2010 in England

none April 2014 April 2014 2010 Events from 2010 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Gordon Brown (until 11 May), David Cameron (from 11 May) Events January 9 January – Jazz musician Jamie Cullum marries model Sophie Dahl. 16 January – 108-year-old Suffolk woman Florence Green is identified as one of the world's last surviving World War I veterans – and the only female – after a historian discovered that she had served in the Women's Royal Air Force as a waitress near the end of the war.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6996800/108-year-old-woman-emerges-as-Britains-oldest-first-World-War-veteran.html London The Daily Telegraph Nick Britten 108-year-old woman emerges as Britain's oldest first World War veteran 16 January 2010 24 January – Three people are charged with public order offences following an English Defence League demonstration in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8497996.stm EDL rally's £10,000 council bill 4 February 2010 February 2 February – Birmingham based confectionery giant Cadbury is taken over by American rival Kraft Foods in an £11.5billion deal. March 2 March – Jon Venables, one of the two boys (then aged 11) found guilty of murdering Merseyside toddler James Bulger in 1993, is recalled to prison after breaching terms of his life licence. Venables, now 42, spent eight years in custody before being paroled along with Robert Thompson in 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8546528.stm James Bulger murderer Jon Venables returned to prison BBC News 2 March 2010 8 March 2010 8 March – Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, rejects ongoing public calls for the reasons that Jon Venables has been recalled to custody to be made public. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8555977.stm Bulger killer Jon Venables' recall reasons stay secret BBC News 8 March 2010 8 March 2010 12 March – Birmingham couple Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza received prison sentences after being convicted of the manslaughter of Ms Gordon's seven-year-old daughter Khyra Ishaq, who died as a result of starvation two years ago. Ms Gordon is sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Mr Abuhamza is sentenced to indefinite imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of seven and a half years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8551118.stm Birmingham couple jailed for starving girl Khyra Ishaq BBC News 12 March 2010 12 March 2010 20 March – The first British Airways strike, set to last for three days, begins. More than 80 planes are grounded at Heathrow Airport alone and numerous flights are reported to have been cancelled, though British Airways officials are confident that 65% of flights will be undisturbed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8577573.stm British Airways cabin crew strike takes effect BBC News 20 March 2010 20 March 2010 67 people are arrested and several people are injured in Bolton town centre during a clash between members of the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8577777.stm Police battle to control EDL and UAF protest in Bolton BBC News 20 March 2010 20 March 2010 30 March – Levi Bellfield, a 41-year-old man two years into a life sentence for murdering two women and attempting to murder a third, is charged with the murder of Surrey teenager Milly Dowler, who disappeared in Walton-on-Thames eight years ago and whose body was found in Hampshire woodland six months later. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8593861.stm Man faces court over kidnap and murder of Milly Dowler BBC News 30 March 2010 12 April 2010 April 6 April – The Shirley Towers fire in Southampton kills two firefighters.Adetunji Jo 2010-04-09 Southampton couple blame themselves for firefighters' deaths in flat blaze en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/09/southampton-firefighters-deaths-flat-blaze 2023-06-14 0261-3077 May 6 May – The 2010 General Election takes place. Though the Conservative Party wins a majority of seats in England, winning 298 of the 533 contested,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/region/48.stm Election 2010 – Results BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 the result over the whole of the UK is a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party 20 seats short of an overall majority in the House of Commons.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/ Election 2010 – Results BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, becomes the party's first Westminster MP, being elected in Brighton Pavilion,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a69.stm Election 2010 – Constituency – Brighton Pavilion BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 and Peter Robinson, First Minister of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party leader, unexpectedly loses his Belfast East seat to the Alliance Party.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/701.stm Election 2010 – Constituency – Belfast East BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 Local elections are also held across England in all 32 London Boroughs, all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs, 20 Unitary Authorities and 76 Non-metropolitan districts. The Labour Party gain 15 councils to control 36 overall, the Conservatives suffer a net loss of 8 councils, leaving them in control of 65, and the Liberal Democrats suffer a net loss of 4 local authorities, being left in control of 13 councils.http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm Election 2010 – Local Councils BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 14 May – MP Stephen Timms stabbed by Islamist Roshonara Choudhry at during his constituency surgery in an attempt to kill him.