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  2. 2022 deaths in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The following notable deaths in the United Kingdom occurred in 2022.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.

  3. Great Smog of London - Wikipedia

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    10,000–12,000 killed (modern estimate) [1] [2] The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from the use of coal —to ...

  4. List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

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    9 February 1939. Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car. Walter Charles Billett. WRC. 61. Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) 5 July 1940. Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout. Cecil Robert Budden.

  5. List of London Underground accidents - Wikipedia

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    The London Underground network carries more than a billion passengers a year. It has one fatal accident for every 300 million journeys. Five accidents causing passenger deaths have occurred due to train operation in nearly 80 years since the London Passenger Transport Board was formed, the last being at Moorgate in 1975; other fatalities have been due to wartime and terrorist bombings and ...

  6. 2023 deaths in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    9 April – Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, 84, British solicitor and politician. [99] 10 April – Anne Perry, 84, British crime writer ( The Cater Street Hangman ). [100] 12 April – Bryn Parry, 66, British cartoonist and charity worker, co-founder of Help for Heroes. [101] 13 April.

  7. Black Death in England - Wikipedia

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    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic, which reached England in June 1348. It was the first and most severe manifestation of the second pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. The term Black Death was not used until the late 17th century. Originating in Asia, it spread west along the trade routes across Europe and arrived on the ...

  8. 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak - Wikipedia

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    Deaths. 616. The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in Soho, London, England, and occurred during the 1846–1860 cholera pandemic happening worldwide. This outbreak, which killed 616 people, is best known for the physician ...

  9. Crime in London - Wikipedia

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    Between 2016 and 2023, knife crime rose 54% in London, from 9,086 incidents in the year ended 31 March 2016, to 14,000 in the year ended 30 September 2023. [50] Key Insights. Knife-related crime had a yearly increase of 10% in England and Wales in 2021. Teenage deaths due to knife crimes were the highest in 18 years.

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