2009 in England

none 2009 Events from 2009 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Gordon Brown Events January 2 January – A light aircraft crashes into overhead power cables on the West Coast Main Line near the village of Little Haywood in Staffordshire, causing widespread disruption to train services, and reportedly killing the three occupants of the aircraft.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7809194.stm Three feared dead in plane crash BBC News 3 January 2009 28 March 2010 5 January – Cold weather consisting of snow and freezing temperatures causes widespread disruption across the UK. Travel routes are severely affected including roads and railways, in addition to Luton and Birmingham airports respectively. The weather also leads to the closure of many schools who were due to return after the Christmas break.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7812861.stm Warnings issued amid Arctic chill BBC News 6 January 2009 28 March 2010 Waterford Wedgwood, makers of the famous Wedgwood pottery, enters administration.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7811048.stm Wedgwood goes into administration BBC News 5 January 2009 28 March 2010 7 January – England Cricket Captain, Kevin Pietersen resigns after months of rows with England Manager, Peter Moores. Moores is sacked from his job by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Andrew Strauss is named as the new Captain.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7815038.stm BBC Sport – England captain Pietersen resigns BBC News 7 January 2009 28 March 2010 12 January – At the 66th Golden Globe Awards, British actress Kate Winslet wins two awards, Best Actress (Motion Picture Drama) and Best Supporting Actress (Motion Picture); while British film Slumdog Millionaire wins all four of the awards for which it is nominated.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7819919.stm Winslett and Slumdog sweep Globes BBC News 12 January 2009 28 March 2010 15 January – Approval is granted for the building of the controversial third runway and sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport. As part of the decision, the Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon, announces restrictions on aircraft using the third runway that are designed to limit noise pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, alongside proposals for a high-speed rail hub, also located at Heathrow.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7829676.stm Go-ahead for new Heathrow runway BBC News 15 January 2009 28 March 2010 John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, the constituency which includes Heathrow Airport, is suspended from Parliament after picking up the ceremonial House of Commons mace in protest at the government's approval of a third runway.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7830937.stm MP suspended after mace protest BBC News 15 January 2009 28 March 2010 23 January – Karen Matthews and Michael Donavon are sentenced to eight years in prison for the kidnap of Shannon Matthews, the former's daughter, having held her captive in Donvon's flat in Dewsbury last year as part of a bid to claim £50,000 for her "safe return" after reporting her missing to the police.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4324634/Karen-Matthews-jailed-for-eight-years-over-daughter-Shannons-kidnap.html Karen Matthews jailed for eight years over daughter Shannon's kidnap Daily Telegraph 23 January 2009 29 December 2009 London Paul Stokes 26 January – Possession of "extreme pornography" becomes illegal under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080004_en_17#pt12-l1g153 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 – 153: Commencement Opsi.gov.uk 28 March 2010http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20082993_en_1 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Order 2008 Opsi.gov.uk 28 March 2010 28 January – Hundreds of workers go on strike at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire in protest at the hiring of foreign construction workers at the site, despite rising unemployment in the UK.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7855752.stm Mass walkout over foreign labour BBC News 28 January 2009 28 March 2010 February 2 February – Contractors at the Sellafield and Heysham nuclear plants walk out in the ongoing unofficial strike action over foreign workers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7863879.stm Nuclear workers join strikes wave BBC News 2 February 2009 28 March 2010 3 February – Adverse weather conditions continues to cause widespread disruption to education and transport in large parts of England.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7866402.stm Further disruption for commuters BBC News 3 February 2009 28 March 2010 5 February – Further heavy snow in parts of England and Wales causes fresh school closures and travel disruption.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7871247.stm Fresh snow brings travel problems BBC News 5 February 2009 28 March 2010 Workers participating in unofficial strikes over the use of foreign workers agree to return to work after a compromise deal is struck by Acas.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7871657.stm Refinery staff vote to end strike BBC News 5 February 2009 28 March 2010 9 February – Chelsea F.C. manager Luiz Felipe Scolari is sacked by the club's board after results deteriorate "at a key time in the season".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7879638.stm BBC Sport – Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager BBC News 9 February 2009 28 March 2010 It comes just hours after fellow Premier League manager, Tony Adams of Portsmouth F.C., is sacked, again after a poor run of results.