2002 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 2002 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 1 January – Ford unveils their all-new Fiesta supermini which is due on sale in March, but the new model will not be produced in Dagenham, instead, it will be produced in Ford's other European plants in Germany and Spain.
- 5 January - The animated series of Mr. Bean premieres on ITV1. based on Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean.
- 7 January – It is announced that a record of 2,450,000 new cars were sold during 2001, breaking the previous record set in 1989. The Ford Focus was Britain's best-selling car for the third year in a row.[1]
- 14 January – The foot and mouth crisis is declared over after eleven months.[2]
- 25 January – Detectives investigating the murder of an unknown boy, called "Adam", whose torso was found in the Thames last year, announce that he may have been the victim of a so-called muti ritual killing.[3]
February
- 8–24 February – Great Britain competes at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and wins 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.
- 9 February – Princess Margaret, the Queen's younger sister, dies after suffering a stroke aged 71.[4]
- 14 February – 2002 Ogmore by-election: The Labour Party candidate Huw Irranca-Davies holds the seat held by Sir Ray Powell until his death[5]
- 15 February – The funeral of Princess Margaret takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
- 18 February – Thoburn v Sunderland City Council decided.
- 19 February – Ford ends 90 years of British car production with the loss of more than 2,000 jobs after the last Fiesta was made at their factory in Dagenham, ahead of the launch of a new generation model in the Spring. However, the plant will be retained for the production of engines and gearboxes and Ford will continue to make commercial vehicles at their plant in Southampton.[6]
- 20 February – Andrew Aston, a 29-year-old Birmingham cocaine addict,[7] is sentenced to 26 concurrent terms of Life imprisonment – officially the longest prison sentence imposed on any criminal in England and Wales – for murdering two elderly people in robberies and attacking 24 others.[8]
- 27 February – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport.
March
April
- April – Nursing and Midwifery Council takes over the registration function for nurses.[13]
- 4 April – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's funeral procession in London from the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace to Westminster Hall to lie in state.
- 9 April – The funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. She is buried beside her husband and daughter at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- 23 April – A badly decomposed female body is found in the River Thames; and is feared to be that of Amanda Dowler.[14]
- 24 April – The body found in the River Thames is identified as that of 73-year-old Mrs. Maisie Thomas, who was last seen alive near her home in Shepperton just over a year ago and whose death is not believed to be suspicious.[14]
- 25 April – Two 16-year-old twin brothers are cleared of murdering 10-year-old Damilola Taylor, who was stabbed to death in South London 17 months earlier.[15]
- 29 April – As part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations, the Queen dines at 10 Downing Street with the five living former prime ministers who have served under her; Tony Blair, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan and Edward Heath. She is also joined by several relatives of deceased former Prime Ministers, including Clarissa Eden, widow of Prime Minister Anthony Eden.[16]
May
June
July
- July – London City Hall is opened on the south bank of the River Thames, designed by Norman Foster.
- 1 July – Rochdale Canal, crossing the Pennines, reopened throughout for leisure traffic.
- 3 July – Decapitation of a statue of Margaret Thatcher: a man decapitates a statue of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on display at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London.[29]
- 5 July – The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, designed by Daniel Libeskind, opens.
- 8 July – John Taylor, a 46-year-old postman from Bramley in Leeds, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan. Leanne was last seen alive in Leeds City Centre on 26 November 2000 and her body was found in the Yorkshire countryside nine months later. Police believed that Taylor may have been responsible for other unsolved sex attacks and murders in the Yorkshire area, and the trial judge has warned Taylor to expect to spend the rest of his life in prison.[30]
- 9 July – Clydebank F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division become defunct after a takeover by the owners of the new Airdrie United club, who take their place in the Scottish league and continue the tradition of senior football in the town of Airdrie following the recent demise of Airdrieonians, whose stadium they will play at.[31]
- 12 July – Ribble Link waterway opened for leisure traffic.
- 13 July – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art opens in the converted Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead.
- 22 July – Rio Ferdinand becomes the most expensive player in English football when he completes his £29,100,000 transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United.[32]
- 23 July
- 25 July – The Commonwealth Games, hosted by Manchester are opened by HM The Queen. The event also marks the opening of the City of Manchester Stadium, which will host the games. It will be partly remodelled after the games are over to become home of Manchester City F.C. from August 2003.
