2010 in the United Kingdom

none April 2014 July 2024 2010 Countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Popular culture 2010 British Grand Prix 2010 English cricket season Football: England Scotland Wales 2010 in British television 2010 in British music 2010 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Events from the year 2010 in the United Kingdom yes center 3 Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Labour) (until 11 May) David Cameron (Coalition) (starting 11 May) Events January thumb|280px|Satellite photo of Great Britain and Ireland during the cold spell. 3 January – Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that full body scanners will be introduced at UK airports following the failed attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on 25 December 2009.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8438355.stm Gordon Brown promises full body scanners at UK airports BBC News 3 January 2010 5 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100107061437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8438355.stm 7 January 2010 live 5 January – The country is once again deluged by heavy snowfall as it endures its worst cold spell since the winter of 1981–82.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8440601.stm Snow and ice leads to travel delays and school closures BBC News 5 January 2010 5 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114063054/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8440601.stm 14 January 2010 live 10 January – The Sunday Mirror defence correspondent Rupert Hamer is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8450603.stm Afghan blast kills Sunday Mirror correspondent BBC News 10 January 2010 10 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114095603/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8450603.stm 14 January 2010 live 12 January – Alastair Campbell, former government advisor, is interviewed by the Chilcot Inquiry, and said he is prepared to defend "every word" of the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction which led to the invasion of Iraq.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8453563.stm The Full Story: Alastair Campbell faces Iraq inquiry BBC News 12 January 2010 12 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100115081830/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8453563.stm 15 January 2010 live 18 January – Following the collapse of strike talks late last year, British Airways cabin crew decides to vote again on possible strike action.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8465208.stm British Airways strike vote for cabin crew BBC News 18 January 2010 24 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100121105706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8465208.stm 21 January 2010 live 20 January – Unemployment falls for the first time in nearly two years, with the national total for November 2009 dipping by 7,000 to 2,460,000. However, some regions of Britain are still enduring a rise in unemployment, and experts say that the slight reduction in unemployment was largely due to an increase in people taking part-time work and work in occupations largely unrelated to their skills and experience.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469648.stm Unemployment falls to 2.46m BBC News 20 January 2010 24 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100123031108/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469648.stm 23 January 2010 live 26 January – The Office for National Statistics announces that the UK is no longer in recession, with gross domestic product having grown by 0.1%, a weaker rise than many economists had expected.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8479639.stm UK economy emerges from recession BBC News 26 January 2010 26 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120306222920/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8479639.stm 6 March 2012 live 29 January – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry and is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the United Kingdom to war against Iraq. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8485694.stm Iraq inquiry hears defiant Blair say: I'd do it again BBC News 29 January 2010 6 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206190613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8485694.stm 6 February 2010 live https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/29/tony-blair-iraq-war-inquiry Iraq war inquiry: Tony Blair arrives early to avoid protesters The Guardian Andrew Sparrow 29 January 2010 6 February 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20100203020756/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/29/tony-blair-iraq-war-inquiry 3 February 2010 live February 2 February – The Birmingham based confectionery giant Cadbury is taken over by American rival Kraft Foods in an £11.5 billion deal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8492572.stm Kraft Foods completes Cadbury takeover BBC News 2 February 2010 27 March 2012 3 February – Opinion polls indicate that Labour have reduced the Conservative lead to as little as seven points, increasing the possibility of a hung parliament after the forthcoming general election.http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6123CT20100203 https://archive.today/20120719170632/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6123CT20100203 dead 19 July 2012 Brown takes aim at Tories as polls narrow Reuters 3 February 2010 6 February 2010 5 February – Following a long period of negotiations, the political parties of Northern Ireland, including the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, reach an agreement to allow for the devolution of policing and justice powers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8500172.stm Policing and justice plan: Key points BBC News 5 February 2010 6 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100211184143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8500172.stm 11 February 2010 live March 2 March British Broadcasting Corporation Director General Mark Thompson confirms proposals to close BBC 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network as part of a cost-cutting drive. The plan would also see BBC Radio 7 rebranded as BBC Radio 4 Extra and cutbacks to the BBC website.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/02/bbc-6-music-asian-network BBC confirms plans to axe 6 Music and Asian Network The Guardian 2 March 2010 2 March 2010 John Plunkett London https://web.archive.org/web/20100408145035/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/02/bbc-6-music-asian-network 8 April 2010 live 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, 28, 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100309132414/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8546528.stm 9 March 2010 live 5 March – The Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Chilcott inquiry. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8550779.stm Iraq inquiry: Gordon Brown says war was 'right' BBC News 5 March 2010 5 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100306022441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8550779.stm 6 March 2010 live 8 March Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, rejects ongoing public calls to give reasons why 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100310155357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8555977.stm 10 March 2010 live Following lengthy discussions, Royal Mail managers and Communication Workers Union representatives agree a deal to settle the postal workers dispute. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8556487.stm Royal Mail union agrees pay and modernisation deal BBC News 8 March 2010 9 March 2010 10 March – Chester City F.C., bottom of the Blue Square Premier League, go out of business after 125 years, less than a year after being relegated from the Football League where they have spent all but four seasons since 1931.Gordon Farquhar https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gordonfarquhar/2010/03/chester_city_gone_in_30_second.html Gordon Farquhar: Chester City gone in 30 seconds BBC 27 March 2012 12 March Birmingham couple Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza receive 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314133835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8551118.stm 14 March 2010 live The Unite union which represents British Airways cabin crew announces two rounds of strike action for three days from 20 March and four days from 27 March. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8563728.stm BA strike: Union announces dates in March BBC News 12 March 2010 12 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100313055005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8563728.stm 13 March 2010 live 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100323092240/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8577573.stm 23 March 2010 live 21 March – The Times newspaper exposes a number of Labour Party politicians offering to use their positions to lobby for fictitious businesses in the 2010 cash for influence scandal.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7068820.ece Revealed: Labour's cash for influence scandal – Times Online 6 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100506033631/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7068820.ece 6 May 2010 22 March – The Labour Party suspends Members of Parliament Patricia Hewitt, Geoff Hoon, Margaret Moran and Stephen Byers from the party as a result of their involvement in the cash for influence scandalhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/7500906/Stephen-Byers-Patricia-Hewitt-and-Geoff-Hoon-suspended-over-lobbying-allegations.html Stephen Byers, Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon suspended over lobbying allegations Robert Winnett 22 March 2010 The Telegraph 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414063230/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8593861.stm 14 April 2010 live April 6 April The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, visits Buckingham Palace to seek The Queen's permission to dissolve Parliament on 12 April, triggering a general election on 6 May.