2000 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 2000 in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

• January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the UK. The Millennium Dome is officially opened by the Queen.
• January 11- The Scottish trawler, the Solway Harvester, sinks in the Irish Sea, killing 7 sailors.
• January 31 - Dr. Harold Shipman in sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients out of 365 suspected victims.

February

• February 11-
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland succeeds in the hostile takeover battle for its larger English rival, NatWest Bank, successfully defeating a rival offer by the Bank of Scotland.
  • Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended

March

April

• April 12- The Royal Ulster Constabulary is presented with the George Cross by the Queen.

May

• May 1- May Day riot in central London by anti-capitalist protestors. The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, and the Cenotaph in Whitehall are defaced with graffiti.
• May 3- The London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse announce merger plans.
• May 4- London mayoral election, 2000- Ken Livingstone elected Mayor of London defeating Steve Norris, the Conservative Party candidate in 2nd place; and Frank Dobson, the Labour Party candidate in 3rd place.
• May 11- The Tate Modern is opened by the Queen.

June

July

• July 6- Euan Blair, son of Tony Blair is arrested for drunkenness.
• July 18 - Alex Salmond resigns as the leader of the Scottish National Party.

August

• August 4- Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday.

September

UK fuel protests - Protestors block the entrances to oil refinaries in protest against high fuel prices. Panic buying by motorists lead to nationwide petrol shortages, with between 75-90% of all UK petrol stations closing due to low supplies.

October

• October 16- The BBC's main evening news show moves to 10:00pm in direct competition with ITV1.
• October 17- Hatfield rail crash- A Great North Eastern Railway InterCity 225 train derails south of Hatfield station, killing 4 people.
• October 26 and 27- Henry McLeish is selected to be First Minister of Scotland by the Scottish Parliament, and is officially appointed by The Queen.

November

• November 27- Damilola Taylor, a 10 year old school boy originally from Nigeria is murdered in Peckham, London.

December

Births

• May 20- Leo Blair, son of Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie Blair.

Deaths

• January 2 - Patrick O'Brian, writer (b. 1914)
• February 23 - Sir Stanley Matthews, footballer (b. 1915)
• May 21 - Dame Barbara Cartland, novelist (b. 1901)
• May 21 - Sir John Gielgud, actor (b. 1904)
• June 17 - Brian Statham, cricketer (b. 1930)
• July 11 - Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921)
• August 5 - Sir Alec Guinness,actor and writer (b. 1914)
• October 11 - Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
• November 11 - Hugh Paddick, actor (b. 1915)
• December 18 - Kirsty MacColl, singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

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