- 30 July – Heavy rain overnight results in the floods in Glasgow.
August
- 2 August – 2002 Barrow-in-Furness legionellosis outbreak: First fatality in an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Barrow-in-Furness which results in seven deaths and 172 cases throughout the month, ranking it as the worst in the UK's history and fifth-worst worldwide.
- 4 August – 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman go missing in Soham, Cambridgeshire.[35]
- 5 August – Police and volunteers in the Soham area begin the search for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.[36]
- 7 August – Police investigating the case of the two missing Soham girls seize a white van in nearby Wentworth and admit they are now looking at the case as a possible abduction.[36]
- 12 August – A possible sighting of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman is reported by a local taxi driver who claims to have seen the driver of a green car struggling with two children and driving recklessly along the A142 into Newmarket on the evening the girls went missing.[36]
- 13 August – Two mounds of disturbed earth are found at Warren Hill, near Newmarket, in the same area where screams were reported on the night that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing. It is initially feared that the mounds of earth were the graves of the two girls, but a police examination fails to uncover any link to the girls.[36]
- 16 August – Ian Huntley, caretaker of Soham Village College, and his girlfriend Maxine Carr, are questioned in connection with the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, but are released after seven hours in custody.[36]
- 17 August – Following the recovery of items of major interest to the police investigation, Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr are arrested again on suspicion of murder, as police admit for the first time that they fear the missing girls are now dead. Several hours later, two "severely decomposed and partially skeletonised" bodies are found in the Lakenheath area; they have not been identified but police say that they are likely to be those of the two missing girls.[36]
- 21 August – Ian Huntley, detained under the Mental Health Act, is charged with the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is charged with perverting the course of justice. Both are remanded in custody.[19] Meanwhile, police confirm that the two bodies found at Lakenheath are those of the two girls.[37]
September
- 20 September – Police confirm that human remains found in woodland in north Hampshire are those of Milly Dowler, who went missing in Surrey six months ago. A murder investigation is launched.
- 22 September – An earthquake in Dudley is felt throughout England and Wales.[38]
October
November
- 1 November – Diana, Princess of Wales' former butler, Paul Burrell, is cleared of stealing from the late princess' estate after it was revealed that he had told The Queen that he was keeping some of her possessions.
- 13 November – 2002-2003 UK firefighter dispute begins.[41]
- 15 November – Moors murderer Myra Hindley dies in West Suffolk Hospital at the age of 60 after being hospitalised with a heart attack. She was in the 37th year of her life sentence and had spent the last decade attempting to gain parole, having been told by no less than four Home Secretaries that she would have to spend the rest of her life in prison, having previously increased her minimum term from 25 to 30 years during the 1980s, and then to a whole life tariff in 1990. Media sources report that the Home Office will soon be stripped of its power to set minimum terms for life sentence prisoners, and Hindley had been widely expected to gain parole in the near future as a result.[42]
- 20 November
- German anatomist Gunther von Hagens conducts a public autopsy in a London theatre; the first in Britain in more than 170 years.[33]
- 40 years after the first James Bond film was made, the twentieth film is released in British cinemas as Pierce Brosnan bows out as Bond in Die Another Day after four films in seven years.[43]
- 23 November – The Miss World beauty competition is held in London after rioting in the Nigerian capital Lagos prevented it from being hosted there.[33]
- 24 November – Home Secretary David Blunkett rules that four convicted child murderers should spend at least 50 years in prison before being considered for parole. This ruling means that Roy Whiting, Howard Hughes, Timothy Morss and Brett Tyler are likely to remain behind bars until at least the ages of 92, 80, 79 and 81 respectively.
- 26 November – Politicians in England and Wales lose their power to set minimum terms on life sentence prisoners after the European Court of Human Rights and the High Court both rule in favour of a legal challenge by convicted double murderer Anthony Anderson. Anderson had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988 and the trial judge recommended that he should serve a minimum of 15 years before being considered for parole, but the Home Secretary later decided on a 20-year minimum term.
- 30 November – Girl band Girls Aloud are formed from the five female contestants who win the ITV talent show .[44]
December
Undated
- Appz Magazine is founded.
- BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development), the country's first large-scale zero energy housing development, of 99 homes in Beddington, London, designed by Bill Dunster, is completed.
- The mobile network BT Cellnet changes its name to O2.
- Over 50% of the UK population (well over 30,000,000 people) now have internet access.
- Car sales in Britain reach a record level for the second year running, now exceeding 2,500,000 for the first time ever. The Ford Focus is Britain's best-selling car for the fourth year in a row with more than 150,000 sold and Ford retains its lead of the manufacturers for British sales which it has held since 1975. They have a total of four model ranges among Britain's top 10 selling cars for the first time since 1989. Vauxhall, Peugeot, Renault and Volkswagen also enjoy strong sales.
- Moneyhelpline price comparison service company is founded in Kent.[50]
- Nip & Tuck, a DJ and producer collaboration release their first dance production.[51]
- Thornton's Bookshop closes, Oxford's oldest bookshop.
Publications
Births
- 2 January – Jonjo Heuerman, charity fundraiser
- 18 January – Samuel Joslin, actor (The Impossible, Paddington)
- 31 January – Jensen Weir, English footballer
- 1 February – Connor Smith, Scottish footballer (Hearts)
- 11 February – Barry Baggley, Northern Irish footballer (Fleetwood Town)[52]
- 23 February – Emilia Jones, English actress
- 10 March – Noni Madueke, English footballer
- 16 March – Isabelle Allen, English actress
- 27 March – Ty Tennant, English actor
- 4 April – Damian Hurley, actor and model
- 18 April – Maya Le Tissier, footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion)[53]
- 4 May – Joe Gelhardt, footballer (Wigan Athletic)[54]
- 6 May – Cole Palmer, footballer[55]
- 10 May – Haydon Roberts, footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion)[56]
- 14 May – Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, member of the British Royal Family, daughter of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon and Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon.
- 31 May – Nathan Wood, footballer (Middlesbrough)[57]
- 26 June – Hayden Hackney, footballer[58]
- 26 July – Morgan Rogers, footballer (West Bromwich Albion)[59]
- 30 July – Finn Ecrepont, Scottish footballer (Ayr United)[60]
- 4 August – Kieron Williamson, watercolourist
- 8 August – Katie Robinson, footballer (Bristol City)[61]
- 9 August – Owen Beck, Welsh footballer[62]
- 17 August – Chloe Hawthorn, actress
- 4 September – Alfie Chang, Malaysian footballer
- 21 September – Isabella Blake-Thomas, actor
- 1 October – Milo Parker, child actor (Mr. Holmes, The Durrells, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
- 2 October – Luke Matheson, footballer (Rochdale)[63]
- 10 October – James Trafford, footballer[64]
- 6 November – Mya-Lecia Naylor, actress, model and singer (died 2019)
- 13 November – Emma Raducanu, Canadian-born tennis player[65]
- 2 December – Eden Cheng, diver
- 22 December – Emma Finucane, Welsh track cyclist
- Approximate date – Jack Topping, chorister
Deaths
January
- 6 January – Marian Wenzel, art historian (born 1932)
- 7 January – Geoffrey Crossley, racing driver (born 1921)
- 8 January
- 10 January – Cedric Smith, statistician (born 1917)
- 12 January
- 14 January – Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington, sociologist who coined the term "meritocracy" (born 1915)
- 15 January – Jeremy Hawk, actor (born 1918)
- 16 January – Robert Hanbury Brown, astronomer (born 1916, India)
- 17 January
- 19 January – Jeff Astle, footballer (born 1942)
- 21 January – Marjorie Lewty, writer (born 1906)
- 22 January – Eric de Maré, architectural photographer (born 1910)
- 26 January – Dorothy Carrington, writer (born 1910)
- 27 January – John James, racing driver (born 1914)
- 29 January
February
- 2 February – Robin Medforth-Mills, professor and former husband of Princess Elena of Romania (born 1942)
- 6 February – Max Perutz, molecular biologist (born 1914, Austria-Hungary)
- 7 February
- 8 February – Bob Wooler, disc jockey (born 1926)