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8603591.stm Gordon Brown calls 6 May general election British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News 6 April 2010 6 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100408014038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8603591.stm 8 April 2010 live Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Section 71 comes into effect, criminalising for the first time the holding of someone in slavery or servitude in the UK.http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/contents/enacted Coroners and Justice Act 2009 9–11 April – Metal detectorist Dave Crisp discovers the Frome Hoard, 52,503 Roman coins dating to the period 253–305, one of the largest such finds in Britain.http://finds.org.uk/blogs/fromehoard/ The Frome Hoard Portable Antiquities Scheme 8 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100712200444/http://finds.org.uk/blogs/fromehoard/ 12 July 2010 dead 12 April Policing and justice powers are devolved from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Executive. As part of the devolution process, David Ford, the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, is elected Minister of Justice by the Northern Ireland Assembly. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8615741.stm David Ford secures justice job BBC News 12 April 2010 12 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100415064657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8615741.stm 15 April 2010 live Minutes later, a car bomb explodes outside the MI5 headquarters in County Down, Northern Ireland. The Real IRA claims responsibility for the bomb shortly after its detonation.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8614723.stm Real IRA admits Northern Ireland MI5 base car bomb BBC News 12 April 2010 12 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100412054123/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8614723.stm 12 April 2010 livethumb|280px|The volcanic eruption that inconvenienced many British travellers. 15 April A cloud of volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland causes the closure of airspace over the United Kingdom and northern and western Europe. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-flights-disruption UK flights banned as volcanic ash causes disruption across Europe The Guardian James Meikle 15 April 2010 15 April 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20100417141748/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-flights-disruption 17 April 2010 live ITV1 airs the first of three election debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg ahead of the 2010 general election. The debates are the first such debates to be broadcast live in the run-up to a UK general election. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8621119.stm Election 2010: Three way clashes in historic TV debate British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News 15 April 2010 15 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100415033822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8621119.stm 15 April 2010 live 15–16 April – An opinion poll puts the Labour Party at 28%, behind both the Conservatives on 33% and the Liberal Democrats on 30%, the first time since 1986 that a governing party has slipped into third place in an opinion poll.16 April 2010 General election 2010: Knives out for Nick Clegg after polls boost http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/16/nick-clegg-polls-labour-conservative 30 December 2022 The Guardian en 17–18 April – Another opinion poll shows the Liberal Democrats with a 1% lead, also the first time since 1986 that an opinion poll has shown a third party on top. Two more polls are released in the next few days which show the Lib Dems in first place, and two more which show them tied with the Conservatives.19 April 2010 LibDem surge raises election uncertainty en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-election-idUKTRE63715G20100419 30 December 2022 21 April – The government announces that British airports will reopen and passenger flights will resume, but officials caution that it will take time for flight schedules to return to normal after the six-day shutdown caused by volcanic ash from the 2010 eruptions of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/british-airports-set-to-reopen-/1 British airports reopen; returning stranded fliers could take weeks USA Today 20 April 2010 7 May 2010 Michael Winter May right horizontal Leaders of the Main Parties David Cameron official.jpg 150 David Cameron David Cameron,Conservative Party Leader. Gordon Brown official.jpg 155 Gordon Brown Gordon Brown,Labour Party Leader. Nick Clegg by the 2009 budget cropped.jpg 150 Nick Clegg Nick Clegg,Liberal Democrat Leader. 6 May The 2010 general election takes place, resulting in a hung parliament. The Conservative Party win 306 of the 649 seats contested, placing them 20 seats short of an overall majority in the House of Commons. The Labour Party win 258 seats, the Liberal Democrats win 57, and other parties win 28.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/ BBC News – Election 2010 – Results BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414102452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/ 14 April 2010 live Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, becomes the party's first Westminster MP, being elected in the Brighton Pavilion constituency,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a69.stm BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Brighton Pavilion BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523081055/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a69.stm 23 May 2010 live 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 BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Belfast East BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100427010724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/701.stm 27 April 2010 live The 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 gains 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, leaving them in control of 13 councils.http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm BBC News – Election 2010 – Local Councils BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100510030148/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm 10 May 2010 live 7 May – 2010 general election: The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats begin negotiations to reach either a parliamentary agreement, or to create a coalition government with a House of Commons majority.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8667938.stm Election: Cameron makes offer to Lib Dems on government BBC News 7 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120313133152/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8667938.stm 13 March 2012 live 8 May – 2010 general election: Liberal Democrat MPs endorse Nick Clegg's decision to negotiate with the Conservative Party in the first instance following the inconclusive result of the general election.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8669508.stm Lib Dem leadership 'endorses' Clegg's Tory talks BBC News 8 May 2010 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100511155626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8669508.stm 11 May 2010 live 9 May – Chelsea become champions of the Premier League after beating Wigan Athletic 8–0 on the final day of the season. 10 May – 2010 general election: Gordon Brown announces that he will be stepping down as Labour leader, thus triggering a leadership election. Talks between the Lib Dems and Conservatives continue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8672859.stm Gordon Brown 'stepping down as Labour leader' BBC BBC News 10 May 2010 10 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513074419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8672859.stm 13 May 2010 live 11 May 2010 general election: After the Labour Party fail to reach an agreement with the Liberal Democrats, Gordon Brown goes to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation as Prime Minister to Queen Elizabeth II.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8675913.stm Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister BBC BBC News 11 May 2010 12 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130601102646/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8675913.stm 1 June 2013 live With a coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats still being finalised, David Cameron is appointed Prime Minister by the Queen following Brown's resignation.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8676607.stm David Cameron hails 'new era' as coalition sets to work BBC BBC News 12 May 2010 12 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20140508164759/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8676607.stm 8 May 2014 live 12 May 2010 general election: Just after midnight, the Liberal Democrats emerge from a meeting of their Parliamentary party and Federal Executive to announce that the coalition deal had been formally approved "overwhelmingly",http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8676539.stm Lib Dems approve coalition deal BBC News 11 May 2010 11 May 2010 meaning that David Cameron will lead a coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg as deputy prime minister. In forming his new government, David Cameron appoints Sayeeda Warsi as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet, making her the first Muslim to serve in Cabinet.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8675705.stm Cameron's cabinet: A guide to who's who 14 May 2010 BBC News 14 May 2010 Sadiq Khan had attended without being a member in the previous year. 2010 Labour leadership election: David Miliband announces his candidacy. Interim leader Harriet Harman rules herself out of the running to hold the position permanently.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8676752.stm Labour leadership: David Miliband enters contest BBC News 12 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515103136/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8676752.stm 15 May 2010 live Unemployment remains above 2,500,000 for the second month running.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10109965.stm UK unemployment increases to 2.51 million BBC News 12 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515055359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10109965.stm 15 May 2010 live 14 May – Stephen Timms, Labour MP and former treasury minister, is wounded in a stabbing in his East Ham constituency in Newham, London.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8683596.stm Stephen Timms MP stabbed at London constituency event BBC News 14 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517052235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8683596.stm 17 May 2010 live 15 May Chelsea complete the double with a 1–0 win over Portsmouth in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8680493.stm Chelsea 1 – 0 Portsmouth BBC Sport 15 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100516153916/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8680493.stm 16 May 2010 live In Scotland, Dundee United win the Scottish Cup with a 3–0 victory over Ross County at Hampden Park.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8682861.stm Dundee Utd 3 – 0 Ross County BBC Sport 15 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517092727/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8682861.stm 17 May 2010 live A 21-year-old woman, Roshonara Choudhry, is charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Timms.