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A temperature above 40 °C is recorded for the first time in the UK, with a provisional Met Office reading of 40.3 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire beating the previous record high of 38.7 °C set in Cambridge in July 2019. [359] A record night-time temperature is also recorded for 18–19 July, with 25.9 °C at Emley Moor, West Yorkshire.
The UK government confirms the lifting of compulsory vaccines for care home workers in England from 15 March. [ 49 ] The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) serving Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath has expressed its concern at the low number of five to eleven-year-olds classed as clinically at risk taking up their offer of a COVID vaccine, with 4.7% ...
1 January – The warmest New Year's Day on record is reported, with temperatures of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) in St James's Park, central London. [1]16 January – Two teenagers are arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, United States.
Follow along with the 2022 Kentucky football season here. The story will be updated with game times, broadcast information and links to Herald-Leader recaps.
The UK government announces a scheme that will freeze wholesale gas and electricity prices for businesses for six months from 1 October. [175] 22 September – The UK government reverses the ban on fracking in the UK. [176] UK interest rates rise from 1.75 to 2.25%, the biggest increase in 27 years, as the Bank of England attempts to curb ...
Channel 4 airs the first free-to-air Super League rugby match (a game between Warrington and Leeds) after signing a two-year deal with the Rugby Football League that will see ten matches broadcast by the channel during 2022. [45] Natalie Imbruglia wins the third series of The Masked Singer disguised as Panda. Overnight viewing figures show that ...
2–5 June 2022 – Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday and Celebrations. [15] 15 June – The European Union launches legal action against the United Kingdom, alleging a breach of post-Brexit agreements regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. [41] 16 June – A prison van is rammed in Co. Monaghan; an Armagh-based gang is suspected. [42]
Climatologists say the extreme heat was due to climate change. 2022 was the UK's warmest year since records began in 1884, with an average annual temperature above 10 °C (50 °F) for the first time. [1] The 2022 heatwaves contributed to the death of nearly 3000 people, most of whom were 65 years or older. [2] [3]