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Events from the year 2009 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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  • 1 February – Three day state visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao begins; pro-Tibet protestors stage2 a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London.
  • 2 February
  • 3 February – Adverse weather conditions continue to cause widespread disruption to education and transport in large parts of England.[39]
  • 5 February
    • Further heavy snow in parts of England and Wales cause fresh school closures and travel disruption.[40]
    • The Halifax reports a rise in house prices of 1.9% in January. However, it also reports that, on average, the price of a house fell by 17.2% in the 12 months since January 2008.[41]
    • Workers participating in unofficial strikes over the use of foreign workers agree to return to work after a compromise deal is struck by Acas.[42]
    • The Bank of England reduces the base rate of interest by 0.5% to 1.0%, the fifth reduction since October 2008.[43]
    • Undefeated boxing champion Joe Calzaghe announces his retirement from the sport after 46 fights over more than 15 years.[44]
  • 8 February – At the 62nd British Academy Film Awards, the 'BAFTAs', British drama Slumdog Millionaire wins seven awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Danny Boyle. British actress Kate Winslet also wins the award for Best Leading Actress for her performance in The Reader.[45]
  • 9 February – Chelsea F.C. manager Luiz Felipe Scolari is dismissed by the club's board after results deteriorate "at a key time in the season".[46] It comes just hours after fellow Premier League manager, Tony Adams of Portsmouth F.C., is dismissed, again after a poor run of results.[47]
  • 10 February – The former chief executives of the two British banks hit hardest by the recent banking crisis, Fred Goodwin of Royal Bank of Scotland and Andy Hornby of HBOS, apologise "profoundly and unreservedly" for their respective banks' failure in an evidence session with the Treasury Select Committee.[48]
  • 11 February
    • The Metropolitan Police announced they will not launch an investigation into the recent Cash for Influence scandal in the House of Lords.[49]
    • The Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Sir James Crosby, resigns amid allegations that, whilst chief executive of HBOS, he dismissed a senior manager who raised concerns that the bank was exposed to too much risk.[50]
    • Four people, including two teenage air cadets, are killed in a mid-air collision between two light aircraft over the Welsh coast.[51]
    • The Office for National Statistics announced that UK unemployment has risen to 1.97 million, an increase of 146,000 in the last three months.[52]
  • 12 February – A British soldier serving in Iraq, later named as Private Ryan Wrathall, dies in what the Ministry of Defence described as a 'shooting incident'. This takes the total number of British forces to die in the conflict to 179, and marks the first British death in Iraq in 2009.[53]
  • 13 February
  • 14 February – A Royal Marine from 45 Commando, later named by the Ministry of Defence as Marine Darren Smith, is killed by enemy gunfire in Southern Afghanistan. This takes the total number of British forces to die in the conflict to 144.[1]
  • 16 February – A British soldier from 1st Battalion The Rifles, later named as Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott, is killed by enemy fire in Southern Afghanistan. This increases the total number of British forces to die in the conflict to 145.[1]
  • 17 February
    • Amid growing public and political pressure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announces a reduction in the payment of bonuses to senior staff at RBS and that these reduced bonuses will be paid in shares, rather than cash.[56]
    • Official figures show that the UK's CPI, the official measure of inflation, has fallen by 0.1% in January to 3.1%. The alternative measure of inflation, the Retail Price Index, fell by 0.8% to 0.1% in the same monthly period.[57]
  • 18 February – The Yorkshire Ripper is released from Broadmoor Hospital to face a life sentence for killing 13 women and attempting to kill 7 more, after doctors claim he has been treated for schizophrenia.
  • 22 February
  • 23 February – Binyam Mohamed, a British national suspected of involvement in terrorist activities, is returned to the United Kingdom after being held at Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre for more than four years. Mohammed alleges that he was subject to extraordinary rendition and that UK agents were complicit in his torture.[62]
  • 25 February
  • 26 February – The Royal Bank of Scotland, as expected, announces annual losses totalling £24.1 billion, the biggest loss in British corporate history. It is also confirmed that the bank is to receive a further £13 billion from the government in return for an increased stake in the company.[66] Alongside this announcement, the bank announces that its former chief executive, Fred Goodwin, is to receive a £693,000-a-year pension for life. This leads to widespread condemnation, whilst the government threaten legal action to claw back the payments.[67]
  • 27 February – Lloyds Banking Group announces that their HBOS subsidiary made annual losses of £10.8 billion in 2008. The Lloyds TSB division of the group made a profit of £807 million, down 80% on 2007.[68]
  • 28 February – The government launches an inquiry into a Fred Goodwin's pension and massive losses by HBOS in 2008.