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8684685.stm Woman charged over stab attack on MP Stephen Timms BBC News 15 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100518125053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8684685.stm 18 May 2010 live 16 May 2010 Labour leadership election: Ed Miliband follows his brother David in declaring his candidacy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8684063.stm Ed Miliband to take on brother David in leader battle BBC News 16 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517044424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8684063.stm 17 May 2010 live The government announces an audit of spending commitments made during the final year of the previous Labour administration, and also announces a reduction in the budget for bonuses to senior civil servants.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685125.stm Cameron announces audit of 'crazy' Labour spending BBC News 16 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100519130038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685125.stm 19 May 2010 live 17 May The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announces the creation of the Office for Budget Responsibility to take over the Chancellor's role of economic and fiscal forecasting.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685989.stm George Osborne promises spending cuts plan next week BBC News 17 May 2010 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20140510002236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685989.stm 10 May 2014 live After a month of disruption, flight restrictions are lifted at all British airports after the volcanic ash over the nation's airspace moved away.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8685913.stm Volcanic ash cloud restrictions lifted at UK airports BBC News 17 May 2010 27 March 2012 18 May – The 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom meet for the first time following the general election, with the first business being the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons. The incumbent speaker John Bercow is re-elected. 19 May – 2010 Labour leadership election: Ed Balls announces he will be contesting the leadership.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8690947.stm Ed Balls announces he will stand for Labour leader BBC News 19 May 2010 27 March 2012 20 May – The requirement that house sellers in England and Wales must have a Home information pack produced before putting a property on the market is suspended by the coalition government.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10130254.stm HIPS scrapped by coalition government BBC BBC News 20 May 2010 20 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523040141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10130254.stm 23 May 2010 live 21 May – David Cameron tells German leader Angela Merkel that he wants a strong role in the European Union but will not hand over any more powers to Brussels.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8697360.stm Cameron wants strong EU role but will not yield powers BBC News 21 May 2010 27 March 2012 25 May – The first State Opening of Parliament of the new parliamentary session takes place. 26 May – A 40-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of three prostitutes are found in the River Aire in Bradford, West Yorkshire.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford_and_west_yorkshire/10163998.stm Man arrested over Bradford women murders BBC News 26 May 2010 27 March 2012 27 May Stephen Griffiths, 40, is charged with the murder of three women whose bodies were found in Bradford. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10176347.stm Man charged with murders of three Bradford women BBC BBC News 27 May 2010 27 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100530084024/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10176347.stm 30 May 2010 live Netto announces the sale of all its UK stores to Asda in a £778 million deal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10171193.stm Asda to take over Netto stores in UK BBC News 27 May 2010 10 November 2010 29 May – David Laws resigns as Chief Secretary to the Treasury after admitting he had claimed expenses to pay rent to his partner.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10191524.stm Treasury Minister David Laws resigns over expenses BBC BBC News 29 May 2010 29 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100601024502/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10191524.stm 1 June 2010 live He is succeeded by Scottish Secretary Danny Alexander. June June The Strata ("The Razor"), a 148-metre, 43-storey, 408-flat skyscraper at Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, that incorporates wind turbines into its structure, is completed.http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/03/londons-new-strata-skyscraper-incorporates-wind-turbines/ London's New Strata Skyscraper Incorporates Wind Turbines Susan DeFreitas 15 March 2010 EarthTechling.com EarthTechling LLC 17 March 2010 Beavers are bred in the wild in Scotland for the first time in 400 years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10951209 'First' newborn beavers spotted in the Argyll Forest BBC News Scotland 13 August 2010 13 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100813200253/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10951209 13 August 2010 live 1 June – Foreign minister William Hague announces that 41 Britons detained in Gaza are expected to be deported imminently.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10206720.stm Detained Gaza ship Britons 'to be deported quickly' BBC News 1 June 2010 27 March 2012 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 later 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 BBC News 2 June 2010 2 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100604175559/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10214661.stm 4 June 2010 live 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. 8 June – Chancellor George Osborne pledges a "fundamental reassessment" of the way the government works as he outlines plans to involve the public in spending cuts.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10261136.stm Osborne to consult public about spending choices BBC News 8 June 2010 27 March 2012 15 June – The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday finds that the British Army was "unjustified" in shooting 27 civilians in 1972. Prime Minister David Cameron later apologises on behalf of the Government.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10320609.stm Bloody Sunday report states those killed were innocent 15 June 2010 BBC News BBC 15 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100615184801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10320609.stm 15 June 2010 live 16 June – The government announces that regional development agencies in England will be replaced by local enterprise partnerships by 2012.http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/politics/fears-over-cumbria-funding-as-northwest-development-agency-faces-chop-1.721816?referrerPath=news Fears Over Cumbria Funding As Northwest Development Agency Faces Chop Times & Star 17 June 2010 31 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401224136/http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/politics/fears-over-cumbria-funding-as-northwest-development-agency-faces-chop-1.721816?referrerPath=news 1 April 2012 dead 20 June The death toll of British forces in Afghanistan reaches 300 in nine years when a Marine dies of his injuries in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, after being wounded in Helmand.Frank Gardner http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10360705.stm UK death toll in Afghanistan conflict reaches 300 BBC News 21 June 2010 27 March 2012 British motorbike Grand Prix returns to Silverstone. 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10369277.stm Bulger killer Jon Venables faces child porn charges BBC News 22 June 2010 27 March 2012 22 June – Chancellor George Osborne presents the coalition government's emergency budget statement to the House of Commons.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10375236.stm Budget: Cuts and taxes 'to balance books' by 2016 BBC BBC News 22 June 2010 22 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100625155438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10375236.stm 25 June 2010 live The most notable changes include a 2.5% increase in VAT to 20% and a 25% reduction in public spending.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10371590.stm Budget: Osborne's 'tough' package puts VAT up to 20% BBC BBC News 22 June 2010 22 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100622190942/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10371590.stm 22 June 2010 live 25 June – David Cameron announces his intention to have all British troops home from Afghanistan by 2015.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10420911.stm Cameron wants troops home from Afghanistan by 2015 BBC News 25 June 2010 27 March 2012 July 3 July – Christopher Brown, 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 had been released from prison on 1 July after spending nine weeks in prison for assault.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/10505263.stm Prison warned police over threat from Gateshead gunman BBC News 5 July 2010 27 March 2012 5 July – Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces that a referendum on introducing the alternative vote system for Westminster elections will be held on 5 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10516429.stm Nick Clegg outlines plans for electoral reform BBC BBC News 5 July 2010 6 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100708213338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10516429.stm 8 July 2010 live http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8788000/8788869.stm Clegg announces date for AV referendum BBC BBC News 5 July 2010 6 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100708092934/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8788000/8788869.stm 8 July 2010 live 7 July – The country commemorates the fifth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, which killed 52 people on 7 July 2005. 