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7878084.stm BBC Sport – Portsmouth confirm Adams sacking BBC News 9 February 2009 28 March 2010 13 February – A BA CityFlyer flight from Amsterdam loses its nosewheel on arrival at London City Airport due to a "hard landing". One passenger is hospitalised with minor injuries.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7889728.stm BA jet in airport 'hard landing BBC News 14 February 2009 28 March 2010 18 February – The Yorkshire Ripper is released from Broadmoor Hospital to face a life sentence, for killing 13 women and attempting to kill 7 more, after doctors claim he has been treated for schizophrenia. 22 February – TV personality, Jade Goody and her boyfriend, Jack Tweed, are married at Down Hall, Essex. Goody, 27, has had cervical cancer for six months and was told earlier this month that she may only have weeks to live after the cancer spread to her bowel, liver and groin.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7903784.stm Terminally ill Jade Goody marries BBC News 22 February 2009 29 December 2009 Tweed is free on license following imprisonment for assault.https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kisses-as-jade-goody-greets-her-boyfriend-outside-prison-gates-6858045.html Kisses as Jade Goody Greets Her Boyfriend Outside Prison Gates This is London 27 January 2009 6 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20090308025407/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23629240-details/Kisses%2Bas%2BJade%2BGoody%2Bgreets%2Bher%2Bboyfriend%2Boutside%2Bprison%2Bgates/article.do 8 March 2009 live 25 February – Labour Party peer Lord Ahmed is sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment for dangerous driving, having been involved in a fatal crash.Lord Ahmed jailed for 12 weeks for dangerous driving – Manchester Evening News March 1 March – Manchester United F.C. win the 2009 Carling Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 4–1 on penalties in the final. The scores stood level at 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time.McNulty Phil https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/7905889.stm BBC Sport – Manchester Utd 0–0 Tottenham (aet) BBC News 1 March 2009 28 March 2010 4 March – ITV announces it is cutting 600 jobs after it reported a loss of £2.6 billion for 2008. The jobs will go from the company's Yorkshire studios in Leeds and from their headquarters in London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7922770.stm Troubled ITV cuts jobs and costs BBC News 4 March 2009 28 March 2010 5 March – Michael Jackson announces his last concert series, This Is It to be held at the O2 Arena in London. The concerts are never held due to his death three months later. 6 March – Police launch an investigation after a protester throws green custard at the Business and Enterprise Secretary, Peter Mandelson, in protest at the government's decision to approve the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7928946.stm Mandelson custard attack probed BBC News 6 March 2009 28 March 2010 18 March – Sean Hodgson, who has served 27 years in prison since being convicted of murder in 1982, is acquitted at the Court of Appeal in London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7950303.stm Man freed after 27 years in jail BBC News 18 March 2009 28 March 2010 22 March – Jade Goody, the reality TV star, dies at her home in Essex after a seven-month battle against cancer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7925719.stm Reality TV star Jade Goody dies BBC News 22 March 2009 29 December 2009 April thumb|250px|Magnified image of the H1NI flu virus, which resulted in a pandemic. thumb|250px|The world leaders present at the G20 London Summit. 1 April – Protests are held across London ahead of the following day's G-20 summit. Police report 63 arrests across the city, where a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland is targeted by protesters, believed to be as a result of the ongoing anger at the pension of former Chief Executive, Fred Goodwin. The Metropolitan Police later announce that one protester died of a heart-attack during the protests.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7977489.stm Police clash with G20 protesters BBC News 1 April 2009 28 March 2010 2 April – The 2009 G-20 London summit is held due to the 2008 financial crisis. The summit ends in the leaders announcing various measures, including a $1.1 trillion investment in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7979483.stm G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal BBC News 2 April 2009 28 March 2010 8 April – Analogue television signals begin to be switched off in the Westcountry Television area as part of the UK's ongoing process of digital switchover.http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/west_country Westcountry Digital UK 28 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090815110427/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/west_country 2009-08-15 dead 29 April – Three cases of Swine Flu are confirmed in England. One adult is diagnosed in Redditch, another in South London, whilst a 12-year-old girl is diagnosed in Torbay.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8024690.stm Three new swine flu cases in UK BBC News 29 April 2009 28 March 2010 Meanwhile, the Scottish Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon announces that 15 suspected cases in Scotland are negative.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8024742.stm Suspected Scots flu cases hits 32 BBC News 29 April 2009 28 March 2010 30 April – A further three cases of swine flu are confirmed by the Department of Health. Two of the cases are located in London, with the third being in Newcastle.