News Firefighters strike over pensions in England and Wales BBC 1 November 2013 1 November 2013 14 November – the last living British person to be born in the 1800s, Grace Jones, dies aged 113.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24940663 BBC News Oldest person in UK Grace Jones dies aged 113 BBC 14 November 2013 14 November 2013 18 November – Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes a decision by search engine companies Google and Microsoft to block online images of child abuse.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24980765 BBC News Google and Microsoft agree steps to block abuse images BBC 18 November 2013 23 November 2013 20 November – the General Synod of the Church of England votes in favour of legislation to allow the ordination of women as bishops by 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25019566 BBC News Church of England synod vote 'paves way' for female bishops BBC 20 November 2013 20 November 2013 21 November Former non-executive chairman of the Co-operative Bank Paul Flowers is arrested by police in a drugs supply investigation, having been exposed agreeing to buy cocaine and methamphetamine by The Mail on Sunday newspaper. Flowers is also suspended from the Labour Party and Methodist Church as a result of the allegations.https://news.sky.com/story/ex-co-op-bank-chairman-paul-flowers-arrested-10427113 Ex Co-op Bank Chairman Paul Flowers Arrested Sky News It is reported that three women believed to have been held as slaves for the last three decades were rescued from a residence in London on 25 October.Women victims 'held for 30 years' https://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/women-victims-held-for-30-years-8954976.html London Evening Standard 21 November 2013 22 November 2013 23 November – the fiftieth anniversary of science fiction TV series Doctor Who is celebrated with the broadcast and cinema screenings of the anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor".11 February 2013 BBC announces Doctor Who 3D special en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21413511 9 July 2023thumb|Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon launch the Scottish independence White Paper 26 November – Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond launches the Scottish Government's White Paper setting out its vision for an independent Scotland.Black Andrew https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25088251 BBC News Scottish independence: Referendum White Paper unveiled BBC 26 November 2013 27 November 2013 27 November – following a trial at Northampton Crown Court, businessman Anxiang Du is convicted of the 2011 murder of a family of four in a revenge attack after losing a legal case against them.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25123910 BBC News Anxiang Du guilty of murder of Northampton family of four BBC 27 November 2013 27 November 2013 29 November – eight people are killed and 19 seriously injured after a police helicopter crashes into The Clutha pub in Glasgow.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25165894 Glasgow helicopter crash: Eight dead at Clutha pub BBC News BBC 30 November 2013 30 November 2013 December 4 December – pig semen exports from Britain to China are the subject of a protocol signed in Beijing by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson as part of a trade mission that includes the Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Chinese wish to improve their semen stock from boars in England and Northern Ireland.Britain to export pig semen to China in multi-million trade deal Irish Independent, 4 December 2013.Liquid gold: China signs deal for UK pig semen Channel 4 News, 4 December 2013. 5 December – Cyclone Bodil hits the UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, disrupting traffic and causing widespread damage amid fears of flooding along the North Sea coast.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25243460 BBC News Deadly storm and tidal surge batter northern Europe BBC 5 December 2013 6 December 2013 15 December – Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013.Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013 bbc.co.uk, 15 December 2013 16 December – Home Secretary Theresa May announces draft legislation to introduce tougher prison sentences for people convicted of offences relating to human trafficking.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25389760 BBC News Life sentences planned for slavery offenders BBC 16 December 2013 16 December 2013 19 December – part of the ornate ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London collapses during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience.Nic Robertson Tom Watkins https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/19/world/europe/britain-london-theater-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 London's Apollo Theatre ceiling collapses CNN 20 December 2013 26 December 2013 20 December – following a trial at Isleworth Crown Court, sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who worked as personal assistants to food writer Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi for several years, are found not guilty on charges of stealing from the couple.http://news.sky.com/story/1185376/nigella-lawson-disappointed-after-pas-cleared Nigella Lawson 'Disappointed' After PAs Cleared British Sky Broadcasting Sky News 20 December 2013 26 December 2013 23 December Former MP Denis MacShane is sentenced to six months in jail for expenses fraud after he admitted to submitting 19 false receipts totalling £12,900.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25492017 BBC News Denis MacShane jailed for MP expenses fraud BBC 23 December 2013 26 December 2013 World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon.Caroline Davies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/24/enigma-codebreaker-alan-turing-royal-pardon Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing receives royal pardon The Guardian 24 December 2013 26 December 2013 Publications The Quarry novel by Iain Banks Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney Births 22 July – Prince George of Wales Deaths Deaths in 2013 January thumb|180px|right|Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1945–2013 thumb|180px|right|Michael Winner 1935–2013 Deaths in January 2013 1 January Allan Hancox, 80, judge, Chief Justice of Kenya (1989–1993).http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=503148 Royal Court tribute to former assitant [sic] magistrate Guernsey News from ITV Channel Television 5 January 2013 15 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140112193152/http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=503148 12 January 2014 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, 67, cricket journalist (Test Match Special), xancer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/20881346 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, TMS commentator, dies aged 67 1 January 2013 3 January 2013 2 January Beatrice Bolam, 93, politician. Charles Chilton, 95, BBC Radio writer, producer and presenter (Journey into Space).http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/radio_legend_charles_chilton_dies_aged_95_1_1781646 Radio legend Charles Chilton dies, aged 95 3 January 2013 3 January 2013 3 January Sir Robert Clark, 89, naval officer and businessman. George Falconer, 66, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Raith Rovers). Alfie Fripp, 98, RAF pilot, longest-serving British POW during World War II.