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2011
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See also:2010–11 in English football
2011–12 in English football
2011 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 2011

Events from 2011 in England

Incumbent

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Events

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January

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February

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  • 9 February – Former head teacher Jean Else has her Damehood revoked by the Queen, having previously being found guilty of misconduct. She is the first person to have the honour revoked.[8][9]

March

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April

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May

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June

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  • 15 June – St Paul's Cathedral completes its £40m 15-year restoration project.[22]
  • 29 June – A court ruling restricting the powers of police bail has thrown thousands of cases in England and Wales into disarray.[23]

July

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August

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September

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October

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  • 1 October –
  • 5 October – The world's largest solar bridge project gets underway in London.[33]
  • 13 October – Uefa's disciplinary panel decide that England striker Wayne Rooney will miss the Euro 2012 group stage after being banned for three matches for his sending off against Montenegro for an incident the panel described as an "assault".[34]
  • 21 October – London's St Paul's Cathedral is forced to close its doors to visitors for the first time since the Second World War after Occupy London protesters set up camp on its doorstep.[35]
  • 28 October – Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak is convicted of the murder of landscape artist Joanna Yeates and sentenced to life imprisonment.[36]

November

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  • 4 November – Several people die and dozens are injured after 27 vehicles collide – many bursting into flames – on the M5 motorway in Somerset.[37]
  • 10 November – Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire becomes the first NHS hospital to be run by a private firm. Healthcare partnership Circle has been awarded a ten-year contract, and will take over administration of the hospital – which has heavy financial debts – in February 2012.[38]
  • 19 November – Four Metropolitan Police officers are stabbed while chasing a suspect in Kingsbury, north London. Two officers are seriously injured, while a 32-year-old suspect is arrested for attempted murder.[39]
  • 30 November – More than one million public sector workers in England, including teachers and civil servants, strike over proposed pension changes.[40]

December

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  • 16 December – The Labour Party's Seema Malhotra retains the Feltham and Heston seat in south-west London for the party in a by-election sparked by the death of the previous MP.[41]
  • 27 December – The government plans to allow NHS hospitals to use up to 49% of their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients.[42]

Predicted and scheduled events

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September

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Adrian Lewis beats Gary Anderson to win first PDC title". BBC Sport. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. ^ "VAT rises from 17.5% to 20%". BBC News. BBC. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "HMV to close 60 stores as sales and shares slump". BBC News. BBC. 5 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  5. ^ "MPs' expenses: David Chaytor jailed over false claims". BBC News. BBC. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Ex-Anglican bishops ordained as Catholics". BBC News. BBC. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Police charge Vincent Tabak with Jo Yeates murder". BBC News. BBC. 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Manchester "super head" Dame has honour revoked". 9 February 2011 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Former super-head is first to have damehood revoked". The Guardian. 10 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Terror plot BA man Rajib Karim gets 30 years". BBC News. BBC. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  11. ^ "Sian O'Callaghan found dead amid fears over second body". BBC News. BBC. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  12. ^ "Night Stalker rapist Delroy Grant jailed for 27 years". BBC News. BBC. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Man charged with Sian O'Callaghan murder". BBC News. BBC. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Taxi driver accused of killing Sian O'Callaghan remanded in custody". BBC News. BBC. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  15. ^ "'Historic day' for South Downs National Park". BBC News. BBC. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  16. ^ "Sian O'Callaghan police identify body found in Eastleach". BBC News. BBC. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  17. ^ "Former Brookside star Brian Regan charged with murder". BBC News. BBC. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  18. ^ "Police hurt in violent anti-Tesco clashes in Bristol". BBC News. BBC. 22 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  19. ^ Evans, Martin (14 May 2011). "Catholics told to abstain from eating meat on Fridays". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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  21. ^ "St Paul's Cathedral completes £40m restoration project". BBC News. BBC. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  22. ^ "Bail suspects 'could be released'". BBC News. BBC. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  23. ^ "Museum of Liverpool schedule and key dates". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  24. ^ "London riots: Dozens injured after Tottenham violence". BBC News. BBC. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  25. ^ "Further riots in London as violence spreads across England". BBC News. BBC. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  26. ^ "Nick Clegg rules out running free schools for profit". BBC News. BBC. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  27. ^ "Bernard Hogan-Howe new Metropolitan Police commissioner". BBC News. BBC. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  28. ^ "Shale gas firm finds "vast" gas resources in Lancashire". BBC News. BBC. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  29. ^ "Ministers to consult on 80mph motorway speed limit". BBC News. BBC. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  30. ^ "Cigarette vending machines banned in England". BBC News. BBC. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  31. ^ "Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C". BBC News. BBC. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  32. ^ "World's largest solar bridge project gets underway". CNN. CNN. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  33. ^ "Wayne Rooney banned for three England Euro 2012 matches". BBC News. BBC. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  34. ^ "Occupy London: Demo forces St Paul's Cathedral to close". BBC News. BBC. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  35. ^ "Vincent Tabak found guilty of Jo Yeates murder". BBC News. BBC. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
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  37. ^ Jeffreys, Branwen (10 November 2011). "Circle in deal to run Hinchingbrooke NHS hospital". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  38. ^ "Four Metropolitan Police officers stabbed in London". BBC News. BBC. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  39. ^ "Tens of thousands in England on strike over pensions". BBC News. BBC. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  40. ^ "Labour wins Feltham and Heston by-election". BBC News. BBC. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  41. ^ "'Planned 49% limit' for NHS private patients in England". BBC News. BBC. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  42. ^ Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64 BBC News, 3 January 2011
  43. ^ Actress Susannah York dies at 72 BBC News, 16 January 2011
  44. ^ [1] ESPN, 16 December 2011