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10582418.stm Raoul Moat: Police negotiate with man resembling gunman BBC News 10 July 2010 27 March 2012 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 BBC News 10 July 2010 10 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100711012743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10583839.stm 11 July 2010 live 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 Times Online 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10633297 BBC News – Raoul Moat: Prime minister criticises public sympathy BBC 14 July 2010 27 March 2012 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 declared insane and moved to a secure mental hospital in 1985, where he has remained ever since.Clive Coleman https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10657290 BBC News – No release for Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe BBC 16 July 2010 27 March 2012 Jon Venables is sentenced to two years in prison after admitting distributing child pornography.Dominic Casciani https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10735857 BBC News – Bulger killer Venables jailed over child abuse images BBC 23 July 2010 27 March 2012 Economic growth stands at a four-year high of 1.1%, in only the third quarter of economic growth which followed a record six-quarters of detraction.Stephanie Flanders https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10737352 BBC News – UK economic growth jumps to 1.1% BBC 23 July 2010 27 March 2012 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10744897 BBC News – Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant guilty of murder BBC 23 July 2010 27 March 2012 28 July – The Home Secretary Theresa May announces plans to scrap the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in England and Wales.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10784060 BBC News – Time to 'move beyond' Asbos, says home secretary May BBC 28 July 2010 27 March 2012 29 July The government announces that, as from October next year, employers will no longer have the right to force workers to leave without paying them off once they turn 65.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10796718 BBC News – Fixed retirement age to be axed BBC 29 July 2010 27 March 2012 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 BBC News 29 July 2010 7 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100807104657/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10790996 7 August 2010 live August 1 August – 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 BBC News 1 August 2010 1 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100801190559/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10827669 1 August 2010 live 3 August – The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, arrives in the United Kingdom for a five-day visit as the two countries disagree about recent comments by David Cameron on "the export of terror".http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/20108382520536337.html Zardari in UK amid 'terror' row Aljazeera 3 August 2010 6 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100806040723/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/20108382520536337.html 6 August 2010 live 6 August – During a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, David Cameron speaks of an "unbreakable" friendship between Britain and Pakistan. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10888976 Cameron hails UK's 'unbreakable' bond with Pakistan BBC BBC News 6 August 2010 6 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100806191102/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10888976 6 August 2010 live 8 August – Government plans to scrap free school milk for under-5s 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20100812174840/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/08/free-milk-schools-cameron-policy 12 August 2010 live 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 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 BBC 9 August 2010 1 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211542/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8898993.stm 12 January 2016 live 11 August – Unemployment falls to 2,460,000 in the sharpest fall in unemployment seen for three years. The number of people in employment has increased by 184,000 over the last three months – the sharpest quarterly rise since 1989.UK unemployment falls to 2.46 million https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10936574 BBC News BBC 11 August 2010 1 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100902064254/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10936574 2 September 2010 live 13 August – The Government announces that the Audit Commission is to be scrapped, with its functions being transferred to the private sector.Audit Commission to be scrapped https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10970008 BBC BBC News 13 August 2010 3 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100813200059/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10970008 13 August 2010 live 16 August – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to give the £4.6 million advance and all royalties from his forthcoming memoirs, A Journey to a sports centre for badly injured soldiers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10988478 Tony Blair donates book cash to injured soldier charity BBC BBC News 16 August 2010 16 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100816190045/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10988478 16 August 2010 live 17 August – Lord Pearson of Rannoch announces that he will 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 BBC 17 August 2010 1 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100903033323/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10994784 3 September 2010 live 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 Newsquest Media Ltd Hereford Times 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 Samantha Cameron gives birth to baby girl The Daily Telegraph 24 August 2010 25 August 2010 London 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 25 August 2010 deadhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11089358 Camerons reveal daughter's name BBC BBC News 25 August 2010 25 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100825200412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11089358 25 August 2010 live 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 1 September – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoirs, A Journey, are published, containing criticisms of his successor, Gordon Brown, claiming that Brown could be "maddening" and is "lacking emotional intelligence".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11139978 Tony Blair book describes Gordon Brown as 'maddening' BBC BBC News 1 September 2010 1 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100901181613/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11139978 1 September 2010 live 2 September – Seamus Heaney's poetry collection Human Chain is published and nominated for the 2010 Forward Poetry Prize.Human Chain https://web.archive.org/web/20100809113055/http://www.faber.co.uk/work/human-chain/9780571269228/ 9 August 2010 at Faber and Faber. Retrieved: 23 August 2010 3 September – Annie Turnbull, believed to be the oldest person in Britain, dies aged 111.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11231442 UK's 'oldest woman' Annie Turnbull dies aged 111 BBC News 8 September 2010 4 September – Tony Blair is pelted with missiles when attending a book signing in Dublin, Republic of Ireland; four people are arrested in connection with the attack, which is believed to have stemmed from protests against the Afghan and Iraqi wars.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11187320 Four arrested as eggs thrown at Tony Blair BBC News 5 September 2010 8 September – Ian Cameron, father of the prime minister, dies in the South of France after suffering a stroke, aged 77.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11227525 David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital BBC News 8 September 2010 10 September – The government unveils plans to privatise Royal Mail.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11258649 Royal Mail is to be privatised, government confirms BBC News 10 September 2010 14 September An inquiry into the death of Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright, who was shot dead at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison in December 1997, states that his death was caused by serious failings by the Prison Service.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11296755 Negligence not collusion led to Billy Wright murder BBC News 14 September 2010 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 16 September – Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Edinburgh to start a four-day state visit to Britain – its first papal visit since that of his predecessor Pope John Paul II in 1982.http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk The Papal Visit Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales 18 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100722202859/http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/ 22 July 2010 livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11334065 Crowds gather to welcome Pope to Edinburgh BBC BBC News Edinburgh, East & Fife 16 September 2010 23 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918230456/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11334065 18 September 2010 live He meets with the Queen and on 19 September officially proclaims the beatification of John Henry Newman in Birmingham.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7011733.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084 https://web.archive.org/web/20110510011638/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7011733.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084 dead 10 May 2011 The Times London Pope to meet Queen on visit to Scotland 2 February 2010 6 May 2010 Charlene Sweeney Ruth Gledhill 23 September – The Thanet Wind Farm is officially opened by Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne and Oystein Loseth, head of Swedish firm Vatenfall, who built the turbines, at a cost of £750 million over two years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11395964 Largest offshore wind farm opens off Thanet in Kent BBC BBC News Kent 23 September 2010 23 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100924045738/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11395964 24 September 2010 livethumb|upright|Ed Miliband is elected Leader of the Labour Party on 25 September 25 September – 2010 Labour Party leadership election: Ed Miliband is elected the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, narrowly beating his brother David in the final round of the leadership contest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412031 Ed Miliband is elected leader of the Labour Party BBC BBC News 25 September 2010 25 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100926044003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412031 26 September 2010 live 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 BBC News Brian Wheeler 27 September 2010 3 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101001051043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11422247 1 October 2010 live 28 September – Ed Miliband makes his first major speech as Labour leader at the party's Annual Conference telling delegates that his "new generation" will return the party to power. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417906 Ed Miliband tells Labour: We're the optimists now BBC BBC News Emma Griffiths 28 September 2010 28 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100928045219/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11417906 28 September 2010 live 29 September – After losing the Labour Party leadership election to his brother Ed, David Miliband announces that he will not be serving in his brother's shadow cabinet, although he will continue as an MP.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11432762 David Miliband says he won't join brother Ed's team BBC BBC News 29 September 2010 3 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101002054623/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11432762 2 October 2010 live October 1 October The Equality Act comes into effect, consolidating legislation requiring equal treatment in access to employment and services regardless of gender, race, health, disability, sexual orientation, belief and age.New equality rights in workplace come into force https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11446650 BBC BBC News 1 October 2010 1 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101001042455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11446650 1 October 2010 live Ryder Cup golf tournament opens at Celtic Manor Resort, the first time it has been held in Wales. 9 October – Foreign Secretary William Hague confirms that British aid worker Linda Norgrove, 36, who was captured in Afghanistan on 26 September, was killed during a failed mission by American special forces the previous day. British hostage in Afghanistan killed during rescue attempt CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/afghanistan.british.worker.death/index.html?hpt=T2 9 October 2010 9 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101012055852/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/afghanistan.british.worker.death/index.html?hpt=T2 12 October 2010 live 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 BBC News 11 October 2010 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014160802/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11518501 14 October 2010 live 13 October – Ed Miliband attends his first Prime Minister's Questions as Leader of the Opposition.https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2010/10/daily_view_ed_milibands_first.html Daily View: Ed Miliband's first PMQs BBC BBC News Clare Spencer 14 October 2010 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101017025641/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2010/10/daily_view_ed_milibands_first.html 17 October 2010 live 15 October – American company New England Sports Ventures completes a £300 million 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 BBC Sport 15 October 2010 18 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm 12 January 2016 live 19 October – Defence Secretary Liam Fox announces that the flagship aircraft carrier Ark Royal R07 6 is to be scrapped imminently. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11570593 Defence review: HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped BBC BBC News 19 October 2010 19 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101019043002/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11570593 19 October 2010 live 20 October – Chancellor George Osborne unveils the highest post-war cuts in public spending. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579979 Spending review: Osborne wields axe BBC BBC News 20 October 2010 20 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101020043345/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579979 20 October 2010 live 25 October The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, promises a "very radical" overhaul of the state pension system. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11618019 Vince Cable vows 'decent' state pension for all BBC BBC News 25 October 2010 26 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11618019 26 October 2010 live A Populus opinion poll shows Labour one point ahead of the Tories on 38% – the first time in three years that a major opinion poll has shown Labour in the lead. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8086677/Labour-in-first-poll-lead-since-2007.html Labour in first poll lead since 2007 The Daily Telegraph Andrew Porter 26 October 2010 15 November 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20101106192712/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8086677/Labour-in-first-poll-lead-since-2007.html 6 November 2010 dead 26 October – Independent Print Limited launches i, the first national daily newspaper for a quarter of a century. The 20p paper is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers of quality newspapers". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11623514 Independent launches new 20p newspaper called i BBC BBC News 26 October 2010 26 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045720/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11623514 26 October 2010 live 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 BBC News 30 October 2010 1 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101101062028/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11657486 1 November 2010 live Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman causes controversy after calling Liberal Democrat Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander a 'ginger rodent' at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Oban. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-11658228 Harriet Harman says 'ginger rodent' comment was wrong BBC BBC News 30 October 2010 1 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101101062218/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-11658228 1 November 2010 live November 2 November Human remains are found in Waterfoot, County Antrim; it is believed that they may be those of Peter Wilson, who was last seen alive in 1973 aged 21 and whose disappearance was linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11676972 Body found in 'Disappeared' search for Peter Wilson BBC BBC News 2 November 2010 3 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101103043826/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11676972 3 November 2010 live The Lancaster House Treaties are signed at 10 Downing Street on 2 November 2010 by President of France Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron. http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/speeches-and-transcripts/2010/11/uk-france-summit-press-conference-56551 Tuesday 2 November 2010 UK-France Summit press conference Fco.gov.uk 10 July 2013 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 BBC News 4 November 2010 5 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101108121122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11694306 8 November 2010 live 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20101105045100/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11699888 5 November 2010 live 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 BBC News 5 November 2010 5 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101105044448/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11700220 5 November 2010 live 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 Online 5 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101106015120/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11702343 6 November 2010 live 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 BBC News How the student fees protest turned violent 10 November 2010 12 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112051750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11729912 12 November 2010 live 11 November – The government unveils plans for the biggest shake up of the welfare system since the 1940s. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11728546 Benefits system overhaul 'to make work pay' BBC BBC News 11 November 2010 12 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111232232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11728546 11 November 2010 live 16 November Clarence House announces the engagement of Prince William 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 BBC News 16 November 2010 16 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101116200505/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422 16 November 2010 live The UK Government announces they will pay millions of pounds in compensation to around a dozen British citizens who were held in detention overseas, including the camp at Guantanamo Bay, and claim British security services colluded in their torture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11762636 Government to compensate ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees BBC BBC News 16 November 2010 16 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101116052159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11762636 16 November 2010 live 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 BBC News 19 November 2010 19 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101119163055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11798366 19 November 2010 live 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 BBC News Sean Coughlan 24 November 2010 26 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125061043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11829102 25 November 2010 live 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 BBC News 26 November 2010 27 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101126042850/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11834531 26 November 2010 live An icy blast hits North East Scotland with weather forecasts suggesting the rest of the country will be affected in the coming days.Icy blast hits roads and schools in east of Scotland BBC News, 25 November 2010 26 November – Black Friday (shopping) is introduced to the UK by Amazon.Secrets of Black Friday Metro London 24 November 2023 30 27 November – Ed Miliband launches a two-year review of Labour Party policy, saying that the Party must move beyond New Labour and calling on activists to make it the "People's Party" again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11851318 Ed Miliband: Labour must reclaim 'big society' concept BBC BBC News 27 November 2010 27 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101127043208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11851318 27 November 2010 live 30 November – Plans are announced by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore, to devolve major new financial powers to Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11863388 Holyrood to get new budget powers under Scotland Bill BBC BBC News 30 November 2010 3 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101202045703/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11863388 2 December 2010 live December December – Kids Run Free, a youth and sport charity is founded.15 September 2011 Children on the run for fitness http://www.solihullnews.net/views/caroline-spelman/2011/09/15/children-on-the-run-for-fitness-105074-29428846/ 15 July 2012 Solihull News 22 February 2013 https://archive.today/20130222034648/http://www.solihullnews.net/views/caroline-spelman/2011/09/15/children-on-the-run-for-fitness-105074-29428846/ dead 1 December – Heavy snow and freezing temperatures hit most of the country, with road, rail and air services disrupted and thousands of schools shut. Gatwick and Edinburgh Airports are both closed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11883714 Snow and ice causes disruption as cold spell continues BBC BBC News 1 December 2010 3 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050703/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11883714 3 December 2010 live 1 December (c.) – Spanish-born Ana Patricia Botín becomes the first woman chief executive officer of a British bank, Santander UK. 