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14 July – Reality television game show Big Brother first airs in the UK. 17 July – Murder of Sarah Payne: an 8-year-old Surrey girl is found dead in West Sussex, having gone missing sixteen days earlier. On 23 July, the News of the World starts a campaign for Sarah's Law, a child sex offender disclosure scheme.
2000s; 2010s; 2020s; 2030s; 2040s; 2050s; Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. 2000s elections in the United ...
Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime minister", beginning in the 18th century. Since 1902, prime ministers have always held the office of First Lord of the Treasury. [4]
The Labour government's upturn in popularity continues as the latest MORI poll puts them 31 points ahead of the Conservatives on 56%. [4] 24 November – The 2001 Kangaroo tour concludes with the Australia national rugby league team defeating Great Britain in the 3rd and deciding test match of the Ashes series. [58]
53 acts of Parliament were passed in 2000: 45 public general acts and 8 local acts. indicates that an act is available to view at legislation.gov.uk, and indicates the location of the original act in the Parliamentary Archives.
Sales of The Times were around 40,000, [2] and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market, [3] but Sunday papers were more popular, some boasting sales of more than 100,000. [2] Later in the century, the Daily News came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, [ 1 ] while by 1890, The Daily Telegraph had a ...
The 2000 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2000 – Prudent for a Purpose: Working for a Stronger and Fairer Britain was the formal government budget for the year 2000. [ 1 ] Background
18 June – Following a series of hooliganism incidents by England fans, UEFA threatens to expel England from Euro 2000 if there is any further trouble. [16] 20 June – England's hopes of winning Euro 2000 are ended when they lose 3–2 to Romania in the final group game, again after taking the lead earlier in the game. [17]