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**The [[Bank of England]] keeps [[Official_bank_rate|interest rates]] on hold at 0.75%, but warns of a slowdown in economic growth during 2019, which it says could be the worst year since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47155537|title=Bank forecasts worst year for UK since 2009|date=7 February 2019|accessdate=7 February 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
**The [[Bank of England]] keeps [[Official_bank_rate|interest rates]] on hold at 0.75%, but warns of a slowdown in economic growth during 2019, which it says could be the worst year since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47155537|title=Bank forecasts worst year for UK since 2009|date=7 February 2019|accessdate=7 February 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
**Equine flu outbreak latest: Bookies hope races return as soon as possible, but say punters can still bet on darts and greyhounds.Bullish bookmakers have said they hope racing returns “as soon as possible” after all of Thursday’s horse races were cancelled due to equine flu.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/more-sports/equine-flu-outbreak-latest-bookies-hope-races-return-as-soon-as-possible-but-say-punters-can-still-bet-on-darts-and-greyhounds/ar-BBThEoe?li=BBoPWjQ</ref>
**Equine flu outbreak latest: Bookies hope races return as soon as possible, but say punters can still bet on darts and greyhounds.Bullish bookmakers have said they hope racing returns “as soon as possible” after all of Thursday’s horse races were cancelled due to equine flu.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/more-sports/equine-flu-outbreak-latest-bookies-hope-races-return-as-soon-as-possible-but-say-punters-can-still-bet-on-darts-and-greyhounds/ar-BBThEoe?li=BBoPWjQ</ref>
**Explosion fears at Ocado Andover warehouse fire as company cancels orders.The online supermarket Ocado has been forced to cancel orders and warned of a "hit to sales" after a huge fire ripped through its robotic warehouse in Hampshire. .=<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/explosion-fears-at-ocado-andover-warehouse-fire-as-company-cancels-orders/ar-BBTesw9?li=AAnZ9Ug</ref>


===March===
===March===

Revision as of 14:23, 7 February 2019

2019 in the United Kingdom
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Individual countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Sport, television and music

Events from the year 2019 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 1 January
    • The NHS bans the purchasing of fax machines, which are planned to be entirely phased out by 31 March 2020.[1]
    • Regulator Ofgem introduces a new energy price cap for households in England, Scotland and Wales.[2]
  • 2 January – Rail fares in England and Wales rise by an average of 3.1%.[3] Meanwhile, ScotRail announces average rail fare increases of 2.8%.[4]
  • 3 January – The bakery chain Greggs launches a meat free version of its sausage rolls.[5][6]
  • 4 January – The engineering arm of collapsed Monarch Airlines falls into administration, with the loss of 450 jobs.[7]
  • 7 January – A 10-year plan for NHS England is unveiled. As a result of Barnett consequentials, a proportionate share of extra funding will be transferred to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive.[8]
  • 8 January – MPs back an amendment to the Finance Bill, by 303 to 296 votes, to limit the Treasury's powers in a no-deal Brexit scenario.[9]
  • 9 January – MPs back Dominic Grieve's amendment to the EU withdrawal agreement, by 308 to 297 votes, compelling the government to return to Parliament within three days if the deal is voted down the following week.[10]
  • 14 January – Conservative Party whip Gareth Johnson resigns, saying he cannot support the government in the forthcoming vote on Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement.[11]
  • 15 January – The House of Commons rejects Theresa May's deal on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union by 432 votes to 202.[12] The 230 vote margin is the largest defeat for a government motion in 100 years.[13]
  • 16 January – Theresa May's government survives a no confidence vote by 325 to 306.[14]
  • 17 January
  • 21 January
    • Theresa May outlines her "plan B" Brexit plan to the House of Commons, scrapping the £65 fee EU citizens were going to have to pay to secure a right to live in the UK after Brexit.[17]
    • Three separate security alerts are raised after reports of car hijackings in Derry, two days after a bomb exploded in a car outside its courthouse.[18]
    • Premier League striker Emiliano Sala goes missing while on a flight from Nantes to Cardiff, where he had been due to begin a £15 million signing.[19]
  • 22 January
    • The UK café chain Patisserie Valerie collapses into administration after rescue talks with banks fail.[20]
    • The EU confirms it will enforce a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic in the event of a no-deal Brexit, despite the risk it would pose to peace.[21]
  • 24 January – Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is arrested by police and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and two of attempted rape.[22]
  • 25 January – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) closes its office at Canary Wharf, London, in preparation for its move to Amsterdam.[23]
  • 28 January – A letter from the British Retail Consortium, signed by major food retailers including Asda, McDonald's and Sainsbury's, warns of empty shelves and higher prices in the event of a no-deal Brexit.[24]
  • 29 January
    • Labour MP for Peterborough Fiona Onasanya is sentenced to three months imprisonment having earlier been found guilty of perverting the course of justice for lying about who was driving her car when caught speeding. Her imprisonment makes her the first sitting MP to be jailed in 28 years.[25]
    • MPs vote on a series of seven Brexit amendments.[26][27] This includes a proposal to renegotiate the Irish backstop, which is passed with a majority of 16.[28]
  • 30 January
    • A High Court judge approves a £166bn (€190bn) transfer of assets by Barclays bank to its Irish division as a result of Brexit disruption.[29]
    • The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, rejects calls to reopen the Brexit deal and says the Irish backstop will not be renegotiated, despite the UK's request.[30]
  • 31 January – A report by the Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT) states that investment in the British car industry fell by 46.5% in 2018 as a result of Brexit uncertainty.[31][32]