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 BBC Sport 2 December 2010 3 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101203045541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9250585.stm 3 December 2010 live 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 9 December Labour MPs Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn are banned from parliament by the Standards and Privileges Committee after being found guilty of breaching the Code of Conduct rules on lobbying in the 2010 cash for influence scandal. They received five-year, two-year and six-month bans respectively.http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geoff-Hoon-Stephen-Byers-And-Geoff-Hoon-Could-All-Be-Banned-From-Houses-Of-Parliament/Article/201012215850598?lpos=Politics_Second_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15850598_Geoff_Hoon,_Stephen_Byers_And_Geoff_Hoon_Could_All_Be_Banned_From_Houses_Of_Parliament Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers And Geoff Hoon Could All Be Banned From Houses of Parliament – Politics – Sky News 17 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101217015435/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geoff-Hoon-Stephen-Byers-And-Geoff-Hoon-Could-All-Be-Banned-From-Houses-Of-Parliament/Article/201012215850598?lpos=Politics_Second_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15850598_Geoff_Hoon,_Stephen_Byers_And_Geoff_Hoon_Could_All_Be_Banned_From_Houses_Of_Parliament 17 December 2010 A second wave of protests in London by university students against increased tuition fees and reduced public spending on higher education take 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 is attacked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11969030 Student fees protest: Cameron condemns royal attack BBC BBC News 10 December 2010 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101211044604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11969030 11 December 2010 live The coalition government win a vote in the House of Commons to raise the cap on university tuition fees in England 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 BBC News 9 December 2010 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101210045742/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11952449 10 December 2010 live 11 December – Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns amid criticism of his handling of transport chaos brought on by recent heavy snow in Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11976328 Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns BBC BBC News 11 December 2010 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101212044309/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11976328 12 December 2010 live 12 December – Keith Brown is appointed as Scottish Transport Minister following yesterday's resignation of Stewart Stevenson. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11978544 Keith Brown named new Scottish transport minister BBC BBC News 12 December 2010 12 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215050835/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11978544 15 December 2010 live 13 December – First person convicted by a jury of murder after a prior acquittal for the same crime, following the 2003 change to the law on double jeopardy in England and Wales, Mark Weston, for the 1995 murder of a woman in Oxfordshire. 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 BBC News 13 December 2010 13 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110126030433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11982681 26 January 2011 live 15 December – Unemployment has risen to 2,500,000 since October; the first monthly rise in six months. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11998364 UK unemployment total increases to 2.5m BBC BBC News 15 December 2010 16 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101216041856/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11998364 16 December 2010 live 16 December – The Scottish Government rules out re-introducing tuition fees for Scottish university students, but students from other parts of the United Kingdom attending university in Scotland may face fees of £6,000. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12000741 English, Welsh and N Irish 'face Scots degree fee rise' BBC BBC News 16 December 2010 16 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101216041218/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12000741 16 December 2010 live 17 December – The British government announces plans to make prisoners serving less than four years eligible to vote. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12022013 Prisoners serving less than four years to get vote BBC BBC News 17 December 2010 17 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101218045020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12022013 18 December 2010 live 21 December The Business secretary, Vince Cable, loses power to rule on Rupert Murdoch's take-over of BSkyB after being recorded stating that he had "declared war" on Murdoch by undercover reporters from The Daily Telegraph.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 Vince Cable to stay on as Business Secretary BBC BBC News 21 December 2010 25 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101223045454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656 23 December 2010 live Police in Bristol become concerned about the whereabouts of a woman, Joanna Yeates, who has not been seen since the evening of 17 December. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12050514 Bristol woman's disappearance 'out of character' BBC BBC News 22 December 2010 5 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101223045504/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12050514 23 December 2010 live 23 December – Former MSP Tommy Sheridan is convicted of perjury following a twelve-week trial. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12059037 Tommy Sheridan found guilty of perjury BBC BBC News 23 December 2010 23 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224045114/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12059037 24 December 2010 live 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 BBC News 26 December 2010 2 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101230130506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12080254 30 December 2010 live 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 BBC News 28 December 2010 2 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101230130501/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12084756 30 December 2010 live 29 December – Greater Gabbard wind farm first generates electricity. Undated Broadcasting Tower, Leeds, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, opens. Sinfonia Newydd, arts company is founded in Cardiff. A breeding colony of the Eurasian spoonbill forms in north Norfolk, the first in Britain for 300 years.9 for 90: Spoonbill Nick Acheson https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/news-and-articles/articles/all-articles/9-for-90-spoonbill Norfolk Wildlife Trust 29 April 2022 New car sales increase slightly to just over 2 million this year. The Ford Fiesta is Britain's best selling car for the second year running, while the Nissan Qashqai enjoys record sales for a model in the growing crossover market as Britain's tenth best selling car with nearly 40,000 sales. Publications Howard Jacobson's comic novel The Finkler Question.Brown Mark 12 October 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/12/howard-jacobson-the-finkler-question-booker Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize 2010 for The Finkler Question The Guardian 12 October 2010 London Jon McGregor's novel Even the Dogs.Alison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/13/jon-mcgregor-wins-impac-literary-award Jon McGregor wins International Impac Dublin Literary Award: British author wins world's richest literary prize for his novel Even the Dogs The Guardian 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 Births 20 May – Lady Cosima Windsor, daughter of Earl and Claire, Countess of Ulster. 