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8026121.stm UK confirms eight swine flu cases BBC News 30 April 2009 28 March 2010 May 10 May – The decapitated body of Michael Gilbert is found in Arlesey. He had been kept as a slave and subject to year of abuse by the Watt family, six members of which were later jailed for their role in the murder.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/8629123.stm BBC News Three guilty of murdering "slave" 23 April 2010 16 May – Manchester United win the Premier League championship for the third consecutive year after a 0–0 draw against Arsenal F.C. at their home ground, Old Trafford. They have now equalled Liverpool's record tally of 18 top division titles.McNulty Phil https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8038259.stm BBC Sport – Man Utd 0–0 Arsenal BBC News 18 May 2009 28 March 2010 27 May – Manchester United lose 2–0 to FC Barcelona of Spain in the European Cup final at Rome's Olympic Stadium.http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1117670_united_lose_champions_league_final United lose Champions League final Manchester Evening News 27 May 2009 29 December 2009 30 May – Chelsea win the FA Cup for the fifth time after beating Everton 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. Everton French striker Louis Saha scores the fastest ever FA Cup Final goal, after 23 seconds.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/facup/5413238/FA-Cup-final-2009-Chelsea-win-at-Wembley-highlight-of-my-stay-says-Guus-Hiddink.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090601214403/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/facup/5413238/FA-Cup-final-2009-Chelsea-win-at-Wembley-highlight-of-my-stay-says-Guus-Hiddink.html dead 1 June 2009 FA Cup final 2009: Chelsea win at Wembley "highlight" of my stay, says Guus Hiddink Daily Telegraph 30 May 2009 29 December 2009 London Giles Mole June 4 June – Elections are held to the European Parliament, alongside local council elections in England. 5 June – The results of the local elections are announced, with the remaining councils under Labour Party control all falling to the Conservative Party's control. The projected national vote shares suggests that the Conservatives achieved 38% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats 28% and Labour 23%.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8085558.stm Labour loses council strongholds BBC News 5 June 2009 8 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090607225912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8085558.stm 7 June 2009 live 7 June – The results of the European parliamentary elections, held on 4 June, are announced, and show large declines in the vote of the Labour Party. The far-right British National Party also win their first ever seats in a national election, being elected in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8088133.stm Labour slump to historic defeat BBC News 8 June 2009 8 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090608013017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8088133.stm 8 June 2009 live 8 June – Female paedophile and nursery worker Vanessa George arrested in Plymouth over child pornography and sexual assault offences.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6471327.ece Little Ted's nursery worker Vanessa George charged with child abuse Simon de Bruxelles 11 June 2009 The Times Times Newspapers Ltd. 15 December 2009 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic 21 June – The final British Grand Prix (providing Donington Park is prepared on time) to be held at the Silverstone Circuit is won by Sebastian Vettel. Britain's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton finish 6th and 16th respectively. 22 June – English Conservative MP John Bercow is elected as the 157th Speaker of the House of Commons. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8111887.stm Tory MP Bercow is elected Speaker BBC News 22 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622191726/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8111887.stm 22 June 2009 live 27 June – The English Defence League is formed by protesters who claim that the government has been weak and ineffectual against extreme Islam.http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Violent-right-wing-group-setting-new-Essex-division/story-12623798-detail/story.html ESSEX: Right-wing group English Defence League setting up new division in county This is Essex 2011-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120320012400/http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Violent-right-wing-group-setting-new-Essex-division/story-12623798-detail/story.html 2012-03-20 dead July thumb|200px|Harry Patch, the last British Army veteran of World War I, who died on 25 July aged 111. thumb|200px|Henry Allingham, the oldest man in the world and one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, who died on 18 July aged 113. 1 July – The government announces that it is taking the InterCity East Coast franchise into a period of public ownership, after the incumbent operator, National Express East Coast, said it planned to default on its franchise agreement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8127851.stm East Coast rail to be state run BBC News 1 July 2009 2 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20111012000316/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8127851.stm October 12, 2011 live 3 July – Six people, including three children, are killed after a fire in a high rise residential tower block in Camberwell, south London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8133871.stm Six killed in tower block blaze BBC News 3 July 2009 4 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090704012031/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8133871.stm 4 July 2009 live 5 July – The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, is uncovered. The 1,500 gold and silver pieces are discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert. This is made public on 24 September. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found BBC News 24 September 2009 24 September 2009Maev Kennedy Maev Kennedy A beep, and Mr Lucky opened the door on a lost world The Guardian 25 September 2009 6–7 8 July – The First Test of the 2009 Ashes series takes place at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens 18 July – Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving First World War servicemen, dies aged 113.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8157128.stm Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113 BBC News 18 July 2009 25 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090718100836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8157128.stm 18 July 2009 live 24 July – The results of the previous day's Norwich North by-election are announced. The Conservatives win with a majority of more than 7,000, making their candidate, 27-year-old Chloe Smith the youngest MP in the UK. The election was held following the resignation of Labour's Ian Gibson over the MPs expenses row earlier in the year. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8166398.stm Tories beat Labour in by-election BBC News 24 July 2009 24 July 2009 25 July – Harry Patch, the last British survivor of the First World War trenches and briefly the oldest man in the United Kingdom, dies aged 111.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111 BBC News 25 July 2009 25 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20130726134845/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm July 26, 2013 live Claude Choules, a 108-year-old former Royal Navy serviceman who was born in Worcestershire but now lives in Australia, is the last surviving British veteran of the war and one of just three surviving of any nationality.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5919952/Britains-last-surviving-First-World-War-veteran-Claude-Choules-says-war-was-boring.html Britain's last surviving First World War veteran Claude Choules says war was boring Daily Telegraph 27 July 2009 29 December 2009 London Bonnie Malkin 28 July – The International Rugby Board confirms that the United Kingdom has won the rights to stage both the 2013 Rugby League and the 2015 Rugby Union World Cups.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/28/rugby-union-league-world-cup Britain lands rugby World Cup double The Guardian Owen Gibson 28 July 2009 29 July 2009 London https://web.archive.org/web/20090730024645/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/28/rugby-union-league-world-cup 30 July 2009 live 30 July – Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy makes legal history by winning her battle to have the law on assisted suicide clarified after the Law Lords rule in her favour. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8177343.stm MS woman wins right-to-die fight BBC News 30 July 2009 30 July 2009 31 July – Gary McKinnon, an English man with Asperger syndrome loses his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges of hacking into US Government computers. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177561.stm Hacker loses extradition appeal BBC News 31 July 2009 31 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090731100507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8177561.stm 31 July 2009 live August 6 August – Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, who is gravely ill, is granted release from prison on compassionate grounds. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8188479.stm Train robber Biggs wins freedom BBC News 6 August 2009 6 August 2009 23 August – In cricket, the Ashes series concludes with England defeating Australia 2–1. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8217035.stm Victorious England regain Ashes BBC Sport Jamie Lillywhite 23 August 2009 26 August 2009 August – A metal detectorist discovers the Shrewsbury Hoard, about 10,000 Roman coins.Pett Daniel Recent discovery of a Roman Coin Hoard in the Shrewsbury Area http://finds.org.uk/blogs/centralunit/2009/09/07/recent-discovery-of-a-roman-coin-hoard-in-the-shrewsbury-area/ Portable Antiquities Scheme 2009-09-07 2010-07-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120306021611/http://finds.org.uk/blogs/centralunit/2009/09/07/recent-discovery-of-a-roman-coin-hoard-in-the-shrewsbury-area/ 2012-03-06 31 August - Temple School in Strood closes, merging with Chapter Girls School, to become Strood Academy, which opened in September 2009.2012-07-21 New Strood Academy ready to open doors in Medway https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-18938661 2025-12-14 BBC News en-GB September 7 September – Convictions and acquittals in the trial for those charged over the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6024663/Airlines-gang-guilty.html Three guilty of plotting biggest ever airline bombing Daily Telegraph Duncan Gardham 7 September 2009 29 December 2009 London 9 September – Westcountry Television completes the digital switchover process with the turning off of all analogue signals from the Caradon Hill transmitter.http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/west_country/caradon_hill Caradon Hill Digital UK 6 November 2008 28 March 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090822034125/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/west_country/caradon_hill August 22, 2009 14 September – Those convicted for their role in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot are sentenced. September - Strood Academy opens, following the closure of Chapter School and Temple School.2010-08-07 Go-ahead for Medway and Kent academies welcomed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-10901986 2025-12-14 BBC News en-GB October thumb|350px|A crowd protests BNP Leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC show Question Time. 18 October – England's Jenson Button wins the 2009 Formula One Drivers' Championship after finishing in 5th place at the Brazilian Grand Prix.