March

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April

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  • April – The economy continues to decline dramatically, with statistics showing a 2.4% rate of contraction for the first quarter of this year.
  • 1 April
    • A Super Puma helicopter crashes in the North Sea whilst transporting oil-rig workers. All 16 people on board, 14 passengers and 2 crew, are killed.[84]
    • Protests are held across London ahead of the following day's G20 summit. Police report 63 arrests across the city, where a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland is targeted by protesters, believed to be as a result of the ongoing anger at the pension of former chief executive, Fred Goodwin. The Metropolitan Police later announce that one protester had died of a heart-attack during the protests.[85]
      The world leaders present at the G-20 London Summit, 2 April 2009
      On 5 April the Independent Police Complaints Commission announces an investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson, the protester. Video footage emerges on 7 April showing him being pushed to the ground by a police officer.
  • 2 April – The 2009 G20 London summit is held in response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. The summit ends in the leaders announcing various measures, including a $1.1 trillion investment in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.[86]
  • 3 April – Vincent Nichols is named as the new Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, replacing Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
  • 8 April
    • Analogue television signals begin to be switched off in the Westcountry Television area as part of the UK's ongoing process of digital switchover.[87]
    • Police and MI5 conduct eight counter-terrorism raids in North-West England. The raids have had to be brought forward because operational details had been visible on a document being carried by an assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bob Quick as he arrived at 10 Downing Street for a meeting with the Prime Minister earlier in the day; Mr Quick resigned the following day.
  • 11 April – Gordon Brown's special adviser Damian McBride resigns his position after it emerges that he and another prominent Labour Party operative, blogger Derek Draper, had exchanged a series of emails in which they discussed plans to smear Conservative Party politicians with a series of false stories about their private lives.[88]
  • 16 April – Horrible Histories premieres on CBBC.
  • 22 April
    • Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers the government's budget to the House of Commons. It includes the introduction of a 50% tax rate for those earning in excess of £150,000 and the announcement that Britain's debt level will rise to 79% of GDP by 2013.[89]
    • Figures show unemployment has now risen to more than 2.1 million, the highest level seen under the current government.[citation needed]
      Magnified image of the H1NI flu virus, origin of a pandemic.
  • 27 April – 2009 swine flu pandemic: The pandemic H1N1/09 virus originating in Mexico spreads to the UK, with 2 cases confirmed in Scotland.
  • 29 April
    • Three cases of swine flu are confirmed in England. One adult is diagnosed in Redditch, another in South London, whilst a 12-year-old girl is diagnosed in Torbay.[90] Meanwhile, the Scottish Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon announces that 15 suspected cases in Scotland are negative.[91]
    • The government is defeated on an opposition day motion in the House of Commons by 267 votes to 246 over their policy on Gurkha settlement rights.[92]
  • 30 April
    • A further three cases of swine flu are confirmed by the Department of Health. Two of the cases are located in London, with the third being in Newcastle.[93]
    • The British military operation in Iraq officially ends after six years of combat. The Basra Province is handed over to American forces in a special ceremony, ahead of the withdrawal of British troops in the summer.[94]
    • The House of Commons pass a number of reforms to the rules governing MPs allowances.

