2001 in England

none March 2024 2001 This list contains events from 2001 in England. Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Tony Blair Events January 5 January – A report by the Department of Health suggests that Dr Harold Shipman may have killed more than 300 patients since the 1970s. 8 January – The High Court rules that the identities and whereabouts of the two killers of James Bulger are to be kept secret for the rest of their lives. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both now aged 19, are expected to be released from custody later this year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_2515000/2515671.stm 2001: Bulger killers win anonymity for life 2009-03-20 2001-01-08 BBC News 9 January – Sven-Göran Eriksson begins his job as manager of the England football team six months ahead of schedule, having resigned from his previous job as Lazio manager. He had signed a five-year contract with the Football Association on 30 October 2000 to succeed Kevin Keegan. 12 January – Marie Therese Kouao and Carl Manning are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of their niece Victoria Climbie, who died last year after suffering horrific abuse and neglect at the hands of the couple in their London home. Victoria (aged eight) had been living with the pair since her parents sent her to England in order to receive a good education.Metro McGuinness Ross March 16, 2009 30, 31 16 January – Mitchell Quy is convicted of the murder of his wife Lynsey Quy in Southport, Lancashire and sentenced to life imprisonment.2001-01-16 Life sentence for wife killer http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1120057.stm 2025-09-26 BBC News en-GB February 24–27 February – Patient Tony Collins spends 77 1 2 hours on a hospital trolley outside the toilets in the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.September 2026 25 February – Liverpool defeated Birmingham City on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the Football League Cup final – the first cup final to be played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, since Wembley closed for redevelopment. 28 February – A rail crash near Selby kills 10 people.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/28/newsid_4184000/4184713.stm At least 10 die in Selby rail crash 2008-02-13 2001-02-28 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080208190044/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/28/newsid_4184000/4184713.stm 8 February 2008 live March 8 March – The wreckage of Donald Campbell's speedboat Bluebird K7 is raised from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria, 34 years after Campbell was killed in an attempt to break the world water speed record. 15 March – Donald Campbell's body is recovered from Lake Coniston, 34 years after he died in an attempt to break the land water speed record. 17 March – The Eden Project opens to the public near St Austell, Cornwall; conceived by Tim Smit with design by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. 18 March – Claire Marsh (aged 18) becomes the youngest woman in Britain to be convicted of rape after pinning down a woman who was raped by a pair of teenagers in west London. She is sentenced to seven years in prison, while her accomplices (aged 15 and 18) are jailed for five years.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_2521000/2521053.stm BBC On This Day 16 2001: Teenage woman guilty of rape BBC News 1988-03-16 2010-09-07 31 March – Stuart Lubbock is found dead at the Home of Michael Barrymore.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/feb/24/stuart-lubbock-timeline Stuart Lubbock: timeline 24 February 2009 24 March 2024 The Guardian April 5 April – Perry Wacker, a Dutch lorry driver, is jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants who were found suffocated in his lorry at Dover ferry port in June last year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/5/newsid_2467000/2467923.stm BBC On This Day 5 2001: Driver jailed for immigrant deaths BBC News 1986-04-05 2010-09-07 15 April – Manchester United win the FA Premier League title for the third season in succession, and the seventh time in nine seasons.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gunners-hand-the-title-to-united-753448.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gunners-hand-the-title-to-united-753448.html 2022-05-01 subscription live London The Independent Nick Townsend Gunners hand the title to United 15 April 2001 10 October 2011 August 2021 medicmedic 23 April Jane Andrews, a former personal assistant to Sarah, Duchess of York, goes on trial accused of murdering her fiancé Thomas Cressman. Manchester United pay a British record fee of £19million for Ruud van Nistelrooy, the 24-year-old PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands national football team striker who had been due to join the club last year until the transfer was put on hold by injury.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1292248.stm BBC News Man Utd clinch Van Nistelrooy deal 23 April 2001 10 October 2011 May 1 May – An anti-capitalist demonstration in London, part of worldwide protests, turns violent.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/650 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 650–652 12 May – Liverpool win the FA Cup Final when two Michael Owen goals in the final minutes of the game give them a 2–1 win over Arsenal in the final at the Millennium Stadium.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1324699.stm BBC News Owen shatters Arsenal in Cup final 12 May 2001 10 October 2011 16 May – Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott punches a protester who threw an egg at him in Rhyl.