2010 in England
overview of England-related events during the year of 2010
Events from 2010 in England
Incumbent
Monarch - Elizabeth II
Prime Minister - Gordon Brown (until 11 May), David Cameron (from 11 May)
Events
January
9 January – Jazz musician Jamie Cullum marries model Sophie Dahl.
16 January – 108-year-old Suffolk woman Florence Green is identified as one of the world's last surviving World War I veterans – and the only female – after a historian discovered that she had served in the Women's Royal Air Force as a waitress near the end of the war.
24 January – Three people are charged with public order offences following an English Defence League demonstration in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
February
2 February – Birmingham based confectionery giant Cadbury is taken over by American rival Kraft Foods in an £11.5billion deal.[1]
March
2 March – Jon Venables, one of the two boys (then aged 11) found guilty of murdering Merseyside toddler James Bulger in 1993, is recalled to prison after breaching terms of his life licence. Venables, now 42, spent eight years in custody before being paroled along with Robert Thompson in 2001.
8 March – Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, rejects ongoing public calls for the reasons that Jon Venables has been recalled to custody to be made public.
12 March – Birmingham couple Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza received prison sentences after being convicted of the manslaughter of Ms Gordon's seven-year-old daughter Khyra Ishaq, who died as a result of starvation two years ago. Ms Gordon is sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Mr Abuhamza is sentenced to indefinite imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of seven and a half years.
20 March –
The first British Airways strike, set to last for three days, begins. More than 80 planes are grounded at Heathrow Airport alone and numerous flights are reported to have been cancelled, though British Airways officials are confident that 65% of flights will be undisturbed.
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