May

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  • 1 May – The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the UK reaches 99. Notably, the first cases of human to human transmission of the virus are confirmed in Scotland and South Gloucestershire.[95][96]
  • 8 May – The Daily Telegraph obtains a full copy of MPs' expenses claims and begins publishing them unredacted prior to the official parliamentary publication date of 1 July, reigniting the MPs' expenses controversy.[97]
  • 12 May – Conservative leader of the opposition David Cameron says he will pay back a £680 expenses claim on his constituency home. He also orders fellow Tory MPs to repay thousands of pounds in claims as the on-going expenses scandal engulfs parliament.
  • 14 May – A number of MPs from all parties are either suspended or announce their resignations due to the expenses scandal. Several weeks later almost 100 MPs will have announced that they will not be standing at the next general election.
  • 16 May – Manchester United win the Premier League championship for the third consecutive year after a 0–0 draw against Arsenal F.C. at their home ground, Old Trafford. They have now equalled Liverpool's record tally of 18 top division titles.[98]
  • 19 May – The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, announces his resignation from the office after coming under criticism for his handling of the ongoing expenses row.[99]
  • 20 May – Labour peers Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Truscott are suspended from Parliament for six months each having been found guilty of breaching the code of conduct and also failing to act on their personal honour. The suspensions came about as a result of the 2009 cash for influence scandal and are the first such actions since 1642.[100]
  • 21 May – Following a long campaign by Gurkha veterans who served in the British Armed Forces before 1997, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces that all Gurkha veterans who have served four years or more in the British Army before 1997 will be allowed to settle in Britain.[101]
  • 22 May – Whitelee Wind Farm, the largest onshore wind farm in Europe, officially opens in Scotland.[102][103]
  • 27 May – Manchester United lose 2–0 to FC Barcelona of Spain in the European Cup final at Rome's Olympic Stadium.[104]
  • 30 May – Chelsea win the FA Cup for the fifth time after beating Everton 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. Everton French striker Louis Saha scores the fastest ever FA Cup Final goal, after 23 seconds[105]

June

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July

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Britain's last two Army veterans of World War I. Top: Henry Allingham, the oldest man in the world and one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, who died on 18 July aged 113. Above: Harry Patch, the last British Army veteran of World War I, who died on 25 July aged 111.

August

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September

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October

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November

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  • 4 November
    • Five British soldiers are shot dead in Afghanistan's Helmand Province while mentoring and training Afghan police. Six other British servicemen and two Aghan police are also injured in the attack which the UK military blames on a "rogue" policeman.[177]
    • General Motors, the owner of British carmaker Vauxhall and its continental Opel partner, makes a surprise decision not to sell the carmaker to Canadian organisation Magna.
    • Granada Television begins the process of digital switchover.[178]
  • 12 November
  • 14 November – Severe gales and heavy rain from an Atlantic storm cause floods and damage across southern England and Wales.[181]
  • 19 November – The highest ever UK 24-hour rainfall total, 314.4 mm, is recorded at Seathwaite Farm, Cumbria[182] – a record which stands until December 2015.
  • 20 November – Many towns and villages in Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway are flooded following several days of heavy rain. Three bridges collapse, one of them leading to the death of a police officer standing on the bridge when it collapsed.[183]
  • 22 November – The latest MORI poll shows that the Conservatives are just six points ahead of Labour, their narrowest lead for two years, with 37% of the vote, which, if translated into election results, would force a hung parliament. Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has suggested his party would support the Tories if the election resulted in no overall majority.[184][185]
  • November – With an average nationwide precipitation of 215.7 millimetres or 8.49 inches, this is the wettest calendar month over the United Kingdom as a whole since reliable records begin in 1910.[186]

December

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Undated

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  • More than 80% of the UK population (some 50 million people) now has internet access.
  • New car sales drop to just under 2 million after exceeding 2.5 million in 2008, although the recession's effect on new car sales is eased by the scrappage scheme. The Ford Fiesta is Britain's best selling car, while the new version of the MINI (produced by BMW) is Britain's seventh best selling car with almost 40,000 sales. The new Vauxhall Insignia is Britain's ninth best selling car, while carmakers including Kia and Hyundai buck the trend of falling new car sales by increasing their market share largely due to the popularity of their cars with buyers taking advantage of the scrappage scheme.

Publications

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Births

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Deaths

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January

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Dave Dee (far right)
Bill Stone

February

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David Snow with his wife
Edward Upward

March

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Brian Barry
Jade Goody

April

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John Michell
Alan Bristow

May

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Norman Gash
Millvina Dean

June

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Hugh Hopper
Peter Arundell

July

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Bleddyn Williams
Sir Bobby Robson

August

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Stanley Robertson

September

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Brian Barron
Piers Merchant

October

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Robert Kirby
Maurice Agis (centre)

November

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Robert Holdstock

December

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Richard Todd
Vera Rich

See also

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