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/16/newsid_4098000/4098929.stm Prescott punches protester 2008-02-13 2001-05-16 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307114855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/16/newsid_4098000/4098929.stm 7 March 2008 live Jane Andrews is sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering Thomas Cressman.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/23/newsid_4444000/4444991.stm 2001: Royal aide on trial for murder 2009-03-20 2001-04-23 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090428221548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/23/newsid_4444000/4444991.stm 28 April 2009 live Liverpool win the UEFA Cup – their first European trophy for 17 years – with a 5–4 win over Spanish side Deportivo Alavés.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335132.stm BBC News Champagne on ice 17 May 2001 10 October 2011 24 May – At Bristol Crown Court, Lee Ford is sentenced to five terms of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murders of his wife and four stepchildren at their home in Carnkie, near Redruth, Cornwall, in September 2000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1348982.stm Family killer gets life 24 May 2001 17 August 2024 BBC News BBChttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/may/25/paulkelso Man who garrotted his family gets life Paul Kelso 25 May 2001 17 August 2024 The Guardian June 8 June – William Hague announces his resignation as Conservative Party leader after four years. 22 June – Home Secretary David Blunkett announces that Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, convicted at the age of 11 of murdering toddler James Bulger on Merseyside, are to be released on life licence later this year after the Parole Board recommended their release after eight years in custody.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/22/newsid_2518000/2518521.stm BBC On This Day 22 2001: Bulger killers to be released BBC News 1941-06-22 2010-09-07 25 June – A race riot breaks out in Burnley, with more than 200 white and Asian youths being involved in brawling, vandalism and arson.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25/newsid_2519000/2519285.stm Race violence erupts in Burnley 2008-02-13 2001-06-25 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115134/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25/newsid_2519000/2519285.stm 7 March 2008 live 29 June – The government announces plans to build a £3million fountain in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales at Hyde Park, London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/29/newsid_2520000/2520975.stm 2001: Diana fountain given go-ahead 2009-03-20 2001-06-29 BBC News July 2 July – Barry George is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the television presenter Jill Dando, who was killed in Fulham, London, on 26 April 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/2/newsid_2489000/2489795.stm Dando killer jailed for life 2008-02-13 2001-07-02 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307114946/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/2/newsid_2489000/2489795.stm 7 March 2008 live 7 July – Two people are stabbed in race riots in Bradford, West Yorkshire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/7/newsid_2496000/2496003.stm Two stabbed in Bradford race riots 2008-02-13 2001-07-07 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080203135129/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/7/newsid_2496000/2496003.stm 3 February 2008 live 12 July – The British transfer record in broken for the third time in eight months when Manchester United pay Italian club Lazio £28.1million for Argentine midfielder Juan Sebastián Verón.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1423604.stm BBC News Veron seals £28.1m Man Utd move 12 July 2001 10 October 2011 16 July – The Labour government suffers its first parliamentary defeat over the sacking of Gwyneth Dunwoody and Donald Anderson as chairs of select committees on transport and foreign affairs.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/16/newsid_2504000/2504125.stm Rebel MPs defeat the government 2008-02-13 2001-07-16 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115116/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/16/newsid_2504000/2504125.stm 7 March 2008 live 19 July – Politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice. 20 July – Rioting breaks out in Brixton, London, following the fatal shooting Derek Bennett, a 29-year-old black man, by armed police in the area. 27 people are arrested and three police officers are injured.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1449598.stm UK Violence after police shooting demo BBC News 2001-07-21 2010-09-07 29 July – A victim support group condemns a reported £11,000 payout by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to the parents of murdered Sarah Payne as "derisory". August 7 August – The government takes an unprecedented step with the £27million nationalisation of a private hospital near Harley Street in London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2528000/2528139.stm 2001: NHS buys private hospital 2009-03-20 2001-08-07 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090212221649/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2528000/2528139.stm 12 February 2009 live 10 August – former Conservative Party MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine are arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/10/newsid_2493000/2493289.stm 2001: Hamiltons condemn "sex assault" arrest 2009-03-20 2001-08-10 BBC News 16 August – Royal butler Paul Burrell charged with the theft of items belonging to Diana, Princess of Wales.