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20899976 Alfie Fripp, prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III, dies aged 98 3 January 2013 3 January 2013 BBC News Jimmy Halliday, 85, leader of the Scottish National Party from 1956 to 1960.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20905955 Jimmy Halliday: Former SNP leader dies aged 85 3 January 2013 3 January 2013 BBC News 4 January Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, 81, Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art (1972–1996).http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/158511/de-bellaigue De Bellaigue The Telegraph 8 January 2013 8 January 2013 London Derek Kevan, 77, footballer (West Bromwich Albion).https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20915138 West Bromwich Albion legend Derek Kevan dies, aged 77 BBC 4 January 2013 5 January 2013 Jim Watson, 95, politician, Mayor of Blackburn (1982–1983). 5 January Gwendoline Butler, 90, author. Mary Susan McIntosh, 76, sociologist, feminist, political activist and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights.Mary McIntosh https://www.bl.uk/people/mary-mcintosh www.bl.uk 12 November 2022 7 January Stanley Cohen, 70, sociologist. Jeremy Hindley, 69, horse trainer, motor neurone disease.http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/j-j-hindley-classic-winning-trainer-jeremy-hindley-dies/1183243/latest/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews Racing Post Classic-winning trainer Jeremy Hindley dies Ennor George 7 January 2013 8 January 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144732/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/j-j-hindley-classic-winning-trainer-jeremy-hindley-dies/1183243/latest/ 13 April 2014 8 January Alasdair Milne, 82, television producer and former Director-General of the BBC. Percy White, 96, chemist and nuclear scientist. 9 January Brigitte Askonas, 89, immunologist.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/10/brigitte-askonas-obituary Brigitte Askonas obituary. Immunologist whose work led to the development of many new vaccines The Guardian 10 January 2013 10 January 2013 London Bridget Ogilvie Peter Carson, 74, publisher, editor and translator. Jim Godbolt, 90, jazz writer and historian. Trevor Gordon, 64, singer (The Marbles). Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, 75, politician and peer. Harold Searson, 88, footballer. 10 January – Geoffrey Coates, 95, organometallic chemist. 11 January David Chisnall, 64, rugby league player (Warrington Wolves). Tom Parry Jones, 77, inventor (electronic breathalyser). Robert Kee, 93, author, journalist and broadcaster. James Charles Macnab of Macnab, 86, aristocrat, chief of Clan MacNab. 12 January Anthony Cavendish, 85, MI6 officer. Helen Elliot, 85, table tennis player, world champion (1949 and 1950). Harry Fearnley, 77, footballer. Roy Sinclair, 68, footballer (Watford) 13 January Stanley Caine, 76, actor (The Italian Job). Katie Stewart, 78, cookery writer. Geoff Thomas, 64, footballer (Swansea City). 14 January Danny Beath, 52, photographer and botanist. Tony Conran, 81, poet and translator. Maharani Gina Narayan, 82, British-born Indian royal, second wife of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan. 15 January – Daphne Anderson, 90, stage and film actress. 16 January Peter Barnes, 50, helicopter pilot (Vauxhall helicopter crash). Nic Potter, 61, bassist (Van der Graaf Generator). 17 January Sophiya Haque, 41, actress, singer and dancer. Paul McKeever, 57, police officer, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales. Lizbeth Webb, 86, soprano and stage actress. 18 January – Ken Jones, 77, footballer. 19 January Nick Broad, 38, football coach and nutritionist. John Trim, 88, linguist. Ian Wells, 48, footballer. 20 January – Freddie Williams, 86, speedway racer. 21 January Zina Harman, 98, British-born Israeli politician. Inez McCormack, 66, trade union leader and human rights campaigner. Michael Winner, 77, film director, producer and food critic. 22 January – Kevin Ash, 53, motorcycling journalist. 23 January Jimmy Payne, 86, footballer. Dolours Price, 62, Northern–Irish IRA member. 24 January Yemi Ajibade, 82, playwright and actor. Dave Harper, 74, footballer. Jim Wallwork, 93, World War II glider pilot. 25 January Leila Buckley, 96, poet, novelist and translator. Frank Keating, 75, sports writer. 26 January Peter Beales, 76, British rosarian, author and lecturer. Lesley Fitz-Simons, 51, actress (Take the High Road). 27 January – Acer Nethercott, 35, coxswain, Olympic silver medallist (2008) and two-time Boat Race winner. 28 January – Reg Jenkins, 74, footballer (Rochdale). 29 January Malcolm Brodie, 86, sports journalist. Frank Hahn, 87, economist (Hahn's Problem). Bernard Horsfall, 82, actor (Doctor Who, Gandhi, Braveheart). Herbert Loebl, 89, businessman and philanthropist. David Taylor, 78, veterinarian and TV personality (No. 73). 31 January – Ron Hadfield, 73, police officer, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (1990–1996). February thumb|180px|right|Robin Sachs thumb|180px|right|Tony Sheridan thumb|180px|right|Richard Briers Deaths in February 2013 1 February – Robin Sachs, 61, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). 3 February Peter Gilmore, 81, actor (The Onedin Line, Carry On, Doctor Who). David Oates, 50, sports commentator (BBC Sport). 4 February Pat Halcox, 82, jazz trumpeter. Reg Presley, 71, singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around").Reg Presley of the Troggs dies aged 71 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21332048 BBC News 4 February 2013 4 February 2013 5 February Stuart Freeborn, 98, make-up artist (Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey). Gerry Hambling, 86, film editor (Pink Floyd – The Wall, Midnight Express, In the Name of the Father). Charles Longbottom, 82, politician, MP for York (1959–1966). Derek Yalden, 72, zoologist. 