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7732793/Woman-appears-in-court-over-stabbing-of-Labour-MP.html London The Daily Telegraph Woman appears in court over stabbing of Labour MP 17 May 2010 24 May – A school bus collides with a Honda Civic car near Keswick, Cumbria. A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl are killed and 35 other people (most of them children aged 11 to 18) are injured. The driver of the car is also killed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8702409.stm Police name two pupils killed in Cumbria bus crash BBC News 25 May 2010 25 May 2010 Education Secretary Michael Gove announces plans for all primary and secondary schools in England to be given the right to break from local council control and become academies. June 2 June – Twelve people are killed and 25 injured after a gunman, identified as taxi driver Derrick Bird, goes on a killing spree in the Whitehaven, Egremont and Seascale areas of Cumbria. He is found dead, having reportedly shot himself, in woodland at Boot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10214661.stm Cumbria shooting rampage suspect's 'body found' BBC News 2 June 2010 2 June 2010 3 June – Police release the names of the twelve people who were killed in yesterday's shootings in Cumbria. They include Derrick Bird's 52-year-old twin brother David, the family's 60-year-old solicitor Kevin Commons, and 31-year-old Garry Purdham, brother of rugby league player Rob Purdham. 13 June – The England football team's World Cup campaign in South Africa begins with a disappointing 1–1 draw against the USA. 18 June – England's hopes of reaching the next stage of the World Cup are dealt a major blow when they are held to a goalless draw by Algeria.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_23/default.stm England 0-0 Algeria 21 June – Jon Venables, one of the two killers of Merseyside toddler James Bulger, appears in court charged with possession and distribution of indecent images of children. Venables, now 28, was released on life licence in 2001 with a new identity after serving eight years for the murder, along with Robert Thompson. 23 June – England qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup thanks to a 1–0 win over Slovenia in their final group game. Jermain Defoe scores the winning goal. 27 June – England are eliminated from the World Cup in South Africa, losing 4–1 to Germany in the second round at Bloemfontein. One other England goal is disallowed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10426800.stm Fans dismayed as England crash out of the World Cup BBC News 27 June 2010 27 June 2010 July 3 July – Christopher Brown (aged 29) is shot dead in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, by a gunman who badly wounds his 22-year-old girlfriend Samantha Stobbart. 4 July – PC David Rathband is badly wounded in another shooting incident in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The gunman is reported to be 37-year-old Raoul Moat, who is also named as a suspect for the incident in Gateshead yesterday. Mr Moat was released from prison on 1 July after spending nine weeks in prison for assault. 9 July – Northumbria police are reported to have found an armed man, believed to be murder suspect Raoul Moat, in the local area and are negotiating with him to persuade him to give himself up. 10 July – The week-long police manhunt for Raoul Moat comes to an end after he shoots himself dead following a six-hour stand off with officers in a field at Rothbury, Northumberland.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10583839.stm Gunman Raoul Moat kills himself BBC News 10 July 2010 10 July 2010 11 July – The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is won by Mark Webber with Lewis Hamilton in second place.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article6848115.ece British GP and World Cup are heading for Clashgate The Times 25 September 2009 29 December 2009 London Kevin EasonSeptember 2024 medicmedic 14 July – David Cameron condemns individuals who have left tributes to Raoul Moat; floral tributes have been left at the scene of his suicide and a Facebook group has been set up in his memory. 16 July – The High Court rules that Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, jailed for life in 1981 for murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others, should never be released from custody. Sutcliffe, now 64, spent the first four years of his imprisonment in a mainstream prison before being declare insane and moved to a secure mental hospital in 1985, where he has remained ever since. However, a psychiatrist's report on Sutcliffe reveals that his mental illness was now under better control.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/01/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-mental-health-1981-trial Yorkshire Ripper mental health review revives central issue of trial December 2015 23 July – Jon Venables is sentenced to two years in prison after admitting distributing child pornography. Gavin Grant, a former footballer who played for Millwall, Wycombe Wanderers and Bradford City, is found guilty of a murder committed in Harlesden, London, six years ago. 28 July – Home Secretary Theresa May announces plans to scrap the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in England and Wales. 29 July – Metro Bank opens its first branch, in Holborn, London, the first wholly new high street bank for more than a century. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10790996 Metro Bank opens doors in UK BBC News 29 July 2010 7 August 2010 August 1 August – Sarah's Law, a scheme which allows parents to check if someone with access to their children is a sex offender, will be extended to cover the whole of England and Wales by Spring 2011 after proving successful in four pilot areas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10827669 Police doubt 'Sarah's Law' will cause vigilante attacks BBC News 1 August 2010 1 August 2010 8 August – Government plans to scrap free school milk for the under-fives are abandoned by David Cameron amid fears it would remind voters of the "Thatcher, Milk Snatcher" episode of Edward Heath's 1970–1974 government.