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8313300.stm Brilliant Button clinches title BBC Sport 18 October 2009 19 October 2009 Chris Whyatt https://web.archive.org/web/20091020133013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8313300.stm 20 October 2009 live English based team Brawn GP, who Button drives for, secures the Constructors' Championship at the same race, in their debut season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8289217.stm Brawn win title in debut F1 year BBC Sport 18 October 2009 19 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021043626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8289217.stm 21 October 2009 live 22 October – British National Party leader Nick Griffin makes a controversial first appearance on the BBC One political debate programme Question Time. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8321157.stm Angry scenes face Griffin at BBC BBC News 22 October 2009 25 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725110152/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8321157.stm July 25, 2015 live He later announces his intention to make a formal complaint to the BBC for the way he believed he was treated by the programme's audience, who he described as a "lynch mob" and the show's other guests. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8322322.stm Griffin complaint over BBC 'mob' BBC News 23 October 2009 23 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091025072327/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8322322.stm 25 October 2009 live November 4 November – Granada Television begins the process of digital switchover.http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/granada/winter_hill Winter Hill Digital UK 28 March 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090804072541/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/granada/winter_hill August 4, 2009 14 November – Severe gales and heavy rain from an Atlantic storm cause floods and damage across southern England and Wales.http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/ht20091117.html http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091209175328/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/ht20091117.html dead 9 December 2009 Stormy weather 13 and 14 November 2009 17 November 2009 The Met Office 20 November 2009 19 November – Highest ever UK 24-hour rainfall total, 314.4 mm, recorded at Seathwaite Farm, Cumbriahttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr20091120.html http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091209150732/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr20091120.html dead 9 December 2009 Recent heavy rain over north-west Britain Met Office 20 November 2009 News Archive Met Office 21 November 2009 – a record which stands until December 2015. 20 November – Many towns and villages in Cumbria are flooded following several days of heavy rain. Three bridges collapse, one of them leading to the death of a police officer, who was standing on the bridge when it collapsed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8370692.stm Body found in floods search is missing policeman 20 November 2009 BBC News 20 November 2009 London https://web.archive.org/web/20091123100906/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8370692.stm 23 November 2009 live December 2 December – The Winter Hill transmitter has its remaining analogue signals turned off, completing the digital switchover process in the Granada Television region. The England 2018 FIFA World Cup bidding team announce the 12 cities which will be part of their campaign to host the tournament. Wembley Stadium, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, Manchester United's Old Trafford and Liverpool's Anfield or proposed new stadium are among the venues, as is the Stadium:mk in Milton Keynes which only opened in 2007.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/dec/16/england-2018-world-cup-cities London The Guardian Milton Keynes among winners as England 2018 host cities revealed 16 December 2009 6 July 2011 15 December – Paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George is jailed indefinitely after previously admitting to seven sexual assaults and six counts of making and distributing indecent pictures of children.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8345756.stm Jail term for nursery abuse woman 15 December 2009 news.bbc.co.uk 18 December – Heavy snowfall causes widespread disruption across large parts of South East England, East Anglia, the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8420057.stm Heavy snow causes travel chaos in parts of England BBC News 18 December 2009 18 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100131093323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8420057.stm 31 January 2010 live Undated The Church of England has designated 2009 as 'The Year of Child'http://www.yearofthechild2009.co.uk/ Year of the Child Website Yearofthechild2009.co.uk 28 March 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080511213303/http://www.yearofthechild2009.co.uk/ 11 May 2008 See also 2009 in Northern Ireland 2009 in Scotland 2009 in Wales References 30em collapsed England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2000s in England Category:2009 in Europe Category:2009 by country England