6 February – Frank Stirrup, 88, English rugby league player. (death announced on this date) 7 February Keith Marsh, 86, actor (Love Thy Neighbour) (death announced on this date) Jonathan Rendall, 48, author (death announced on this date) 8 February Ron Hansell, 82, footballer. Patricia Hughes, 90, radio announcer. Ian Lister, 65, footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic). Mervyn McCord, 83, army officer. Alan Sharp, 79, screenwriter (Rob Roy, Night Moves). 9 February Robert Ashton, 88, historian. Mike Banks, 90, mountaineer and Royal Marines officer. 10 February Pery Burge, 57, artist. Norman Crowder, 87, priest, Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1985–1993). Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, soldier and aristocrat. Bill Roost, 88, footballer (Bristol Rovers). 11 February Mark Dalby, 75, prelate, Archdeacon of Rochdale (1991–2000). Trevor Grills, 54, singer (Fisherman's Friends). Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys, 81, peer and landowner. Rick Huxley, 72, musician (The Dave Clark Five). 12 February Bill Bell, 81, businessman, Chairman of Port Vale F.C. (1987–2002). Brian Langford, 77, cricketer (Somerset). Richard Orton, 72, composer and academic. Reginald Turnill, 97, aerospace correspondent (BBC). 13 February John Ammonds, 88, television producer. George Finch, 82, architect. David Lister, 82, origami historian. Rita Ridley, 66, runner. Don Scott, 84, boxer, Olympic silver medal (1948). 14 February Sir Montague Levine, 90, doctor and coroner. Peter Olver, 95, World War II fighter ace. 15 February Hector Catling, 88, archaeologist. Pat Derby, 70, animal trainer. Ian Fowler, 73, journalist. Antony Speller, 83, politician, MP for North Devon (1979–1992). 16 February Paul Rice, 64, cricketer. Tony Sheridan, 72, rock and roll singer, early collaborator with The Beatles. 17 February Derek Batey, 84, English quiz show host (Mr. and Mrs.). Richard Briers, 79, actor (The Good Life). David Whitehouse, 71, museum executive (The Corning Museum of Glass). 18 February Kevin Ayers, 68, psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft Machine, Wilde Flowers). Godfrey Hewitt, 73, evolutionary geneticist. James Irvine, 54, furniture designer. Elspet Gray, Baroness Rix, 83, actress and philanthropist. 20 February John Downie, 87, footballer. Emma McDougall, 21, footballer (Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.). 21 February John Clappison, 75, ceramic and glass designer. Raymond Cusick, 84, TV designer (Doctor Who). Bruce Millan, 85, politician, MP for Glasgow Craigton (1959–1983); Glasgow Govan (1983–1988), Secretary of State for Scotland (1976–1979). Dick Neal, Jr., 79, footballer. 22 February – Bob Godfrey, 91, animator (Henry's Cat, Roobarb, Great). 23 February Sylvia Smith, 67, writer. Sir Richard Worsley, 89, army general. 24 February Dave Charlton, 76, racing driver. Sir Denis Forman, 95, television executive, Chairman of Granada Television (1974–1987). 25 February – Ralph P. Martin, 87, New Testament scholar. 26 February – Adrian Hollis, 72, correspondence chess grandmaster. 27 February Robin M. Hochstrasser, 82, chemist. Molly Lefebure, 93, author. Terry Twell, 66, footballer. 28 February Neil McCorkell, 100, cricket player. Seamus O'Connell, 83, footballer. Bruce Reynolds, 81, Great Train Robber March thumb|right|Alvin Lee in 1975 thumb|right|Richard Griffiths in 2007 Deaths in March 2013 1 March Campbell Armstrong, 69, author. Chris Canavan, 84, actor (Coronation Street). Pat Keen, 79, actress. Trevor Morley, 79, cricketer. Alan Smith, 95, World War II Spitfire fighter ace. 2 March – Jimmy Jackson, 81, footballer (Notts County). 3 March – Junior Heffernan, 23, racing cyclist. 4 March Harry Greene, 89, actor and television personality, creator of Changing Rooms and DIY SOS. George Petherbridge, 85, footballer. 5 March – Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (1958–1959). 6 March Dave Bewley, 82, footballer. Sir Norman King, 79, admiral. Alvin Lee, 68, guitarist (Ten Years After). 7 March Kenny Ball, 82, jazz trumpeter. Peter Banks, 65, rock guitarist (Yes). Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster. Dick Graham, 90, football manager (Colchester United F.C.). Stan Keery, 81, footballer. Jeffrey Skitch, 85, opera singer and educator. 8 March Ricardo da Force, dance music singer. Toby Graham, 92, Olympic (1956) cross-country skier and university professor. Charles Thurstan Shaw, 98, archaeologist. 9 March – David Farmbrough, 83, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bedford (1981–1993). 10 March Geoff Braybrooke, 77, British–born New Zealand politician, MP for Napier (19812002). Stanley Crowther, 87, politician, MP for Rotherham (1976–1992). Ian Munro Ross, 85, British-born American engineer and scientist, President of Bell Labs (19791991). 11 March – Tony Gubba, 69, journalist and sports commentator. 12 March Clive Burr, 56, rock drummer (Iron Maiden). Michael Grigsby, 76, documentary filmmaker. Gordon Pembery, 86, footballer. 13 March Philip Crosfield, 88, Anglican priest. Jack Marston, 64, rugby league player. 14 March Norman Collier, 87, comedian Harry Thomson, 72, footballer (Burnley F.C.). 15 March Bernard Cheese, 88, painter and printmaker. Terry Lightfoot, 77, jazz clarinetist. Peter Worsley, 88, sociologist. Marcel van Cleemput, 86, toy designer (Corgi). 16 March David Mills, 75, cricketer. Frank Thornton, 92, actor.Woddis Carole Frank Thornton obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/mar/18/frank-thornton 28 October 2021 The Guardian 18 March 2013 17 March – Peter Scott, 82, burglar. 19 March Ryan Birch, 42, judoka. Sir Fergus Montgomery, 85, politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East (19591964), Brierley Hill (19671974) and Altrincham and Sale (19741997). 20 March James Herbert, 69, horror fiction writer. George Lowe, 89, New Zealand mountaineer, died in Derbyshire. Jack Stokes, 92, animation director (Yellow Submarine). 21 March Angus Carmichael, 87, footballer. David Fisher, 66, artist. 22 March Bernard Green, 60, historian. Freddie Jones, 75, footballer (Hereford United, Brighton). Jimmy Lloyd, 73, Olympic boxer. Derek Watkins, 68, trumpeter, played on every James Bond soundtrack. 23 March Boris Berezovsky, 67, Russian business oligarch, died in Berkshire. David Bond, 90, Olympic sailor. 24 March Bob Colston, 84, television announcer (World of Sport). Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, 101, diplomat. Derek Leaver, 82, footballer. 25 March Peter Hearn, 88, cricket player (Kent). Jean Pickering, 83, Olympic track and field athlete. 26 March – Michael Gow, 88, army general. 