February

  • 1 February
    • Hundreds of schools across Wales and southern parts of England are closed due to snow and icy conditions.[33]
    • Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance owned by its founder Arron Banks are fined £120,000 over data law breaches.[34]
    • A 37-year-old mother who mutilated her three-year-old daughter becomes the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM).[35]
  • 3 February
    • Apetito and Bidfood, two major suppliers to care homes and hospitals, report that they are stockpiling food in case of disruption caused by Brexit.[36]
    • Car manufacturer Nissan confirms that it will not be moving production of its X-Trail SUV from Japan to Sunderland, citing the falling sales in diesel cars in Europe as the reason, adding that: “While we have taken this decision for business reasons, the continued uncertainty around the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not helping companies like ours to plan for the future.”[37]
  • 4 February – The wreckage of the PA-46 Malibu that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson is found underwater and a body is seen within it.[38]
  • 5 February – HMV is acquired out of administration by Canadian retailer Sunrise Records, safeguarding the future of nearly 1,500 staff.[39]
  • 07 Febuary
    • The Office for National Statistics reports that knife crime is at its highest level since records began in 1946, with the number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales the previous year being the most ever reported.[40]
    • The Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold at 0.75%, but warns of a slowdown in economic growth during 2019, which it says could be the worst year since 2009.[41]
    • Equine flu outbreak latest: Bookies hope races return as soon as possible, but say punters can still bet on darts and greyhounds.Bullish bookmakers have said they hope racing returns “as soon as possible” after all of Thursday’s horse races were cancelled due to equine flu.[42]
    • Explosion fears at Ocado Andover warehouse fire as company cancels orders.The online supermarket Ocado has been forced to cancel orders and warned of a "hit to sales" after a huge fire ripped through its robotic warehouse in Hampshire. .=[43]

March

  • March - The Festival meeting at Cheltenham is looming next month and many valuable trials for those races are scheduled over the next two weeks.All major horce racing competetion are cancelle ffor the this year ifor in definate untill this outbreak is contained.[44]

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

  • Decemer - Donald Trump set to visit UK in December for Nato summit. Donald Trump is expected to visit the UK for the second time in his presidency to attend a Nato summit in December. Mr Trump is set to join other leaders at the event, which takes place in the year of the alliance's 70th anniversary.[45]

Publications

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2019

January

William Morgan Sheppard
Dianne Oxberry
Steffan Lewis

February

Jeremy Hardy

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