2015 in England

none 2015 Events from 2015 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - David Cameron Events January 4 January – The Höegh Osaka, a Singaporean cargo ship transporting luxury cars, runs aground near the Isle of Wight after it started listing shortly after leaving the Port of Southampton.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30670746 Crew rescued from listing Solent car transporter BBC BBC News 4 January 2015 5 January 2015 An investigation is launched.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30677320 Cargo ship Solent: Salvage team boards stranded vessel BBC BBC News 5 January 2015 5 January 2015 6 January – Figures from the last three months show that England's A&E waiting time performance has dropped to its worst levels for a decade.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-30692497 A&E waiting in England worst for a decade BBC BBC News 6 January 2015 7 January 2015 9 January – Circle Holdings, the first private company to operate an NHS hospital, announces plans to withdraw from its contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital because it believes the franchise is "no longer viable under current terms".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-30740956 Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Circle to withdraw from contract BBC BBC News 9 January 2015 9 January 2015 12 January – 19-year-old Lewis Daynes who murdered 14-year-old Breck Bednar after meeting him online in February 2014, is sentenced to life in prison.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30786021 Breck Bednar murder: Lewis Daynes sentenced to life in prison BBC BBC News 12 January 2015 12 January 2015 15 January – A set of council offices, a funeral parlour, and a thatched cottage are extensively damaged after they are set ablaze due to a spate of arson attacks in South Oxfordshire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-30826330 Arson attack guts Oxfordshire District Council building BBC BBC News 15 January 2015 15 January 2015 A suspect is arrested.Weaver Matthew https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/15/oxfordshire-fires-believed-work-arsonists-district-council Suspected arsonist held over Oxfordshire fires Guardian Media Group The Guardian 15 January 2015 15 January 2015 17 January – Andrew Main, 47, of Rokemarsh, Roke, Wallingford, faces arson charges, one of which is intent to endanger life after spate of fires in Oxfordshire. A fire on lorry forces channel tunnel to be closed in both directions. 28 January – An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 is felt across the East Midlands.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31032930 East Midlands tremor recorded at 3.8 in magnitude BBC BBC News 29 January 2015 29 January 2015 31 January – The head of the Police Federation of England and Wales expresses his controversial support for all front-line police officers in England and Wales to be offered Tasers in light of the increased terrorism threat to the UK.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31071922 'Tasers for all front-line officers' – Police Federation BBC BBC News 31 January 2015 31 January 2015 February 2 February – London's population hits a record high of 8.6m and is forecast to reach 11m by 2050.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31082941 London's population hits 8.6m record high BBC BBC News 2 February 2015 2 February 2015 4 February – The entire cabinet of Rotherham Borough Council announces its intention to resign from office after a report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal concludes the council's handling of the scandal was "not fit for purpose".Helen Pidd https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/04/rotherham-council-denial-child-sexual-exploitation-failures-report Rotherham council cabinet to resign after damning child exploitation report Guardian Media Group The Guardian 4 February 2015 4 February 2015 March 4 March – The stepbrother of 16-year-old Becky Watts, a schoolgirl reported missing two weeks previously, is charged with her murder after body parts are found at a house in Barton Hill, Bristol.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-31737528 Stepbrother charged with Becky Watts murder in Bristol BBC BBC News 4 March 2015 4 March 2015 July 27 July – Members of the Norwich sexual abuse ring are found guilty of the sexual abuse of children, with the crimes spanning a decade. Ringleader Marie Black is convicted of 23 counts of sex abuse, including rape.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-33674221 Norfolk child sex abuse case: Marie Black guilty July 27, 2015 www.bbc.co.uk September 28 September – Members of a Norwich sexual abuse ring are jailed for "utterly depraved" sex abuse of children over a period of ten years. Ringleader Marie Black received the longest sentence of life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 24 years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-34377382 Marie Black gets life term for child abuse September 28, 2015 www.bbc.co.uk November 11 November – The stepbrother of murdered teenager Becky Watts, Nathan Matthews is found guilty of her murder and his girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, found guilty of Becky Watts' manslaughter.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34790804 Pair guilty of Becky Watts killing BBC News 13 November – Justice Dingemans sentenced Nathan Matthews to life imprisonment with a minimum of 33 years for the murder of his stepsister Becky Watts, and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for manslaughter.2015-11-13 Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare jailed for Becky Watts killing https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34812317 2025-05-02 BBC News en-GB Deaths 26 June – Denis Thwaites, 70, footballer (Birmingham City), victim of the 2015 Sousse attacks.http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/family-ex-birmingham-city-star-12511813 Family of ex-Birmingham City star killed by terrorists speak Graeme Brown January 26, 2017 BirminghamLive 19 December – Greville Janner, Labour MP and lawyer (b. 1928)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12060572/Lord-Janner-of-Braunstone-obituary.html Lord Janner of Braunstone - obituary The Telegraph See also 2015 in Northern Ireland 2015 in Scotland 2015 in Wales References 2 collapsed *England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2010s in England Category:2015 in Europe Category:2015 by country England