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November – Snettisham Hoard discovered near King's Lynn. 8 November – The King issues Letters Patent granting the title of Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom, with the style Royal Highness, to the children of The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. Their first child is due later this month.
8 November – First BBC Local Radio station broadcast, BBC Radio Leicester. 18 November – Movement of animals was banned in England and Wales due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. [32] 19 November – The pound was devalued from 1 GBP = 2.80 USD to 1 GBP = US$2.40 because of the UK's
9 November – Footballer Marcus Rashford is awarded an MBE for his campaigning to help vulnerable children. [378] 11 November – A record daily number of migrant crossings between France and the UK is reported, with around 1,000 people intercepted by border patrols. The cumulative total of 23,000 for the year is far higher than previous years.
11 November – The New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms is opened. [49] 13 November – McDonald's opens its first UK restaurant in Woolwich, South East London. [50] 21 November – 21 people are killed in the Birmingham pub bombings. [51] 24 November – The Birmingham Six are charged with the Birmingham pub bombings. [52]
26 November – The Race Relations Act is passed, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people in the United Kingdom because of their ethnic background. [47] 29 November – Dawley New Town (Designation) Amendment (Telford) Order extends the boundaries of Dawley New Town in Shropshire and renames it Telford.
2 November – The ITV soap opera Crossroads airs for the first time. It will run until 1988 and be revived in 2001, ending again in 2003. [9] 9 November – The House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain. The last execution took place in August and the death penalty is set to be officially abolished before the ...
12 November – Disappearance of Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew from Inverness in Scotland; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case. [ 37 ] 16 November – The seven perpetrators of an £8,000,000 van robbery at the Bank of America in Mayfair are sentenced to a total of 100 years in jail.
25 November Edward Hyams, author, historian and gardener (born 1910) Moyna Macgill, actress (born 1895) 27 November – Ross McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (assassinated) (born 1925) 29 November Tony Brise, racing driver, plane crash (born 1952) Graham Hill, racing driver, plane crash (born 1929)