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Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement Devon: 4 June: Traditional It is Saint Petroc’s Day Dorset: 1 June: Traditional The Feast Day of St Wite. Durham: 20 March: Traditional The Feast Day of St Cuthbert. [3] Hampshire: 15 July: 2019 The Feast Day of St Swithun. Designated by Hampshire County Council [4 ...
New Year's Day did not become a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland until 1 January 1974. Boxing Day did not become a bank holiday in Scotland until 1974. [9] Starting in 1965, experimentally, the August Bank Holiday weekend was observed at the end of August "to give a lead in extending British holidays over a longer summer ...
The Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum return a number of artefacts to Ghana on long-term loan, more than 150 years after they were taken. [319] The Metropolitan Police says it will partly reinvestigate its decision to charge television presenter Caroline Flack with assaulting her boyfriend because "new witness evidence may be ...
A round of local government reorganisation took place in England between 2019 and 2023 during the Conservative governments of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.Here several large unitary authorities were created between either by abolition of district councils, (in Somerset, Dorset, Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire), or by the abolition of county councils and grouping of districts into new ...
English: Map showing the Regions of England and the constituent metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties from 1 April 2023. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits: West: 6.75°W; East: 2.0°E; North: 56.0°N; South: 49.75°N; Changes since the 2021 version: New unitary authority areas: Cumberland
← 2023 2022 2021 2024 in England → 2025 2026 2027 Centuries: 19th 20th 21st Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: 2023–24 in English football 2024–25 in English football 2024 in the United Kingdom Other events of 2024 Events of the year 2024 in England. Incumbent Further information: Politics of England Events January 1 January – Figures published by NHS England show that almost three ...
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The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.