28 March George E. P. Box, 93, Statistician.https://www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituary/114698/George-E-P-Box George E. P. Box Online Obituary, October 18, 1919 – March 28, 2013 John Findlater, 86, meteorologist. Richard Griffiths, 65, actor (Withnail and I, Harry Potter), complications after heart surgery.https://www.timescolonist.com/news/obituaries/british-actor-richard-griffiths-a-stage-legend-and-harry-potter-s-uncle-vernon-dies-at-65-1.100335 British actor Richard Griffiths, a stage legend and Harry Potter's Uncle Vernon, dies at 65 Associated Press 29 March 2013 Times Colonist 17 August 2018 29 March Barrie Dobson, 81, historian. István Hont, 65, historian. Brian Huggins, 81, journalist and actor (Trailer Park Boys). 30 March – Brian Ackland-Snow, 72, production designer (A Room with a View). 31 March Helena Carroll, 84, actress. Ray Drake, 78, footballer (Stockport County). Sir Michael Jenkins, 77, diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (19881993). Derek Leaver, 82, footballer (Blackburn Rovers). April thumb|120px|Margaret Thatcher 1925–2013 Deaths in April 2013 1 April Peter Drewett, 64, archaeologist. Anthony Montague Browne, 89, diplomat and civil servant. 2 April Kurt Hellmann, 90, pharmacologist. Ted James, 88, cricket player (Sussex). Adrian Leftwich, 72–73, political activist and academic. Barry Mealand, 70, footballer (Fulham). 3 April Ralph Brown, 85, sculptor. Douglas Freeman, 96, cricketer. 4 April Fergy Brown, 90, Scottish-born Canadian politician, Mayor of York, Ontario (19881994). Basil Copper, 89, writer. Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford, 81, aristocrat. 5 April – Peter Maxwell, 92, film and television director. 6 April Bill Guttridge, 82, footballer (Walsall F.C.) Michael Norgrove, 31, boxer. Alan Protheroe, 79, television executive. 7 April Andy Johns, 62, record producer (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones). Sir Kenneth Murray, 82, biologist. 8 April Leslie Broderick, 91, military officer, one of the last three survivors of "The Great Escape". Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 85, peeress and charity worker. Greg Kramer, 51, actor (300, On the Road) and author. Ronald Osborne, 66, businessman, Chairman of Postmedia Network (since 2010), Sun Life Financial (20052010), CEO of Maclean-Hunter (19861994). Frank Panton, 89, military scientist. Margaret Thatcher, 87, politician, Prime Minister (1979–1990).Margaret Thatcher Biography & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Thatcher Encyclopedia Britannica 24 November 2020 en 9 April Desmond Hamill, 76, television journalist. Jim McAllister, 68, Northern Irish politician. 10 April Sir Robert Edwards, 87, physiologist, winner of Nobel Prize (2010). Gordon Thomas, 91, Olympic silver medal cyclist (1948), won Tour of Britain (1953). 11 April – Thomas Hemsley, 85, opera singer. 12 April Sir John Burgh, 87, civil servant, Director-General of the British Council (1980–1987). Dennis John, 78, footballer. 13 April Roger Dobson, 58, writer. Ian Henderson, 86, colonial police officer. Mary Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, 98, aristocrat and philanthropist, saved Benjamin Franklin's London home. Stephen Dodgson, 89, composer. 14 April Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye, 88, hereditary peer. Sir Colin Davis, 85, orchestral conductor. 16 April Ernle Money, 82, politician, MP for Ipswich (1970–1974). Edwin Shirley, 64, rock tour organiser and film studio manager. 17 April Sir Steuart Pringle, 84, army general. Paul Ware, 42, footballer. Stan Vickers, 80, Olympic bronze long distance walker (1960). 18 April Jack Price, 94, football player (Hartlepool United). Storm Thorgerson, 69, graphic designer. Anne Williams, 62, activist (Hillsborough disaster). 19 April Clive Best, 82, rugby league player (Barrow). Mike Denness, 72, cricketer, captain of Kent (19721976) and England (19741975). Patrick Garland, 78, theatre director, actor and writer. John Willson, 81, diplomat. 20 April Jocasta Innes, 78, non-fiction writer and businesswoman. Nosher Powell, 84, actor, stuntman (Willow, First Knight) and boxer. 21 April – Jimmy McGill, 87, footballer (Queen of the South). 22 April Struther Arnott, 78, biochemist and academic, Principal of St Andrews University (19861999). Benjamin Milstein, 94, surgeon and academic. 23 April Tony Grealish, 56, footballer (Ireland, Brighton). Ralph Johnson, 91, footballer (Norwich City). Norman Jones, 78, television actor (Doctor Who, Crossroads). Jim Mackonochie, Royal Navy officer and video game developer. Jim Mortimer, 91, trade unionist, General Secretary of the Labour Party (1982–1985). Frank W. J. Olver, 88, mathematician. 24 April James Dickens, 82, politician, MP for Lewisham West (1966–1970). Frank Salvat, 78, Olympic runner (1960). 25 April Brian Adam, 64, politician, MSP for North East Scotland (1999–2003), Aberdeen North (2003–2011) and Aberdeen Donside (since 2011). Sean Caffrey, 73, actor. W. B. Young, 96, rugby union player. 26 April Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield, 89, politician, MP for Birmingham Northfield (1951–1970). Sir Guy Millard, 96, diplomat. 27 April – Lorraine Copeland, 92, archaeologist and Special Operations Executive agent. 28 April – Alf Bellis, 92, footballer. 29 April – Kevin Moore, 55, footballer (Grimsby Town, Southampton). 30 April Paul Shurey, 53, concert and rave promoter (Tribal Gathering). Ian Weathrall, 91, missionary (Delhi Brotherhood Society). May Deaths in May 2013 thumb|right|Billy Raymond 1 May – Stuart Wilde, 66, writer. 2 May Sir Terence Beckett, 89, businessman, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry. Ernie Field, 70, boxer. Allen McKay, 86, politician, MP for Penistone (1978–1983) and Barnsley West and Penistone (1983–1992). Jo Pitt, 34, paralympic equestrian. 3 May – Sir David Innes Williams, 93, paediatric urologist. 4 May Frederic Franklin, 98, ballet dancer and director. Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles, 98, Royal Navy officer and politician, MP for Winchester (1964–1979). 5 May – Alan Arnell, 79, footballer (Liverpool F.C.). 6 May Dame Diana Keppel, Dowager Countess of Albemarle, 103, aristocrat. Steve Carney, 55, footballer (Newcastle United). Ian MacLeod, 53, footballer (Motherwell). Steve Martland, 53, composer. 7 May P. G. Lim, 96, lawyer and Malaysian diplomat. Aubrey Woods, 85, actor (Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). 8 May Bryan Forbes, 86, actor (The League of Gentlemen), film director (The Stepford Wives) and screenwriter (Chaplin). Ken Whaley, 67, rock musician (Man, Ducks Deluxe, Help Yourself). Ernie Winchester, 68, footballer. 9 May – Andrew Simpson, 36, competition sailor.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/may/10/andrew-simpson-dies-yacht-capsizes British sailor and Olympian Andrew Simpson dies after yacht capsizes Rory Carroll 10 May 2013 10 May 2013 The Guardian London 10 May Sir John Bush, 98, Royal Navy admiral, Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1970). Malcolm Clarke, 82, marine biologist. Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, 75, peer, Member of the European Parliament (1973–1979), member of the House of Lords (since 1964). Malcolm Parkes, 83, academic. 11 May Joe Farman, 82, physicist, identified ozone hole. Arnold Peters, 87, actor (The Archers). 12 May – George William Gray, 86, scientist. 13 May – Derrick Thomas, 69, agricultural researcher. 14 May – Billy Raymond, 75, television presenter. 15 May Robert Hunt, 77, police officer. Bill O'Hagan, 68, journalist and sausage maker. James Stuart-Smith, 93, judge and army officer, Advocate General of the Armed Forces (1984–1991). 16 May Frank Nigel Hepper, 84, botanist. Paul Shane, 72, actor and comedian (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?). 17 May Anthony Trickett, 73, doctor, Lord Lieutenant of Orkney (2007–2013). Sir Rodney Sweetnam, 86, surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1995–98). 18 May – Arthur Malet, 85, stage, film and television actor. 19 May Robin Harrison, 80, composer and pianist. Franklin White, 90, ballet dancer. 20 May Sir Denys Roberts, 90, colonial official and judge, Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1979–1988). 21 May Trevor Bolder, 62, rock musician (David Bowie, Uriah Heep). Eddie Braben, 82, comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd). Keith Jukes, 59, Anglican clergyman, Dean of Ripon (since 2007). 22 May Brian Greenhoff, 60, footballer (Manchester United). Elizabeth Mavor, 85, author. Mick McManus, 93, professional wrestler. Richard Thorp, 81, actor (Emmerdale). 24 May Ron Davies, 70, footballer Norwich, Southampton. Garth Morrison, 70, Scouter, Chief Scout (1988–1996). 25 May – Jimmy Wray, 75, politician, MP for Glasgow Provan (1987–1997) and Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005). 26 May – Graham Leggett, 92, RAF squadron leader, youngest surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. 27 May – Bill Pertwee, 86, radio and television actor (Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?) and author. 29 May – Richard Ballantine, 72, cycling writer. 30 May – Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton, 88, peer. 31 May Tommy Henderson, 85, footballer (Burnley F.C.). Frederic Lindsay, 79, novelist. June thumb|Rory Morrison Deaths in June 2013 1 June Oliver Bernard, 87, poet and translator. Bill Gunston, 86, aviation writer. 2 June Andrew Doughty, 96, anaesthetist. John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976). Nick Keir, 60, musician. Graham Walker, 68, comedian, founder of The Grumbleweeds 4 June – Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981). 5 June Sir James Bottomley, 92, diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1973–1976). Helen McElhone, 80, politician, MP for Glasgow Queen's Park (1982–1983). Katherine Woodville, 74, actress (Posse, The Informers). 6 June Tom Sharpe, 85, comic novelist (Porterhouse Blue, Wilt). Malcolm Todd, 73, historian and archaeologist. 7 June Donna Hartley, 58, Olympic runner (1980). David Lyon, 72, actor. Mark Starr, 50, wrestler. 8 June Angus MacKay, 86, actor (Doctor Who). Hugh Murray, 80, historian. 9 June Iain Banks, 59, author. Martin Bernal, 76, academic. John Burke, 65, rugby league player. 10 June – Don Roby, 79, footballer (Notts County F.C., Loughborough United). 11 June Sir Henry Cecil, 70, racehorse trainer. Rory Morrison, 48, radio announcer and newsreader (BBC Radio 4). 12 June Cheryl Peake, 47, Olympic ice skater (1988). Gavin Taylor, 72, British television and concert film director, (The Tube, U2 at Red Rocks, Queen at Wembley). Barry Till, 90, priest and academic. 14 June Martin Lowson, 75, aeronautical engineer. Hugh Maguire, 86, violinist. 15 June – Maurice Priestley, 80, mathematician. 16 June Richard Marlow, 74, organist and choral director. Norman Ian MacKenzie, 91, journalist and activist. Peter Millar, 62, footballer (Motherwell). 17 June Jim Goddard, 77, film and television director. Geoff Strong, 75, footballer. 18 June Alastair Donaldson, 58, rock musician. Colin Stansfield Smith, 80, architect and cricketer. David Wall, 67, ballet dancer. 19 June – John Hughes, 78, ceramicist, creator of Grogg. 20 June John Stollery, 83, engineer and academic. John David Wilson, 93, animator (Lady and the Tramp, Grease, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour). 21 June Diane Clare, 74, actress. Bernard Hunt, 83, professional golfer. Edgar Mann, 86, Manx politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (1981–1985). 22 June – Deric Longden, 77, author and screenwriter. 23 June Pat Ashton, 82, actress. Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, 68, Scottish politician and advocate, MP (1979–1987), Lord Advocate (1989–1992), Solicitor General (1982–1989). Darryl Read, 61, musician, poet and actor. 24 June Mick Aston, 66, British archaeologist (Time Team). Bill Atkinson, 68, footballer (Torquay United F.C.). Dame Phyllis Friend, 90, nursing officer. James Martin, 79, businessman, author and computer scientist. 25 June Mark Fisher, 66, stage designer and ceremony producer (2008, 2012 Summer Olympics). Catherine Gibson, 82, Olympic swimmer (1948). 28 June – Fred Gibson, 101, Jamaican-born cricketer (Leicestershire). 29 June – David Moore, 79, botanist. 30 June – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, 96, life peer, barrister and Colditz prisoner. July thumb|NASA portrait of Anthony Llewellyn 2 July – Anthony Llewellyn, 80, scientist and NASA astronaut. 3 July Iain McColl, 59, actor. John Nunn, 94, Royal Air Force officer and politician. Snoo Wilson, 64, playwright and screenwriter. 4 July Onllwyn Brace, 80, rugby union player. Jack Crompton, 91, footballer (Manchester United), played 1948 FA Cup Final. Willie Hargreaves, 82, rugby league player (York City Knights). Bernie Nolan, 52, singer (The Nolans) and actress. Leslie Rees, 94, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury (1980–1986). Pamela Ropner, 82, author. 5 July – Sheila Wright, 88, politician, MP for Birmingham Handsworth (1979–1983). 6 July David Johnson, 67, horse owner (Comply or Die). Kay Matheson, 84, Scottish nationalist and scholar, Stone of Scone seizure. 7 July Rosalind Hudson, 86, codebreaker and architectural model maker. Anna Wing, 98, actress (EastEnders). 8 July Norman Atkinson, 90, politician, MP for Tottenham (19641987). Dave Hickson, 83, footballer. 9 July Kirsty Milne, 49, journalist and academic. George Weissbort, 85, artist. 10 July Colin Bennetts, 72, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Coventry (1998–2008). William Ralph Turner, 93, painter. 12 July Paul Bhattacharjee, 52, actor (EastEnders, Casino Royale, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Ray Butt, 78, television director and producer (Only Fools and Horses). Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis, 77, politician, Head of the Liberal Party (1966–1969). Elaine Morgan, 92, writer, feminist and evolutionary theorist (The Descent of Woman, The Aquatic Ape). Alan Whicker, 87, journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World) 13 July – Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 90, peer and author. 14 July – Jenny Lay, 74, politician, Lord Mayor of Norwich. 16 July Todd Bennett, 51, Olympic runner (1988) and silver medalist (1984). George Smith, 92, footballer (Manchester City). 17 July Henri Alleg, 91, journalist. David Collins, 57, restaurant designer (Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, The Wolseley). Sir Ian Gourlay, 92, army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (19711975). Briony McRoberts, 56, actress (Take the High Road). Davie White, 80, football player and manager (Clyde, Rangers, Dundee). 18 July Peter Appleyard, 84, jazz musician and composer. Norman Sillman, 92, sculptor and coin designer. 19 July Wilf Proudfoot, 91, politician, businessman and hypnotist, MP for Cleveland (1959–1964); Brighouse and Spenborough (1970–1974). Mel Smith, 60, comedian and actor (Not the Nine O'Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones). Phil Woosnam, 80, football player, coach and commissioner (North American Soccer League). 20 July – David Spenser, 79, radio play performer (Just William), actor and producer. 22 July – Lawrie Reilly, 84, footballer (Hibernian F.C., national team). 23 July Rona Anderson, 86, film, television and stage actress (Scrooge, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie). Pauline Clarke, 92, children's author. 24 July – Adrian Shepherd, 74, conductor and cellist. 25 July Peter Bridgeman, 80, military officer. Hugh Huxley, 89, biologist, won Copley Medal (1997). 27 July Mick Farren, 69, music journalist, author and singer (The Deviants). Jon Leyne, 55, journalist (BBC News). John Nunneley, 90, army officer. Pete Tunstall, 94, RAF squadron leader, World War II POW in Colditz. 29 July Bernard Codd, 79, motorcycle racer. Norman de Mesquita, 81, sports journalist and broadcaster. Godfrey Stafford, 93, physicist. Sheila Whitaker, 77, film programmer, director of London Film Festival (19871996). 30 July Sir Reginald Harland, 93, Royal Air Force commander. Benjamin Walker, 99, author. 31 July Michel Donnet, 96, military officer, RAF wing commander during World War II. Jon Manchip White, 89, novelist and screenwriter. August thumb|right|John Amis in 2010 thumb|right|Sir David Frost 1 August John Amis, 91, broadcaster, classical music critic and writer. Colin McAdam, 61, footballer. 3 August John Coombs, 91, racing driver and team owner. Jack Hynes, 92, footballer. 4 August John Billingham, 83, space executive (NASA), chief of life science at Ames Research Center. Wilf Carter, 79, footballer (Plymouth Argyle). Dominick Harrod, 72, journalist, BBC economics correspondent. Bill Hoskyns, 82, Olympic fencer (1960, 1964). Tony Snell, 91, RAF fighter pilot. Sir Sandy Woodward, 81, Royal Navy admiral (Falklands War). 5 August – Malcolm Barrass, 88, footballer (Bolton Wanderers) 6 August Steve Aizlewood, 60, footballer (Newport County A.F.C., Portsmouth F.C.). Jeremy Geidt, 83, stage actor and acting coach (Harvard University, American Repertory Theater). Dave Wagstaffe, 70, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers). 7 August Roy Davies, 79, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Llandaff (1985–1999). Keith Skillen, 65, footballer (Workington A.F.C.). 8 August Derek Hockridge, 79, British actor and translator (Asterix). Jimmy McColl, 88, Olympic footballer (1948). John Rankine, 94, science fiction author. 9 August Louis Killen, 79, musician, folk singer and songwriter. Brian Moll, 88, television actor. Phill Nixon, 57, darts player. 11 August David Howard, 76, ballet teacher. Matthew Kaufman, 70, biologist. 12 August David McLetchie, 61, politician, MSP for Lothian (19992003, since 2011) and Edinburgh Pentlands (20032011). Trevor Storer, 83, businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Pukka Pies. Robert Trotter, 83, actor (Take the High Road), director and photographer. 13 August Jon Brookes, 44, drummer (The Charlatans). Johnny Hamilton, 78, footballer. Sir Michael Stoker. 95, physician. 14 August Mick Deane, 61, television cameraman (Sky News), shot during a raid in Egypt. John Forfar, 96, paediatrician and academic. Mark Sutton, 42, stuntman, parachutist at 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as James Bond. 16 August Chris Hallam, 49, Paralympian swimmer and wheelchair racer. David Rees, 95, mathematician. John Ryden, 82, football player (Tottenham FC). 18 August – Christopher Barton, 85, Olympic rower (1948). 19 August – Stephenie McMillan, 71, Academy Award-winning set decorator (The English Patient, Chocolat, Harry Potter). 20 August Leslie Jaeger, 87, civil engineer and academic. Marian McPartland, 95, jazz pianist, writer, composer and radio host (Piano Jazz). 21 August Huw Jenkins, 68, cricket player (Glamorgan). Fred Martin, 84, footballer (Aberdeen). 22 August Sir Geoffrey Inkin, 78, soldier and public servant. William McIlroy, 85, secularist and atheism activist. 23 August David Garrick, 66, pop and opera singer. Gilbert Taylor, 99, cinematographer (Star Wars, The Omen, Dr. Strangelove). David Watkins, 87, politician, MP for Consett (1966–1983). 24 August Gerry Baker, 75, footballer (Ipswich Town, Manchester City). Mike Winters, 82, comedian (Mike & Bernie Winters). 25 August – Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, 80, information scientist. 26 August – Gerard Murphy, 64, actor (Batman Begins, Doctor Who, Waterworld). 27 August David Barker, 75, physician and epidemiologist. Dave Thomas, 79, golfer and golf course designer. 28 August John Bellany, 71, painter. Barry Stobart, 75, footballer. 29 August – Cliff Morgan, 83, rugby player and broadcaster. 30 August – Seamus Heaney, 74, writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. 31 August Alan Carrington, 79, chemist. Sir David Frost, 74, broadcaster and journalist (That Was the Week That Was, The Frost Report). Jimmy Greenhalgh, 90, football player and manager (Darlington F.C.). September thumb|Ken Wallis in an autogyro 1 September – Ken Wallis, 97, autogyro exponent and James Bond stunt pilot. 2 September Terry Clawson, 73, rugby league player. Ronald Coase, 102, economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (1991). David Jacobs, 87, radio and television broadcaster (Juke Box Jury, Any Questions?). Olga Lowe, 93, stage and film actress. Hugh van Cutsem, 72, landowner and horsebreeder. Dame Juliet Wheldon, 63, civil servant. 3 September Donald Featherstone, 95, wargamer. Lewis Morley, 88, photographer (Christine Keeler, Joe Orton). Brian Smith, 57, footballer (Bolton Wanderers). 4 September – Joe Warham, 93, rugby league coach (Leeds). 