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Recent Did you know? items |
* ... that Jenny Hurn in Lincolnshire, England, is said to be haunted by a boggart that crosses the River Trent in a dish propelled by oars the size of teaspoons? * ... that '''[[Jenny Hurn]]''' in Lincolnshire, England, is said to be haunted by a [[boggart]] that crosses the [[River Trent]] in a dish propelled by oars the size of teaspoons?
* ... that a gunman who, in 1960, shot three people dead in Sheffield, England, was deported to Somalia, where he was killed in a shoot-out while "running amok"? * ... that a gunman who, in 1960, '''[[East House mass shooting|shot three people dead]]''' in [[Sheffield]], England, was deported to Somalia, where he was killed in a shoot-out while "running amok"?
* ... that the '''[[Larmanjat guided rail system]]''' was successfully demonstrated in England but failed completely when used commercially in [[Lisbon]]?
* ... that '''[[List of New England Revolution managers|New England Revolution manager]]''' [[Bruce Arena]] led the club to a record-breaking 73 points in the [[2021 New England Revolution season|2021 season]]?
* ... that [[Rachel Chinouriri]] decided to include the [[Flag of England|English flag]] on the cover art of '''''[[What a Devastating Turn of Events]]''''' to celebrate her [[Black British people|Black British]] identity?
* ... that the first time the [[New England Revolution]] '''[[New England Revolution in international competition|competed in an international competition]]''', they played their "home" match at [[Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto|their opponent's stadium]]? |
Recent In the news items |
- 5 August 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
:Rioting takes place in [[Plymouth]] and [[Birmingham]], [[England]], while [[Police Service of Northern Ireland|police]] are attacked with [[molotov cocktail]]s in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], as the number of people arrested rises to 400. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvpp3e7mn4o (BBC News)]
- 2 August 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom riots
:[[Riot]]ing occurs in [[Sunderland]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]], as hundreds of [[Far-right politics in the United Kingdom|far-right]] protesters attempt to march on a [[mosque]] and clash with [[Northumbria Police|riot police]] in the city centre. A [[police station]] is [[arson|set on fire]] by rioters. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnl0lkrxgvxo (BBC News)]
- 30 July 2024 –
:[[United Kingdom|British]] Islamic preacher [[Anjem Choudary]] is sentenced to [[Life imprisonment in England and Wales|life in prison]] with a minimum sentence of 28 years for directing the [[al-Muhajiroun]] militant network. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/radical-british-preacher-anjem-choudary-sentenced-life-prison-112397501 (ABC News)]
- 29 July 2024 – 2024 Southport stabbing
:Three children are killed and ten other people are injured in a [[mass stabbing]] at a dance school in [[Southport]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]]. A teenager is subsequently arrested. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cevwgqz0x41t (BBC News)]
- 21 July 2024 –
:Six people, including two children, are killed in a [[multiple-vehicle collision]] in [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]. [https://news.sky.com/story/six-people-including-two-children-killed-in-car-crash-near-wakefield-13183064 (Sky News)]
- 18 July 2024 –
:The [[Southwark Crown Court]] sentences five [[Just Stop Oil]] activists, including co-founder [[Roger Hallam (activist)|Roger Hallam]], to [[His Majesty's Prison Service|prison]] terms ranging from four to five years for organizing protests that [[Traffic obstruction|blocked]] the [[M25 motorway]] in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]], in 2022. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/18/climate/just-stop-oil-prison-sentence-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
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