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/aug/08/free-milk-schools-cameron-policy Milk to stay free for under-fives as David Cameron makes policy U-turn The Guardian Patrick Wintour 8 August 2010 8 August 2010 London 9 August – Martin O'Neill resigns after four years as manager of FA Premier League club Aston Villa, despite having guided them to European qualification in their previous three seasons – their best run of form for over a decade.Martin O'Neill resigns as Aston Villa manager http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8898993.stm BBC Sport 9 August 2010 1 September 2010 17 August – Lord Pearson of Rannoch announces that he is to step down as leader of the UK Independence Party less than a year after being elected to the position, stating that he is "not much good" at party politics.UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch standing down https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10994784 BBC News 17 August 2010 1 September 2010 22 August – Brazil wins the 2010 World Blind Football Championship after beating Spain 2–0 in the final at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/8346552.Brazil_win_Hereford_s_IBSA_World_Blind_Football_Championship_2010/ Brazil beat Spain 2–0 to win Hereford's IBSA World Blind Football Championship 2010 Hereford Times Newsquest Media Ltd Ian Morgan 22 August 2010 23 August 2010 24 August – David Cameron's wife Samantha gives birth to their fourth child, a girl, later named Florence Rose Endellion, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital whilst on holiday in Cornwall.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/7961958/Samantha-Cameron-gives-birth-to-baby-girl.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100825031326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/7961958/Samantha-Cameron-gives-birth-to-baby-girl.html dead 25 August 2010 Samantha Cameron gives birth to baby girl The Daily Telegraph 24 August 2010 25 August 2010 Londonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11089358 Camerons reveal daughter's name BBC News 25 August 2010 25 August 2010 29 August – The News of the World prints evidence that the current Lord's test between England and Pakistan was rigged in a match-fixing scam.Quinn Ben Match-fixing allegations hit England v Pakistan Test at Lord's Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/aug/29/match-fixing-allegations-england-pakistan 8 January 2021 The Guardian 29 August 2010 September 14 September – Singer George Michael, 47, is fined £1,250 and jailed for two months after being found guilty of crashing his car after taking cannabis.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11299938 George Michael jailed for eight weeks for drug driving BBC News 14 September 2010 23 September – Official opening of Thanet Wind Farm, by Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne and Oystein Loseth – head of Swedish firm Vatenfall, who built the turbines at a cost of £750million over two years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11395964 Largest offshore wind farm opens off Thanet in Kent BBC News Kent BBC 23 September 2010 23 September 2010 27 September – Labour Party activists at the conference in Manchester condemn the coalition government's proposed public spending cuts as "obscene". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11422247 Labour activists reject 'obscene' coalition cuts BBC News Brian Wheeler 27 September 2010 3 October 2010 October 5 October – The 138-year-old pier at Hastings, East Sussex, is severely damaged by fire. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11473688 Hastings Pier largely destroyed in huge fire BBC News 5 October 2010 6 October 2010 11 October – The inquest begins into the deaths of the 52 people who were killed in the terrorist attacks on London by Al-Qaeda members on 7 July 2005. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 7 July inquests: Emergency calls reveal confusion BBC News 11 October 2010 14 October 2010 15 October – American company New England Sports Ventures completes a £300million takeover of Liverpool FC.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm Liverpool takeover completed by US company NESV BBC Sport 15 October 2010 18 October 2010 30 October – An explosive device is intercepted at East Midlands Airport, preventing a potential terrorist bombing of a passenger aeroplane. On the same day, a similar package is found on a cargo plane in Dubai. Al-Qaeda is suspected to have been responsible for both incidents. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11657486 Bomb was designed to explode on cargo plane – UK PM BBC News 30 October 2010 1 November 2010 November 4 November – The one millionth Range Rover is produced at the Land Rover factory in Solihull, 40 years after the original Range Rover was first produced. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11694306 Millionth Range Rover produced at Land Rover Solihull BBC News 4 November 2010 5 November 2010 5 November – A specially convened Election court orders a re-run of the 2010 general election campaign in Oldham East and Saddleworth, the constituency of former Immigration Minister Phil Woolas after Woolas was found guilty of making false statements against an opponent during the original campaign. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11699888 Judges order election re-run in ex-minister's seatpublisher= BBC BBC News 5 November 2010 5 November 2010 Nigel Farage is re-elected as the leader of the UK Independence Party. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11700220 Nigel Farage re-elected to lead UK Independence Party BBC News 5 November 2010 5 November 2010 A concrete mixer lorry falls on a train near Oxshott.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11702343 Several injured as lorry falls on to a train 5 November 2010 BBC News 5 November 2010 10 November – University students riot outside the Conservative Party headquarters in Millbank, London, in protest against funding cuts and proposals to increase tuition fees.