2016 in England

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See also:2015–16 in English football
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Further information: Politics of England

Events

January
  • 2 January – Rail fares in England, Scotland and Wales rise by 1.1%, in line with current inflation rates.[1]
  • 12 January – Junior doctors in England providing non-emergency care strike for 24 hours in a dispute with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over pay and working hours.[2]
  • 13 January – MPs have given initial support to the idea of England adopting an official national anthem.[3]
  • 14 January –
    • The gang of "brazen burglars" involved in the £14m Hatton Garden jewellery heist, dubbed the "largest burglary in English legal history", face jail after the final three are convicted of involvement.[4]
    • The Metropolitan Police announce that an extra 600 armed officers are to be trained and patrols more than doubled to help counter the threat of a terrorist attack in London.[5]
  • 15 January – Tim Peake conducts the first spacewalk by an "official" British astronaut, stepping outside an ISS airlock.[6]
  • 20 January – Unemployment rates fall to 5.1%, their lowest level in almost a decade, but figures show that wage growth has slowed.[7]

March
  • 22 March – Transgender fell-runner Lauren Jeska attempts to murder UK Athletics official Ralph Knibbs, stabbing him multiple times in Birmingham. Jeska had feared her records and ability to compete in women's events would be investigated due to the unfair advantage she had from being born male.[8]

May
  • 2 May - Leicester City wins Premier league title for the first time in the club's 132-year history.

August
  • 25 August – Shana Grice was murdered by an ex-boyfriend after he had stalked her.[9] Sussex Police were criticised for their failure to take Grice's complaints of stalking seriously.[10]

Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Rail fares increase by 1.1% in England, Scotland and Wales". BBC. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. Campbell, Denis (12 January 2016). "Junior doctors' strike: increasing optimism over deal to end dispute" – via The Guardian.
  3. "MPs back calls for English national anthem". BBC News. BBC. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. "Hatton Garden jewellery heist: Final three guilty over £14m burglary". BBC News. BBC. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. "Met Police to get 600 more armed police to boost terror response". BBC News. BBC. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. "Tim Peake begins historic spacewalk". BBC News. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. "UK jobless rate at 10-year low but wage growth slows". BBC News. BBC. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. Fell-runner Lauren Jeska tried to kill British athletics official because she feared the body would revoke her titles over transgender status
  9. "Teenager murdered by ex-boyfriend after police fined her for wasting their time over stalking complaint". The Independent. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. Khomami, Nadia (23 March 2017). "Shana Grice: murder trial judge criticises Sussex police for failing her". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  11. "Alan Rickman obituary". the Guardian. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  12. "Sir Terry Wogan obituary". the Guardian. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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