24 August – Florence Cameron, daughter of then-prime minister David Cameron 6 October – JJ Gabriel, Cypriot footballer 29 December – Savannah Phillips, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips and first great-grandchild of Elizabeth II. Deaths January thumb|upright|Neil Christian thumb|upright|Thomas Summers West thumb|upright|Jean Simmons 1 January – John Lyon, cricketer (b. 1951) 2 January – David R. Ross, historian (b. 1958) 3 January – Sir Ian Brownlie, barrister (b. 1932) 4 January Neil Christian, singer (b. 1943) Tony Clarke, record producer (b. 1941) Hywel Teifi Edwards, Welsh-language academic and writer (b. 1934) 5 January – Philippa Scott, conservationist (b. 1918) 6 January Michael Goulder, biblical scholar (b. 1927) Graham Leonard, Anglican Bishop of London (1981–1991) and later Roman Catholic priest (b. 1921) 7 January Alex Parker, footballer and football manager (b. 1935) James D Robertson, painter (b. 1931) 9 January Rupert Hamer, journalist (b. 1970) Thomas Summers West, chemist (b. 1927) 10 January – Simon Digby, scholar (b. 1932) 12 January Elizabeth Laverick, engineer (b. 1925) Allen McClay, entrepreneur, founder of Almac Group (b. 1932) 15 January – Michael Creeth, biochemist (b. 1924) 19 January – Bill McLaren, rugby commentator (b. 1923) 20 January Jack Parry, footballer (b. 1924) John Pawle, cricketer (b. 1915) Derek Prag, politician, MEP for Hertfordshire (1979–1994) (b. 1923) 22 January Sir Percy Cradock, diplomat (b. 1923) Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne, banker, Governor of the Bank of England (1973–1983) (b. 1915) Jean Simmons, actress (b. 1929) 28 January Patricia H. Clarke, biochemist (b. 1919) Patricia Leonard, opera singer (b. 1936) 29 January – Sir Derek Hodgkinson, air chief marshal (b. 1917) 30 January Lucienne Day, textile designer (b. 1917) Ursula Mommens, potter (b. 1908) 31 January – Patricia Gage, actress (b. 1940) February thumb|upright|Sir John Dankworth thumb|upright|Alexander McQueen thumb|upright|Cy Grant 2 February – Donald Wiseman, assyriologist (b. 1918) 3 February – Gil Merrick, footballer and football manager (b. 1920) 4 February – Allan Wicks, organist and choirmaster (b. 1923) 5 February Peter Calvocoressi, historian, publisher and intelligence officer (b. 1912) Ian Carmichael, actor (b. 1920) 6 February Albert Booth, politician (b. 1928) Sir John Dankworth, jazz composer and musician (b. 1927) 7 February – Daniel Joseph Bradley, physicist (b. 1928) 9 February Alfred Gregory, mountaineer and photographer (b. 1913) Malcolm Vaughan, singer and actor (b. 1929) 10 February – David Tyacke, Army major-general (b. 1915) 11 February Alexander McQueen, fashion designer (b. 1969) David Severn, writer (b. 1918) Colin Ward, anarchist writer (b. 1924) 13 February Werner Forman, photographer (b. 1921, Czechoslovakia) Cy Grant, actor (b. 1919, British Guiana) John Reed, actor and opera singer (b. 1916) Roger Thatcher, statistician (b. 1926) 14 February – Dick Francis, novelist and former jockey (b. 1920) 15 February – Claud William Wright, civil servant and scientific expert (b. 1917) 19 February Lionel Jeffries, actor (b. 1926) Walter Plowright, veterinary scientist (b. 1923) 20 February – Jason Wood, comedian (b. 1972) 21 February – Bob Doe, Battle of Britain air ace (b. 1920) 22 February – Robin Davies, actor (b. 1954) 23 February – Wyn Morris, orchestral conductor (b. 1929) 25 February – Barbara Bray, translator (b. 1924) 26 February – Charles le Gai Eaton, diplomat and author (b. 1921, Switzerland) 27 February – Wendy Toye, actress (b. 1917) 28 February Martin Benson, actor (b. 1918) Rose Gray, chef and cookery writer (b. 1939) March thumb|upright|Winston Churchill thumb|upright|Michael Foot 1 March – Kristian Digby, television presenter and director (b. 1977) 2 March – Winston Churchill, politician (b. 1940); grandson of former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill 3 March Keith Alexander, footballer and manager (b. 1956) Michael Foot, politician, Leader of the Opposition (1980–1983) (b. 1913) 4 March – Fred Wedlock, folk singer (b. 1942) 5 March – Philip Langridge, tenor (b. 1939) 6 March – Carol Marsh, actress (b. 1926) 7 March – Sir Kenneth Dover, classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981) (b. 1920) 10 March – George Webb, jazz musician (b. 1917) 12 March – Lesley Duncan, singer-songwriter (b. 1943) 13 March – Neville Meade, boxer (b. 1948, Jamaica) 14 March Chimen Abramsky, historian (b. 1916, Russian Empire) Janet Simpson, Olympic athlete (b. 1944) 15 March – Ashok Kumar, politician (b. 1956) 17 March – Charlie Gillett, radio presenter and record producer (b. 1942) 18 March – William Wolfe, Scottish politician (b. 1924) 19 March Gerald Drucker, double bass player (b. 1925) George Lane, World War II Army colonel (b. 1915) 20 March Harry Carpenter, sports commentator (b. 1925) Ian Knight, stage designer (b. 1940) Robin Milner, computer scientist (b. 1934) 22 March Sir James W. Black, doctor (b. 1924) Diz Disley, jazz guitarist (b. 1931, Canada) 23 March – Alan King-Hamilton, barrister and judge (b. 1904) 24 March William Mayne, writer of children's fiction (b. 1928) Daphne Park, diplomat and spy (b. 1921) 27 March Stephen Hearst, television and radio executive (b. 1919, Austria) Stanley Vann, organist and composer (b. 1910) 28 March David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, peer (b. 1954) John Lawrenson, rugby league player (b. 1921) April thumb|upright|Corin Redgrave thumb|upright|Malcolm McLaren thumb|upright|Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury thumb|upright|Alan Sillitoe 1 April – Julia Lang, actress and radio presenter (b. 1921) 3 April – Tia Rigg, murder victim (b. 1998) 4 April – Sir Alec Bedser, cricketer (b. 1918) 5 April – William Neill, poet (b. 1922) 6 April James Aubrey, actor (b. 1947, Austria) David Quayle, entrepreneur, co-founder of B&Q (b. 1936) Corin Redgrave, actor and political activist (b. 1939) Sid Storey, footballer (b. 1919) 7 April – Christopher Cazenove, actor (b. 1943) 8 April Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, peer and judge (b. 1933) Antony Flew, philosopher (b. 1923) Malcolm McLaren, impresario and former Sex Pistols manager (b. 1946) 9 April John Griffiths, museum curator (b. 1952) Kenneth McKellar, tenor (b. 1927) Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, peer and diplomat, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980) (b. 1919) 10 April – Sir Gordon Shattock, veterinarian, Conservative politician and survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing (b. 1928) 11 April – John Batchelor, racing driver and politician (b. 1959) 12 April – Stuart Robbins, basketball player (b. 1976) 13 April – Gerald Stapleton, World War II air ace (b. 1920) 14 April Tom Ellis, politician (b. 1924) Greville Starkey, jockey (b. 1939) 16 April Bryn Knowelden, rugby league player (b. 1919) R. D. Middlebrook, electrical engineer (b. 1929) 18 April – Tom Fleming, actor (b. 1927) 21 April Sammy Baird, footballer and football manager (b. 1930) Sir Idwal Pugh, civil servant (b. 1918) 22 April – Peter B. Denyer, electronics engineer (b. 1953) 23 April Edward Lyons, politician (b. 1926) George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, Britain's longest-serving peer (b. 1916) 24 April – Angus Maddison, economist (b. 1926) 25 April – Alan Sillitoe, writer (b. 1928) 27 April Peter Cheeseman, theatre director (b. 1932) Morris Pert, musician (b. 1947) 29 April – Sandy Douglas, computer scientist (b. 1921) 30 April – Antony Grey, gay rights activist (b. 1927) May thumb|upright|Lynn Redgrave thumb|upright|John Shepherd-Barron 2 May – Lynn Redgrave, actress (b. 1943) 3 May Jimmy Gardner, actor (b. 1924) Peter O'Donnell, comic strip writer (b. 1920) 4 May – Peter Heathfield, trade unionist (b. 1929) 6 May – Dennis Sharp, architect (b. 1923) 7 May – Pamela Green, actress (b. 1929) 8 May – Alan Watkins, political journalist (b. 1933) 10 May Jack Birkett, dancer, singer, mime artist and actor (b. 1934) Charles Currey, Olympic sailor (b. 1916) 15 May – John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the automatic teller machine (b. 1925) 16 May – Frank Dye, sailor (b. 1928) 17 May – Richard Gregory, psychologist (b. 1923) 18 May – John Gooders, ornithologist (b. 1937) 20 May – Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, businessman and life peer (b. 1927) 22 May – Keith Jessop, diver and marine treasure hunter (b. 1933) 23 May – Simon Monjack, screenwriter, producer and director (b. 1970) 24 May Ray Alan, ventriloquist (b. 1930) Barbara New, actress (b. 1923) Stella Nova (formerly Steve New), rock guitarist (b. 1960) 26 May – Sir Christopher Moran, RAF air marshal (b. 1956) 28 May Sir Hugh Ford, engineer (b. 1913) David Sanger, organist (b. 1947) 29 May Joan Rhodes, actress (b. 1921) Rudi Vis, politician (b. 1941, the Netherlands) 30 May – Brian Duffy, photographer (b. 1933) June thumb|upright|15th Duke of Hamilton thumb|upright|Stuart Cable thumb|upright|Ronald Neame with Judy Garland 1 June – John Hagart, footballer and football manager (b. 1937) 3 June John Hedgecoe, photographer (b. 1932) Robert Hudson, broadcaster (b. 1920) 4 June Raymond Allchin, archaeologist (b. 1923) Jack Harrison, Royal Air Force pilot, last survivor of the Stalag Luft III Great Escape (b. 1912) 5 June – Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, peer and landowner (b. 1938) 7 June – Stuart Cable, rock drummer (b. 1970) 8 June – Crispian St. Peters, singer-songwriter (b. 1939) 11 June Bernie Andrews, radio producer (b. 1933) Teresa Jungman, socialite (b. 1907) Johnny Parker, jazz pianist (b. 1929) 12 June Richard Keynes, physiologist (b. 1919) Egon Ronay, food critic (b. 1915, Hungary) 16 June – Ronald Neame, director and writer (b. 1911) 17 June Sebastian Horsley, artist (b. 1962) Andy Ripley, rugby union player (b. 1947) 19 June Robin Matthews, economist (b. 1927) Antony Quinton, Baron Quinton, philosopher (b. 1925) Dame Angela Rumbold, politician (b. 1932) 20 June – Harry B. Whittington, palaeontologist (b. 1916) 21 June Russell Ash, writer and publisher (b. 1946) Chris Sievey, comedian and musician (b. 1955) Tam White, musician and actor (b. 1942) 22 June – Robin Bush, historian (b. 1943) 23 June Michael Cobb, Army officer and railway historian (b. 1916) Pete Quaife, musician (b. 1943) Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, politician (b. 1932) 25 June Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers, physicist (b. 1924) F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, science fiction writer (b. 1948) Alan Plater, writer (b. 1935) 27 June – Ken Coates, politician and writer (b. 1930) 30 June – Harry Klein, jazz saxophonist (b. 1928) July thumb|upright|James P. Hogan thumb|upright|Alex Higgins 1 July – Geoffrey Hutchings, actor (b. 1939) 2 July – Dame Beryl Bainbridge, novelist (b. 1934) 3 July – Frederick Warner, engineer (b. 1910) 5 July David Fanshawe, composer (b. 1942) Pete Morgan, poet (b. 1919) Elton Younger, Army major-general (b. 1919) 6 July – Roy Waller, radio presenter (b. 1940) 8 July – John Moore, Royal Navy officer and writer (b. 1921) 9 July Mark Bytheway, Quizzing World Champion (2008) (b. 1963) Basil Davidson, historian (b. 1914) Marrack Goulding, diplomat (b. 1936) 10 July David Gay, Army major and cricketer (b. 1920) Leonard Hemming, cricketer (b. 1916)http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/obits/8352670.Len_Hemming___Cricketer_with_high_standards/ Len Hemming - Cricketer with high standards 26 August 2010 Oxford Mail 10 July 2012 12 July – James P. Hogan, science fiction writer (b. 1941) 13 July Ken Barnes, footballer (b. 1929) Alan Hume, cinematographer (b. 1924) 16 July – Verily Anderson, author and biographer (b. 1915) 17 July – Sir Simon Hornby, businessman (b. 1934) 18 July – Mary Brancker veterinary surgeon (b. 1914) 20 July Iris Gower, writer (b. 1935) Robin McLaren, diplomat (b. 1934) 21 July Edna Healey, writer and filmmaker (b. 1918); wife of Denis Healey Anthony Rolfe Johnson, opera singer (b. 1940) 24 July – Alex Higgins, snooker player (b. 1949) 26 July – Eric Hill, cricketer (b. 1923) 28 July – Ivy Bean, centenarian (b. 1905) 29 July – Carl Dooler, rugby league player (b. 1943) 31 July – John Gorst, politician (b. 1928) August thumb|upright|Bill Millin thumb|upright|Edwin Morgan thumb|upright|Peter Gwynn-Jones 3 August – James L. Gray, engineer (b. 