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11729912 BBC News How the student fees protest turned violent 10 November 2010 12 November 2010 16 November – Clarence House announces the engagement of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. The couple will marry next year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422 Prince William to marry Kate Middleton next year BBC News 16 November 2010 16 November 2010 17 November – Floods and gale-force winds cause widespread disruption across Cornwall. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11772262 Cornwall floods force evacuation of more than 100 homes BBC News 17 November 2010 17 November 2010 19 November – Conservative Party politician Lord Young resigns as the coalition government's enterprise adviser after claiming that most Britons "have never had it so good" in spite of the recession. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11798366 Cameron adviser quits over 'never had it so good' claim BBC News 19 November 2010 19 November 2010 24 November – A second protest in London sees thousands of students demonstrate. Trouble flares in Whitehall, resulting in 17 people being injured and 32 people are arrested. Unrest also spreads into cities including Brighton, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and Sheffield, with street protests and university building sit-in protests taking place. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11829102 Students stage day of protests over tuition fee rises BBC News Sean Coughlan 24 November 2010 26 November 2010 25 November – The Government unveils an £8bn investment package for Britain's railways. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11834531 Railways to get £8bn investment BBC News 26 November 2010 27 November 2010 December 1 December – Heavy snow and freezing temperatures now affect most of the country, with road, rail and air services disrupted and thousands of schools shut. Gatwick Airport is closed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11883714 Snow and ice causes disruption as cold spell continues BBC News 1 December 2010 3 December 2010 2 December – England's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup fails having attracted only two votes; FIFA awards the tournament to Russia instead.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9250585.stm England miss out to Russia in 2018 World Cup vote BBC Sport 2 December 2010 3 December 2010 3 December – The Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal R07 6 returns to Portsmouth for the last time before being decommissioned. The amphibious warfare ship Albion L14 6 is announced as her successor as the Royal Navy's flagship.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11911535 Plymouth-based HMS Albion becomes Royal Navy flagship 3 December 2010 BBC News 3 December 2010 5 December – Universities minister David Willetts announces that English university students from low income families could have their tuition fees paid for up to two years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11920628 Tuition fees: Poorest students to get year for free BBC News 5 December 2010 7 December 2010 9 December – A second wave of protests in London by university students protesting against increased tuition fees and reduced public spending on higher education takes place in Whitehall, London. A Cenotaph war memorial and statue of Winston Churchill are vandalised, and a car transporting the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (Charles and Camilla) is attacked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11969030 Student fees protest: Cameron condemns royal attack BBC News 10 December 2010 11 December 2010 The coalition government wins a vote in the House of Commons to raise the cap on university tuition fees to £9,000 with a majority of 21. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11952449 Tuition fees vote: Plans approved despite rebellion BBC News 9 December 2010 11 December 2010 13 December – Mark Weston, the first person to face a second murder trial in the United Kingdom following the abolition of the double jeopardy rule in England and Wales, is convicted of killing a woman in Oxfordshire in 1995. He is sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 13 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11982681 'Double jeopardy' man guilty of Vikki Thompson murder BBC News 13 December 2010 13 December 2010 Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announces a 9.9% reduction in core funding for English local councils in the 2011/12 tax year, with a 7.3% reduction to follow for the 2012/13 tax year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11980367 BBC News Councils facing 9.9% core funding cut 13 December 2010 24 December – A woman in her 40s dies after being attacked by a dog in south London. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12072694 Woman killed in dog attack in south London BBC News 24 December 2010 24 December 2010 26 December – Avon and Somerset Police say they are "satisfied" that a body found on Christmas Day near the village of Failand, Somerset is that of missing Bristol woman Joanna Yeates, who disappeared on 17 December. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12080254 Police 'satisfied' body is missing woman Joanna Yeates BBC News 26 December 2010 2 January 2011 28 December – Police launch a murder investigation after a post mortem into the death of Joanna Yeates concludes that she had been strangled. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12084756 Bristol architect Joanna Yeates was strangled, say police BBC News 28 December 2010 2 January 2011 Deaths 15 October – Malcolm Allison, football player and manager (b. 1927) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/9096162.stm Former Manchester City boss Malcolm Allison dies BBC Sport 15 October 2010 15 October 2010 See also 2010 in Northern Ireland 2010 in Scotland 2010 in Wales References 30em collapsed *England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2010s in England Category:2010s in the United Kingdom Category:2010 in Europe England