- 9 February – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, sister of the Queen (born 1930)
- 10 February – John Erickson, historian (born 1929)
- 11 February – Barry Foster, actor (heart attack) (born 1931)
- 13 February – Sidney Weighell, footballer and trade unionist (born 1922)
- 14 February – Mick Tucker, rock drummer (Sweet) (born 1947)
- 16 February
- 17 February – Anthony Benjamin, painter, sculptor and printmaker (born 1931)
- 21 February
- 22 February – Raymond Firth, anthropologist (born 1901, New Zealand)
- 25 February – Claire Davenport, actress (born 1933)
- 27 February – Spike Milligan, comedian, writer and poet (born 1918, India)
March
- 1 March
- 3 March – Roy Porter, historian (born 1946)
- 4 March
- 5 March
- 6 March – Donald Wilson, screenwriter and television producer (born 1910)
- 7 March – Geoff Charles, Welsh photojournalist (born 1909)
- 9 March – Hamish Henderson, Scottish poet (born 1919)
- 16 March – Sir Marcus Fox, Conservative politician (born 1927)
- 23 March – James Culliford, actor (born 1927)
- 25 March – Kenneth Wolstenholme, sports commentator (born 1920)
- 27 March – Dudley Moore, comedian and actor (born 1935)
- 28 March – F. N. Souza, artist (born 1924, India)
- 30 March – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, consort of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II (born 1900)
- 31 March – Barry Took, comedian, writer and broadcast presenter (born 1928)
April
- 6 April – Margaret Wingfield, Liberal politician (born 1912)
- 8 April – Sir Nigel Bagnall, field marshal and former Chief of the General Staff (born 1927)
- 12 April – Henry van Straubenzee, Army lieutenant-colonel and cricketer (born 1914, South Africa)
- 14 April – Sir Michael Kerr, judge (born 1921, Germany)
- 15 April
- 16 April – Billy Ayre, football coach, manager and former player (born 1952)
- 17 April – James Copeland, actor (born 1918)
- 18 April – Cy Laurie, musician (born 1926)
- 21 April – Terry Walsh, actor and stuntman (born 1939)
- 25 April – Michael Bryant, actor (born 1928)
- 27 April – Arthur Owen, racing driver (born 1915)
- 28 April
May
- 1 May – John Nathan-Turner, screenwriter and producer (born 1947)
- 2 May – Olive Cook, writer and artist (born 1912)
- 3 May – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Labour politician (born 1910)
- 4 May – John Hasted, physicist and folk musician (born 1921)
- 7 May
- 10 May – Austen Kark, television executive (killed in the Potters Bar rail crash) (born 1926)
- 11 May – Diane Pretty, right-to-die campaigner (born 1958)
- 12 May – Richard Chorley, geographer (born 1927)
- 14 May – Sir Laurence Sinclair, air marshal (born 1908)
- 15 May – Bryan Pringle, actor (born 1935)
- 17 May – James Chichester-Clark, Northern Irish politician (born 1923)
- 18 May – Davey Boy Smith, professional wrestler (born 1962)[66]
- 19 May – Raymond Durgnat, film critic (born 1932)
- 21 May – Roy Paul, footballer (born 1920)
- 25 May – Pat Coombs, actress (born 1926)
- 27 May
June
- 7 June – Rodney Hilton, historian (born 1916)
- 11 June – Peter John Stephens, children's author (born 1912)
- 14 June – George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry, peer (born 1934)
- 17 June – Louis George Alexander, teacher and author (born 1932)
- 18 June – Michael Coulson, lawyer and politician (born 1927)
- 19 June – William Summers, former Crown Jeweller (born 1930)
- 24 June – Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, peer and Army general (born 1915)
- 25 June
- 27 June – John Entwistle, bassist (The Who) (born 1944)
July
- 4 July
- 7 July – Ray Wood, footballer (Manchester United) (born 1931)
- 9 July
- 14 July – Michael Stern, educator (car accident) (born 1922)
- 15 July
- 17 July – Clare Fell, archaeologist (born 1912)
- 18 July – Victor Emery, physicist and academic (born 1933)
- 19 July – Frank Taylor, sports journalist (born 1920)
- 21 July
- 23 July – Arnold Weinstock, Baron Weinstock, businessman (born 1924)
- 24 July – Maurice Denham, actor (born 1909)
- 25 July – Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, peer (born 1938)
- 26 July
- 28 July – Archer John Porter Martin, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