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/16/newsid_2496000/2496177.stm Diana butler charged with theft 2008-02-13 2001-08-16 BBC News 31 August – Neil and Christine Hamilton are cleared in connection with the sexual assault allegations. September 5 September – Peter Bray completes the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 7 September – One million children in over 3,000 schools participate in an experiment to discover if it is possible to create earthquakes by all jumping off chairs.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pupils-jump-to-it-in-quake-experiment-668442.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121021174725/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pupils-jump-to-it-in-quake-experiment-668442.html dead October 21, 2012 Pupils jump to it in quake experiment The Independent 7 September 2001 2008-03-04 London Charles Arthur 10 September – The Bank of Scotland and the Halifax merge to form HBOS plc. 11 September – One Canada Square, the UK's tallest building, and the London Stock Exchange are evacuated following the terrorist attacks in the United States. 13 September – Iain Duncan Smith becomes leader of the Conservative Party after winning the leadership election.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/13/newsid_2516000/2516397.stm Duncan Smith is new Tory leader 2008-02-13 2001-09-13 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/13/newsid_2516000/2516397.stm 7 March 2008 live 14 September – National memorial service held at St Paul's Cathedral for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. 17 September – Gateshead Millennium Bridge opens to the public.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1545986.stm Tilting bridge opens eye to the world BBC News 2001-09-17 2010-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502062608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1545986.stm May 2, 2009 live 21 September – Teenager Ross Parker murdered in racially motivated attack by Muslim Asian gang in Peterborough.July 2020 October 6 October – The England national football team achieves automatic qualification for next summer's World Cup in Japan and South Korea with a 2–2 draw against Greece at Old Trafford, thanks to an injury time equaliser by captain David Beckham.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/3014197/Brilliant-Beckham-averts-Greek-tragedy.html London The Daily Telegraph Colin Malam Brilliant Beckham averts Greek tragedy 6 October 2001 10 October 2011 23 October – Funeral of racially motivated murder victim Ross Parker takes place at Peterborough Crematorium with over 400 mourners attending. Staff http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/funeral_tributes_paid_to_beacon_of_light_1_103256 Funeral: Tributes paid to "beacon of light" Peterborough Evening Telegraph 24 October 2001 27 December 2011 4 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004051504/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/funeral_tributes_paid_to_beacon_of_light_1_103256 dead November 9 November – Debut of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in London. 22 November – At the Ipswich by-election, the Labour Party candidate Chris Mole holds the seat.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1671476.stm Labour victory in Ipswich by-election 23 November 2001 BBC News 24 November – The 2001 Kangaroo tour concludes with Australia defeating Great Britain in the 3rd and deciding test match of the Ashes series.Chowdhury Saj Kangaroos seal Ashes triumph https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/ashes_series/1674721.stm 30 December 2013 BBC Sport 24 November 2001 December 10 December V. S. Naipaul wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories".http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2001/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 2008-02-13 Timothy Hunt and Paul Nurse win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Leland H. Hartwell "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle".http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2001/ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 2008-02-13 12 December – Roy Whiting is found guilty at Lewes Crown Court of the murder of Sarah Payne, who was found dead near Pulborough, West Sussex, in July last year. It is then revealed that Whiting already had a conviction for abducting and molesting an eight-year-old girl in 1995. The trial judge sentences Whiting, a 42-year-old former mechanic, to life imprisonment and says that it is a rare case in which he would recommend to the appropriate authorities that life should mean life. It is only the 24th time that such a recommendation has been made in British legal history. 13 December – Lynette Lithgow, 51-year-old former BBC newsreader, is found murdered with her mother and brother at the family home in Trinidad.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1711534.stm Americas Tributes flood in for murdered journalist BBC News 2001-12-15 2010-09-07 21 December – The Metropolitan Police storm a cargo ship in the English Channel fearing that it may contain terrorist material.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/21/newsid_2539000/2539557.stm 2001: Terror alert as police seize cargo ship 2009-03-20 2001-12-21 BBC News 22 December – English-born terrorist, Richard Reid, attempts to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to Miami International Airport, using explosives hidden in his shoes. Births Lauren Bell, cricketerLauren Bell: Player profile The Cricketer https://www.thecricketer.com/topics/rhftprofiles/lauren_bell.html www.thecricketer.com 12 July 2021 24 February Anthony Gordon, footballer 5 September Bukayo Saka, footballer See also 2001 in Northern Ireland 2001 in Scotland 2001 in Wales References collapsed *England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2000s in England Category:2001 in Europe Category:2001 by country England