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A century after the 1871 act, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), which currently regulates bank holidays in the UK, was passed. [14] The majority of the current bank holidays were specified in the 1971 Act: however New Year's Day and May Day were not introduced throughout the whole of the UK until 1974 and 1978 respectively. [15]
3 April – The UK's last circus elephant is retired. [36] 4 April – As part of the government's package of welfare reforms, the one-and-a-half million people in the UK who are claiming Incapacity Benefit begin to receive letters asking them to attend a work capability assessment. The tests are part of government plans to reduce the number of ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in the United Kingdom" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Despite using calendars that are apart by 13 days, Western Easter and Orthodox Easter occasionally fall on the same date, as happened in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2017. For example, according to the Western (Gregorian) calendar, the first Paschal Full Moon after the Spring Equinox (March 21) fell on Monday, April 14, 2014.
Wikiproject Calendars compiles worldwide holidays in different calendar formats, and provides links to information on each holiday. Please feel free to add holidays to the calendars, and move the blue square that highlights the current day.
Pages in category "Holidays in England" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. August Bank Holiday; E.
Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708 in the Hebrew calendar). Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5 Iyar, so it occurs between 3 and 6 Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the Gregorian calendar.
7 August – 2011 England riots: The Metropolitan Police struggles to restore order in Tottenham, London after a riot the previous evening. [ 25 ] 8 August – Prime Minister David Cameron cuts short his holiday to chair a meeting of the COBRA Committee as rioting in London continues into its third day and violence spreads across England with ...