5 September – Geoffrey Goodman, 91, journalist and trade unionist. 6 September Barbara Hicks, 89, actress (Brazil, Howards End). Sir Cameron Rusby, 87, Royal Navy admiral. Bill Wallis, 76, character actor. 7 September Barney Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe, 88, politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1970–1974) and Brentford and Isleworth (1974–1992). Ted Loden, 73, army colonel. 9 September – Susan Fitzgerald, 64, actress (Angela's Ashes). 10 September Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey, 74, peer and businessman. Barry Hancock, 74, footballer (Port Vale). 11 September – Tom Vernon, 74, writer and broadcaster (Fat Man series). 12 September – Joan Regan, 85, traditional pop singer. 13 September – Peter Aston, 74, composer and conductor. 14 September – Sir John Curtiss, 88, Royal Air Force officer. 15 September Joyce Jacobs, 91, actress (A Country Practice). Jackie Lomax, 69, guitarist and singer-songwriter. Peter Morley, 84, football chairman (Crystal Palace F.C.). 16 September – George Hockham, 74, electrical engineer. 17 September – Peter Kay, 52, charity founder (Sporting Chance Clinic). (death announced on this date) 18 September – Lindsay Cooper, 62, rock and jazz musician (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group). 19 September Robert Barnard, 76, crime writer and critic. Brian Furniss, 78, cricket player (Derbyshire). Patrick Kay, 92, Royal Marines general. 20 September George Bryan, 92, businessman, founder of Drayton Manor Theme Park. Robert W. Ford, 90, diplomat and radio operator. 22 September – Kenneth Eager, 84, sculptor. 23 September Harry Goodwin, 89, photographer. Annette Kerr, 93, actress. Trevor Lummis, 83, social historian. 24 September Clive Akerman, 73, philatelist. Anthony Lawrence, 101, journalist. 25 September – Ron Fenton, 72, football player and coach (Nottingham Forest). 26 September Don Donovan, 83, football player and manager (Grimsby Town, Everton, Boston United). Ellis Evans, 83, Celtic scholar. 27 September Jock Kane, 92, intelligence officer. Albert Naughton, 84, rugby league player (Widnes, Warrington). 28 September – Michael Sullivan, 96, art historian. 29 September Hugh de Wardener, 97, medical doctor. Robert Leeson, 85, children's author. Charles McKean, 67, architectural historian. 30 September John Flanagan, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle). John Hopkins, 86, conductor and music administrator. Anthony Hinds, 91, screenwriter and producer. October thumb|Ron Davies 1 October – Peter Broadbent, 80, footballer. 3 October Edwin Haslam, 81, chemist. Ernie Morgan, 86, footballer (Gillingham). Joan Thirsk, 91, economic and social historian. 4 October – John Cloudsley-Thompson, 92, naturalist and army officer. 5 October Charles Castle, 74, television producer and author. Hugh Jackson, 95, paediatrician and child safety campaigner. 6 October Paul Rogers, 96, actor. Andy Stewart, 76, politician, MP for Sherwood (1983–1992). 7 October – Mick Buckley, 59, footballer (Everton, Sunderland). 8 October David Clark, 94, cricket player and administrator. Stan Paterson, 89, glaciologist. Akong Rinpoche, 73, Buddhist teacher (Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre). 9 October Robert Hugh Molesworth Kindersley, 3rd Baron Kindersley, 84, aristocrat and businessman. Jillian Lane, 52, celebrity psychic. Harold Rudman, 88, footballer (Burnley, Rochdale). Monica Turner, 88, ornithologist. 10 October – Norrie Martin, 74, footballer (Rangers). 13 October – Tommy Whittle, 87, jazz saxophonist. 15 October Ian Douglas-Wilson, 101, physician and editor (The Lancet). Nevill Drury, 66, author and publisher. Sean Edwards, 26, racing driver. Jack Lynn, 86, architect. 16 October – Charles Halton, 81, mathematician and civil servant. 17 October – Terry Fogerty, 69, rugby league player. 18 October Felix Dexter, 52, comedian (The Real McCoy). Charlie Dickson, 79, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic). Norman Geras, 70, political theorist and author, emeritus professor of politics (University of Manchester). Michael Harvey, 82, lettering artist. 19 October Noel Harrison, 79, singer ("The Windmills of Your Mind"), actor and Olympic skier. Geoff Smith, 85, footballer (Bradford City). 21 October Jackie Rea, 92, snooker player. Tony Summers, 89, Olympic swimmer (1948). 23 October Sir Anthony Caro, 89, sculptor. Gypie Mayo, 62, rock guitarist (Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds) and songwriter ("Milk and Alcohol"). 24 October Antonia Bird, 62, television drama and film director. Henry Taylor, 80, racing driver. 25 October Nigel Davenport, 85, actor (Chariots of Fire, Howards' Way). Roy Grantham, 86, trade unionist, General Secretary of APEX (1971–1989). Sir Nicholas Hunt, 82, Royal Navy admiral. 26 October Ron Davies, 91, photographer. Michael Neuberger, 59, biochemist. 27 October – Sir Michael Wilkes, 73, army general, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1995–2001). 29 October – Graham Stark, 91, comedian and actor (The Pink Panther, Superman III, Alfie). 30 October Pete Haycock, 62, guitarist (Climax Blues Band). Dave MacFarlane, 46, footballer (Rangers, Kilmarnock). Ray Mielczarek, 67, footballer (Wrexham). 31 October Trevor Kletz, 91, chemical engineer and safety consultant. William Morris, 88, Church of Scotland minister. Charles Suckling, 93, biochemist. November thumb|right|Steve Prescott 2 November Jack Alexander, 77, Scottish entertainer and comedian. Hugh Gurling, 63, geneticist. 3 November Andro Linklater, 68, writer and historian. Austin John Marshall, 76, record producer and artist. Bernard Roberts, 80, classical pianist. 4 November Roger Barton, 67, footballer. Elfed Morris, 71, footballer (Chester City). 5 November Tony Iveson, 94, Royal Air Force pilot and World War II veteran. Charles Mosley, 65, genealogist. Stuart Williams, 83, international footballer. 6 November – Sammy Taylor, 80, footballer. 7 November John Cole, 85, Northern-Ireland born journalist and broadcaster Ron Dellow, 99, football player and manager. Mary Eyre, 89, hockey and tennis player. 8 November Kris Ife, 67, pop singer Sir John Whitehead, 90, diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1986–1992). 9 November Helen Eadie, 66, politician, MSP for Dunfermline East (1999–2011); Cowdenbeath (since 2011) Steve Prescott, 39, rugby league player. 10 November – Sir Humphrey Maud, 79, diplomat. 11 November Anne Barton (Shakespearean scholar), 80, Shakespearean scholar. Eddie McGrady, 78, Northern Irish politician, MP for South Down (1987–2010). 