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17 November – Seaham life-boat George Elmy capsizes entering harbour after service to coble Economy: all five crew and four of the five survivors are killed. 22 November – 1962 Chippenham by-election: the Conservatives are narrowly re-elected in Chippenham, Wiltshire, ahead of a challenge from the Liberals.
4 March – The national tabloid newspaper Today launches from Wapping. It pioneers the use of computer photo typesetting and full-colour offset printing at a time when British national newspapers are still using Linotype machines and letterpress. [5] 5 March – The High Court disqualifies and fines 81 Labour councillors for failing to set a rate.
Sunday newspaper The Observer is acquired by Guardian Media Group. 3–5 June – Hollbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough collapses into the sea following a landslide. [16] 10 June – Comedian and TV presenter Les Dawson dies suddenly from a heart attack during a medical check-up in Greater Manchester hospital at the age of 62.
The UK's first nuclear bomb. 5 January – Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in the United States for an official visit and talks with President Harry S. Truman. [2]10 January – An Aer Lingus Douglas DC-3 aircraft on a London–Dublin flight crashes in Wales due to vertical draft in the mountains of Snowdonia, killing twenty passengers and the three crew.
Events from the year 1987 in the United Kingdom. The major political event of this year is the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June's general election, making her the longest continuously-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century. The year is also marked by six disasters: the 1987 United ...
From 29 May it will spend 15 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart, the longest spell ever attained by a British act. [13] 12 May – John Smith (Labour Party leader) dies suddenly of a heart attack in London at 55 years old. 13 May – The film Four Weddings and a Funeral is released in the UK.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959, [4] followed by a move to London. . Along with its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limite
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