1926) 6 August Julian Besag, statistician (b. 1945) Tony Judt, historian (b. 1948) John Louis Mansi, actor (b. 1926) 7 August – John Nelder, statistician (b. 1924) 8 August Alan Myers, translator (b. 1933) Jack Parnell, musician and bandleader (b. 1923) 9 August – Robin Warwick Gibson, art historian (b. 1944) 10 August Jimmy Reid, trade union activist (b. 1932) Adam Stansfield, footballer (b. 1978) 11 August Gretel Beer, cookery writer (b. 1921, Austria) Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, politician (b. 1924) James Mourilyan Tanner, paediatrician (b. 1920) 12 August Laurence Gardner, author and lecturer (b. 1943) Andrew Roth, biographer and journalist (b. 1919) 13 August Albert Frost, businessman (b. 1914) Edwin Newman, newscaster and journalist (b. 1919, USA) 14 August – Mervyn Alexander, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1925) 15 August - Paul Briscoe, schoolteacher and writer (b. 1930) 16 August – Christopher Freeman, economist (b. 1921) 17 August John Amyas Alexander, archaeologist (b. 1922) Bill Millin, bagpiper at the D-Day Normandy landings (b. 1922) Edwin Morgan, poet (b. 1920) 20 August – Carys Bannister, neurosurgeon (b. 1935) 21 August – Peter Gwynn-Jones, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms (b. 1940) 22 August Raymond Hawkey, graphic designer (b. 1930) Sir Donald Maitland, diplomat (b. 1922) 25 August – Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg, marketing scientist (b. 1926) 26 August – Bob Maitland, Olympic cyclist (b. 1924) 27 August Corinne Day, fashion photographer (b. 1962) Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, politician and life peer (b. 1933) Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, peer (b. 1926) 28 August Keith Batey, World War II codebreaker (b. 1919) John Freeborn, World War II air ace (b. 1919) 30 August Owen Edwards, broadcaster (b. 1933) Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, politician and life peer (b. 1938) 31 August Vladimir Raitz, entrepreneur (b. 1922, Soviet Union) Sid Rawle, campaigner (b. 1945) September thumb|upright|Micky Burn thumb|upright|Sir Cyril Smith thumb|upright|Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill thumb|upright|Honor Frost 1 September – Sir Colville Barclay, painter and botanist (b. 1913) 2 September – Jackie Sinclair, footballer (b. 1943) 3 September Micky Burn, journalist and poet (b. 1912) Sir Cyril Smith, politician (b. 1928) 4 September – John Gouriet, Army major and political campaigner (b. 1935) 5 September – Elizabeth Jenkins, author and biographer (b. 1905) 6 September – Clive Donner, film director (b. 1926) 10 September – Edwin Charles Tubb, science fiction writer (b. 1919) 11 September Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, judge (b. 1933) Hugh Clark, Army officer (b. 1923) 12 September – Honor Frost, underwater archaeologist (b. 1917) 13 September John Arundel Barnes, social anthropologist (b. 1918) Stan Gooch, psychologist (b. 1932) Jim Greenwood, rugby union player (b. 1928) 14 September James Cleminson, soldier and businessman (b. 1921) Nicholas Selby, actor (b. 1925) 15 September – Frank Jarvis, actor (b. 1941) 16 September – Jim Towers, footballer (b. 1933) 17 September Robert Babington, politician (b. 1920) Louis Marks, scriptwriter (b. 1928) 18 September – Bobby Smith, footballer (b. 1933) 19 September – Bob Crossley, artist (b. 1912) 21 September Geoffrey Burgon, composer (b. 1941) Maurice Line, librarian (b. 1928) Don Partridge, singer-songwriter (b. 1941) 22 September Bridget O'Connor, writer (b. 1961) Alan Rudkin, boxer (b. 1941) 23 September – Catherine Walker, fashion designer (b. 1945, France) 24 September – Gilda O'Neill, writer and historian (b. 1951) 26 September Johnny Edgecombe, jazz promoter (b. 1932, Antigua and Barbuda) Jimi Heselden, entrepreneur (b. 1948) Terry Newton, rugby league player (b. 1978) 27 September Trevor Taylor, racing driver (b. 1936) Frank Turner, Olympic gymnast (b. 1922) 28 September – Sir Trevor Holdsworth, businessman (b. 1927) 29 September – David Marques, rugby union player (b. 1932) 30 September – Sir Robert Mark, police officer (b. 1917) October thumb|upright|Sir Norman Wisdom thumb|upright|Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton 1 October Ian Buxton, footballer and cricketer (b. 1938) Lan Wright, science fiction writer (b. 1923) 2 October Brenda Cowling, actress (b. 1925) Sam Lesser, journalist and Spanish Civil War veteran (b. 1915) Gillian Lowndes, ceramics sculptor (b. 1936) 3 October Philippa Foot, philosopher (b. 1920); granddaughter of Grover Cleveland Sir Louis Le Bailly, admiral and director-general of intelligence (b. 1915) 4 October Gordon Lewis, aeronautical engineer (b. 1924) Peter Warr, racing driver (b. 1938, Iran) Sir Norman Wisdom, actor (b. 1915) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11473192 Norman Wisdom dies at the age of 95 BBC BBC News 5 October 2010 6 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006012737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11473192 6 October 2010 live 5 October Roy Axe, car designer (b. 1937) Roy Ward Baker, film director (b. 1916) 8 October Reg King, singer-songwriter (b. 1945) Linda Norgrove, aid worker (killed in Afghanistan) (b. 1974) Neil Richardson, composer (b. 1930) 10 October Les Gibbard, political cartoonist (b. 1945, New Zealand) John Graysmark, production designer (b. 1935) Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, peer and politician (b. 1941) Alison Stephens, mandolin player (b. 1970) 11 October – Claire Rayner, broadcaster and writer (b. 1931) 12 October – Austin Ardill, politician (b. 1917) 13 October Eddie Baily, footballer (b. 1925) Mary Malcolm, television journalist (b. 1918) 14 October – Simon MacCorkindale, actor (b. 1952) 15 October – Malcolm Allison, footballer and football 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 BBC Sport 15 October 2010 15 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101016044913/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/9096162.stm 16 October 2010 live 18 October David Fontana, psychologist (b. 1934) Mel Hopkins, footballer (b. 1934) 19 October Graham Crowden, actor (b. 1922) John Waterlow, physiologist (b. 1916) 20 October Eva Ibbotson, novelist (b. 1925) D. Geraint James, doctor (b. 1922) Robert Paynter, cinematographer (b. 1928) Julian Roberts, librarian (b. 1930) 21 October – Howard Harry Rosenbrock, electrical engineer (b. 1920) 22 October – Bill Henderson, politician (b. 1924) 24 October – Andy Holmes, rower (b. 1959) 25 October – David Burgess, immigration lawyer (murdered) (b. 1947) 27 October – William Griffiths, field hockey player (b. 1922) 28 October Robert Dickie, boxer (b. 1964) Gerard Kelly, actor (b. 1959) Maurice Murphy, trumpeter (b. 1935) 29 October Ronnie Clayton, footballer (b. 1934) Geoffrey Crawley, journalist and editor (b. 1926) Mervyn Haisman, screenwriter (b. 1928) 30 October – John Benson, footballer (b. 1942) 31 October - Ted Sorensen, lawyer and politician (b. 1928) November thumb|upright|Peter Hilton thumb|upright|Sir Maurice Wilkes thumb|upright|Monty Sunshine 1 November Julia Clements, flower arranger and writer (b. 1906) Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, World War II intelligence officer (b. 1922) 5 November Rozsika Parker, psychotherapist and art historian (b. 1945) Martin Starkie, actor (b. 1922) 6 November – Peter Hilton, mathematician, discoverer of Hilton's theorem (b. 1923) 7 November – Chris Goudge, Olympic athlete (b. 1935) 9 November Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, academic and life peer (b. 1925) Robin Day, furniture designer (b. 1915) 10 November – Jim Farry, football executive (b. 1954) 13 November – Norman Dennis, sociologist (b. 1929) 14 November – Vince Broderick, cricketer (b. 1920) 18 November Jim Cruickshank, footballer (b. 1941) Brian G. Marsden, astronomer (b. 1937) 19 November – Byron Duckenfield, RAF fighter pilot and Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1917) 20 November – Jim Yardley, cricketer (b. 1946) 23 November Joyce Howard, actress (b. 1932) Ingrid Pitt, actress (b. 1937, Poland) 24 November – Michael Samuels, linguist (b. 1920) 25 November Peter Christopherson, musician (b. 1955) Bernard Matthews, businessman (b. 1930) Colin Slee, Anglican prelate, Dean of Southwark Cathedral (b. 1945) 26 November – Gavin Blyth, producer (b. 1969) 29 November David Fleming, environmental writer (b. 1940) John Mantle, Scottish Episcopal bishop (b. 1946) Sir Maurice Wilkes, computer scientist (b. 1913) 30 November Robert Potter, church architect (b. 1909) Monty Sunshine, clarinetist (b. 1928) December thumb|upright|John E. Baldwin thumb|upright|Tom Walkinshaw thumb|upright|Bertie Lewis 3 December – Donald Pass, painter (b. 1930) 6 December – Tom Crowe, radio presenter (b. 1922, Ireland) 7 December Peter Andry, record producer (b. 1927) John E. Baldwin, astronomer (b. 1931) 8 December – Trev Thoms, guitarist (b. 1950) 12 December Lachhiman Gurung VC, Gurkha soldier (b. 1917, Nepal) Helen Roberts, actress and singer (b. 1912) Tom Walkinshaw, racing driver and team owner (b. 1946) 14 December – Dale Roberts, footballer (b. 1986) 16 December – Richard Adeney, flautist (b. 1920) 17 December Ralph Coates, footballer (b. 1946) Dick Gibson, racing driver (b. 1918) 18 December Gerard Mansell, BBC executive (b. 1921) James Pickles, judge and tabloid columnist (b. 1925)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12063845 BBC News Obituary BBC 22 December 2010 27 March 2012 19 December Anthony Howard, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934) Roy Romain, Olympic swimmer (b. 1918) 20 December John Alldis, chorus-master and conductor (b. 1929) Brian Hanrahan, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1949) 21 December David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, peer and politician (b. 1932) Bertie Lewis, World War II airman and peace campaigner (b. 1920) 22 December David Cockayne, physicist (b. 1942) John Macreadie, trade unionist (b. 1946) 23 December – Jayaben Desai, trade union leader (b. 1933, India) 24 December – Elisabeth Beresford, author, creator of the Wombles (b. 1926) 25 December – Sir Iain Noble, banker and Gaelic activist (b. 1935)Banker Sir Iain Noble, champion of Gaelic, Skye and Scotland, dies at 75 The Scotsman, 27 December 2010 26 December Bill Jones, footballer (b. 1921) Ian Samuel, RAF pilot and diplomat (b. 1915) 27 December Keith Andrew, cricketer (b. 1929) Maureen Lehane, opera singer and music festival founder (b. 1932) David Aubrey Scott, diplomat (b. 1919) 28 December – Jeff Taylor, footballer (b. 1930) 30 December Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, aristocrat (b. 1939) Jenny Wood-Allen, runner, oldest woman to finish a marathon (b. 1911) See also 2010 in British music 2010 in British television List of British films of 2010 References 30em 2010 Category:Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom United Kingdom Category:2010 in Europe Category:2010s in the United Kingdom