12 November Mavis Batey, 92, World War II codebreaker. Hetty Bower, 108, political activist. Sir John Tavener, 69, composer of religious musicSir John Tavener: Composer dies at 69 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24919332 BBC News BBC 12 November 2013 12 November 2013 14 November Georgina Anderson, 15, singer, liver cancer. Peter Frank, 79, academic and media commentator on Russian affairs. Jim McCluskey, 63, football referee. Olivia Robertson, 96, religious leader, high priestess of the Fellowship of Isis. 15 November – Andrew Best Semple, 101, medical officer. 16 November Robin Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket, 87, peer. William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley, 93, peer. Jock Young, 71, criminologist. 17 November Sir Alfred Blake, 98, Royal Marines officer and solicitor, Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme (1967–1978). Doris Lessing, 94, Nobel Prize-winning writer. Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon, 87, peer and businessman. 18 November – Sir Jock Kennedy, 85, air marshal. 19 November Ray Gosling, 74, broadcaster and gay rights activist. John Ingamells, 79, art historian. Frederick Sanger, 95, biochemist, laureate of Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1958, 1980). 20 November Bruce Bilby, 91, mechanical engineer. Peter Griffiths, 85, politician, MP for Smethwick (1964–1966) and Portsmouth North (1979–1997). Sir Cyril Townsend, 75, politician, MP for Bexleyheath (1974–1997). 21 November – Cyril Perkins, 102, cricketer. 22 November – Brian Dawson, 74, folk singer and song collector. 24 November – Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, 86, peer and banker, Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993). 25 November Bob Day, 72, pop singer (The Allisons). Bill Foulkes, 81, footballer (Manchester United, England). Joel Lane, 50, author. John Shaw, 56, radio broadcaster. 26 November John Galbraith Graham, 92, crossword compiler ("Araucaria" of The Guardian) and Church of England priest. Stan Stennett, 88, comic entertainer, actor and jazz musician. William Stevenson, 89, author and academic. 27 November Lewis Collins, 67, actor (The Professionals). Reg Simpson, 93, Test cricketer. 29 November Chris Howland, 85, radio and television presenter. Douglas Samuel Jones, 91, mathematician. 30 November Vera Houghton, 99, health campaigner. Jean Kent, 92, actress (The Browning Version)Jean Kent https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c https://web.archive.org/web/20160510223452/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c dead 10 May 2016 BFI 29 June 2021 en Georgina Somerset, 90, dentist and Royal Navy officer. December thumb|Writer Colin Wilson in 1984 thumb|Peter O'Toole thumb|Joan Fontaine in 1951 1 December Maurice Cockrill, 78, artist. Richard Coughlan, 66, drummer (Caravan). 2 December John Ewbank, 64, rockclimber. Brian Hitchen, 77, journalist, Editor of the Daily Star (1987–1994) and Sunday Express (1994–1995). Mary Riggans, 78, actress (Take the High Road, Balamory, Dear Frankie). 3 December John Albery, 77, chemist and academic, Master of University College, Oxford (1989–1997). Ida Pollock, 105, romance novelist. 4 December McDonald Bailey, 92, Olympic sprinter (1948), bronze medalist (1952). Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe, 89, peer. Charles Grigg, 97, comic strip artist (Korky the Cat, Desperate Dan). 5 December Monte Fresco, 77, sports photographer. Barry Jackson, 75, actor (Doctor Who, Wimbledon, Midsomer Murders). Colin Wilson, 82, writer. 6 December – Stan Tracey, 86, jazz pianist. 7 December – Alan Bridges, 86, film and television director (The Shooting Party). 8 December Sir John Cornforth, 96, chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize (1975). Edward Williams, 92, composer (Life on Earth). 9 December Dame Florence Baron, 61, High Court judge. Norman Harding, 84, trade unionist and political activist. Lynne Kieran, 53, singer (The Rounder Girls). 10 December Alan Coleman, 76, television director and producer (The Young Doctors, Neighbours). Skeets Gallacher, 88, boxer. 11 December Kate Barry, 46, fashion photographer. Frederick Fox, 82, milliner. Patrick Kavanagh, 90, police officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1977–1983). 12 December Molly Allott, 95, WRAF officer. Bernard Conlan, 90, politician, MP for Gateshead East (1964–1987). David Jones, 73, footballer (Millwall). Maria Lidka, 99, violinist. Rae Woodland, 91, soprano. 13 December – Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, 83, politician, MP for Conwy (1970–1997). 14 December G. W. S. Barrow, 89, historian. Peter O'Toole, 81, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Troy). 15 December Joan Fontaine, 96, Oscar-winning actress (Rebecca, Suspicion). Dennis Lindley, 90, British statistician. 16 December – James Flint, 100, Royal Air Force officer. 17 December Alfred Bates, 69, politician, MP for Bebington and Ellesmere Port (1974–1979). Richard Britnell, 69, historian. 18 December Ronnie Biggs, 84, criminal (Great Train Robbery) and fugitive. Paul Torday, 67, author. 19 December Winton Dean, 97, musicologist. Leon Kuhn, 59, political cartoonist. 20 December – David Richards, 57, record producer. 21 December David Coleman, 87, sports commentator and presenter. Peter Geach, 97, philosopher. 23 December – Addison Cresswell, 53, comedy agent and manager. 24 December Eric Auld, 82, artist. Sir Michael Butler, 86, diplomat, Permanent Representative to the E.U. (1979–1985). R. A. Foakes, 90, author and Shakespearean scholar. Stuart Jakeman, 60, cricket player (Northants). Allan McKeown, 67, film producer (Tracey Takes On...). Ron Noades, 76, football chairman (Crystal Palace). R.A. Shooter, 97, microbiologist. 25 December David R. Harris, 83, geographer, anthropologist and archaeologist. Wayne Harrison, 46, footballer. 26 December Andy Malcolm, 80, footballer (West Ham United). Sally Vincent, 76, journalist. 27 December – Peter John Harding, 73, Royal Air Force officer, Defence Services Secretary (1994–1998). 28 December Alexander Lamb Cullen, 93, electrical engineer. Robert Boscawen, 90, politician, MP for Wells (1970–1983), Somerton and Frome (1983–1992). 29 December Paul Comstive, 52, footballer. Mary Wibberley, 79, novelist. 30 December Gerald Mortimer, 77, author and sports journalist (Derby Telegraph). Geoffrey Wheeler, 83, broadcaster (Songs of Praise, Top of the Form, Winner Takes All). 31 December – John Fortune, 74, comedian (Bremner, Bird and Fortune). See also 2013 in British music 2013 in British television 2013 in England 2013 in Northern Ireland 2013 in Scotland 2013 in Wales List of British films of 2013 References 30em Further reading Whitaker's Shorts: Year in Review, 2013–2014 https://books.google.com/books?id=UepQBQAAQBAJ 2014 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4729-1487-3 External links 2013 Category:Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom Category:2013 by country Category:2010s in the United Kingdom Category:2013 in Europe