Events from 2001 in England

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2001–02 in English football
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January

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  • 5 January – A report by the Department of Health suggests that Dr Harold Shipman may have killed more than 300 patients since the 1970s.
  • 8 January – The High Court rules that the identities and whereabouts of the two killers of James Bulger are to be kept secret for the rest of their lives. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both now aged 19, are expected to be released from custody later this year.[1]
  • 9 January – Sven-Göran Eriksson begins his job as manager of the England football team six months ahead of schedule, having resigned from his previous job as Lazio manager. He had signed a five-year contract with the Football Association on 30 October 2000 to succeed Kevin Keegan.
  • 12 January – Marie Therese Kouao and Carl Manning are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of their niece Victoria Climbie, who died last year after suffering horrific abuse and neglect at the hands of the couple in their London home. Victoria (aged eight) had been living with the pair since her parents sent her to England in order to receive a good education.[2]

February

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  • 24–27 February – Patient Tony Collins spends 77+12 hours on a hospital trolley outside the toilets in the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.
  • 25 February – Liverpool beat Birmingham City on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the Football League Cup final – the first cup final to be played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, since Wembley closed for redevelopment.
  • 28 February – A rail crash near Selby kills 10 people.[3]

March

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  • 8 March – The wreckage of Donald Campbell's speedboat Bluebird K7 is raised from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria, 34 years after Campbell was killed in an attempt to break the world water speed record.
  • 15 March – Donald Campbell's body is recovered from Lake Coniston, 34 years after he died in an attempt to break the land water speed record.
  • 17 March – Eden Project opens to the public near St Austell, Cornwall; conceived by Tim Smit with design by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
  • 18 March – Claire Marsh (aged 18) becomes the youngest woman in Britain to be convicted of rape after pinning down a woman who was raped by a pair of teenagers in west London. She is sentenced to seven years in prison, while her accomplices (aged 15 and 18) are jailed for five years.[4]
  • 31 March – Stuart Lubbock is found dead at the Home of Michael Barrymore.[5]

April

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  • 5 April – Perry Wacker, a Dutch lorry driver, is jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants who were found suffocated in his lorry at Dover ferry port in June last year.[6]
  • 15 April – Manchester United win the FA Premier League title for the third season in succession, and the seventh time in nine seasons.[7]
  • 23 April

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Births

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2001: Bulger killers win anonymity for life". BBC News. 8 January 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c McGuinness, Ross (16 March 2009). "Metro". pp. 30, 31.
  3. ^ "At least 10 die in Selby rail crash". BBC News. 28 February 2001. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  4. ^ "BBC On This Day | 16 | 2001: Teenage woman guilty of rape". BBC News. 16 March 1988. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Stuart Lubbock: timeline". The Guardian. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "BBC On This Day | 5 | 2001: Driver jailed for immigrant deaths". BBC News. 5 April 1986. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  7. ^ Townsend, Nick (15 April 2001). "Gunners hand the title to United". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2011.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Man Utd clinch Van Nistelrooy deal". BBC News. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  9. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 650–652. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  10. ^ "Owen shatters Arsenal in Cup final". BBC News. 12 May 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Prescott punches protester". BBC News. 16 May 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  12. ^ "2001: Royal aide on trial for murder". BBC News. 23 April 2001. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  13. ^ "Champagne on ice". BBC News. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Family killer gets life". BBC News. BBC. 24 May 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  15. ^ Kelso, Paul (25 May 2001). "Man who garrotted his family gets life". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  16. ^ "BBC On This Day | 22 | 2001: Bulger killers to be released". BBC News. 22 June 1941. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  17. ^ "Race violence erupts in Burnley". BBC News. 25 June 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  18. ^ "2001: Diana fountain given go-ahead". BBC News. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  19. ^ "Dando killer jailed for life". BBC News. 2 July 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  20. ^ "Two stabbed in Bradford race riots". BBC News. 7 July 2001. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  21. ^ "Veron seals £28.1m Man Utd move". BBC News. 12 July 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  22. ^ "Rebel MPs defeat the government". BBC News. 16 July 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  23. ^ "UK | Violence after police shooting demo". BBC News. 21 July 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  24. ^ "2001: NHS buys private hospital". BBC News. 7 August 2001. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  25. ^ "2001: Hamiltons condemn "sex assault" arrest". BBC News. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  26. ^ "Diana butler charged with theft". BBC News. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  27. ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  28. ^ Arthur, Charles (7 September 2001). "Pupils jump to it in quake experiment". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  29. ^ "Duncan Smith is new Tory leader". BBC News. 13 September 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  30. ^ "Tilting bridge opens eye to the world". BBC News. 17 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  31. ^ Malam, Colin (6 October 2001). "Brilliant Beckham averts Greek tragedy". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  32. ^ Staff (24 October 2001). "Funeral: Tributes paid to "beacon of light"". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  33. ^ "Labour victory in Ipswich by-election". BBC News. 23 November 2001.
  34. ^ Chowdhury, Saj (24 November 2001). "Kangaroos seal Ashes triumph". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  35. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001". Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  36. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001". Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  37. ^ "Americas | Tributes flood in for murdered journalist". BBC News. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  38. ^ "2001: Terror alert as police seize cargo ship". BBC News. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  39. ^ "Lauren Bell: Player profile | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.