- 29 July – Peter Bayliss, actor (born 1922)
August
- 1 August – Geoffrey Paulson Townsend, architect (born 1911)
- 4 August – Carmen Silvera, actress (born 1922)
- 5 August – Winifred Watson, writer (born 1906)
- 6 August
- 7 August – Molly Harrison, museum curator (born 1909)
- 9 August
- 11 August – Richard Wood, Baron Holderness, Conservative politician (born 1920)
- 12 August
- 14 August – Peter R. Hunt, film editor (born 1925)
- 17 August – Tony Zemaitis, guitar maker (born 1935)
- 18 August – Edward Crew, Royal Air Force officer in World War II (born 1917)
- 20 August – John Willett, translator (born 1917)
- 21 August – Jimmy Deane, revolutionary socialist (born 1921)
- 23 August – Stafford Beer, theorist and author (born 1926)
- 29 August – Lance Macklin, racing driver (born 1919)
- 31 August – George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
September
- 1 September – Peter Ramsden, rugby league player (born 1934)
- 2 September – Robert Wilson, astrophysicist (born 1927)
- 3 September – Len Wilkinson, cricketer (Lancashire) (born 1916)
- 5 September – William Cooper, novelist (born 1910)
- 6 September
- 7 September
- 8 September – Ken Ashton, journalist and trade union leader (born 1925)
- 12 September – Neil Shields, politician and businessman (born 1919)
- 13 September – Sir Douglas Black, physician (born 1913)
- 14 September – Frederic Bennett, lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1918)
- 16 September – Archibald Hall, convicted serial killer (born 1924)
- 20 September – Joan Littlewood, theatre director (born 1914)
- 23 September – Vernon Corea, broadcaster (born 1927)
- 29 September – Bob Cobbing, poet (born 1920)
- 30 September – Ewart Oakeshott, illustrator (born 1916)
October
- 4 October
- 5 October
- 6 October – Nick Whitehead, Olympic sprinter (1960) (born 1933)
- 8 October – Phyllis Calvert, actress (born 1915)
- 10 October – Lady Marguerite Tangye, debutante and actress (born 1913)
- 12 October
- 14 October
- 17 October – Pattie Coldwell, television presenter (born 1952)
- 18 October – Sir Cecil Blacker, Army general (born 1916)
- 22 October – Robert Nixon, cartoonist (born 1939)
- 23 October – Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, historian and wife of Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (born 1906)
- 25 October – Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford, peer (born 1917)
- 28 October – Thomas Patrick Russell, judge (born 1926)
- 31 October
November
- 1 November – Sir Charles Wilson, political scientist (born 1909)
- 2 November
- 3 November
- 7 November
- 8 November
- 12 November – David Francis Clyde, physician (born 1925)
- 13 November – Frederick Valentine Atkinson, mathematician, discoverer of Atkinson's theorem (born 1916)
- 15 November
- W. J. Burley, crime writer (born 1914)
- Myra Hindley, convicted Moors murderer (born 1942)
- 16 November
- 20 November – George Guest, organist and choirmaster (born 1924)
- 22 November – Iain Hook, aid worker (murdered in Palestine) (born 1948)
- 25 November
- 27 November – Stanley Black, composer and bandleader (born 1913)
- 29 November – John Justin, actor (born 1917)
- 30 November – Bill Sparks, Royal Marine Commando in World War II (born 1922)
December
- 2 December
- 5 December – Ann Welch, glider pilot (born 1917)
- 7 December – Clare Deniz, jazz pianist (born 1911)
- 10 December
- 11 December – Arthur Metcalfe, racing cyclist (born 1938)
- 13 December – Ronald Butt, journalist (born 1920)
- 17 December
- Colin Clark, film-maker (born 1932)
- Frank Jordan, Chief Constable of Kent (born 1930)
- 18 December – Bert Millichip, chairman of The Football Association (born 1914)
- 19 December
- 20 December – Joanne Campbell, actress (born 1964)
- 22 December – Joe Strummer, punk rock musician (The Clash) (born 1952)
- 23 December – Anthony Besch, opera and theatre director (born 1924)
- 24 December – Jake Thackray, singer-songwriter (born 1938)
- 29 December – Paul Hawkins, Conservative politician (born 1912)
- 30 December – Mary Wesley, novelist (born 1912)[69]
See also
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