2021 in England

Events of 2021 in England

Incumbent

Events

• COVID-19 in England: Most of England's primary schools reopen after the Christmas break, amid concerns over whether pupils should be returning during the current level of COVID-19 infections. However, this decision is reversed by the following day.^[1][2]
• 5 January – A third COVID-19 lockdown was announced by the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and was expected to last until mid-February.^[3]
• 3 March – Sarah Everard disappeared and was found dead a week later.^[4]

• 

  9 April – Buckingham Palace announced the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99.^[5]
• 6 May –
  • A series of elections are due to take place for local councils and directly elected mayors in England, police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
  • London Assembly election
  • London mayoral election
• 21 May – Plastic bag charge rises to 10p per bag and extends to all shops.^[6]
• 11 June – 11 July – UEFA Euro 2020 begins, with England hosting and participating in Group D at Wembley Stadium, London. They advance to the final where they draw 1-1 with Italy and lose 3-2 after a penalty shoot-out.^[7]
• 28 June – Elephant & Castle fire
• 26 July – Marble Arch Mound
• 12 August – Plymouth shooting
• 17 September - Murder of Sabina Nessa
• 15 October - Murder of David Amess
• 31 October - 2021 Salisbury rail crash
• 9 November - Murder of Pauline Quinn
• 14 November - Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
• 25 November - Murder of Ava White

Scheduled and predicted events

• Unknown date –
  • The construction of the United Kingdom's largest solar farm in the village of Graveney, Kent will begin in spring 2021 which was given the go-ahead by Business secretary Alok Sharma in May 2020.^[8]

Births

• 9 February – August Brooksbank, son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank^[9]

Deaths

• 5 January – Colin Bell, footballer (England, Bury, Manchester City) (b. 1946)
• 10 January – Mark Keds, punk musician (b. 1970)
• 16 January – Charlotte Cornwell, actress (b. 1949)
• 20 January – John Russell, musician (b. 1954)
• 2 February – Peter Dunn, paediatrician (b. 1929)
• 13 March – Murray Walker, motorsport commentator and journalist (b. 1923)
• 31 March – Jane Manning, soprano (b. 1938)
• 30 April – Anthony Payne, composer (b. 1936)^[10]
• 23 June – Jackie Lane, actress (Doctor Who, Compact) (b. 1941)^[11]
• 25 June – Brian Bamford, professional golfer (b. 1935)^[12]
• 9 July – Joan Le Mesurier, actress and writer (b. 1931)^[13]
• 10 July – Carmel Budiardjo, human rights activist, founder of Tapol, and author (b. 1925)^[14]
• 15 July – Andy Fordham, darts player, world champion (2004), organ failure (b. 1962)^[15]
• 17 July – Graham Vick, opera director, COVID-19 (b. 1953)^[16]
• 18 July – Tom O'Connor, comedian and game show host (Crosswits, The Zodiac Game, Name That Tune), complications from Parkinson's disease (b. 1939)^[17]
• 31 July – Terry Cooper, footballer (Leeds United, national team) and manager (Bristol City) (b. 1944)^[18]
• 1 August – Ian Thomson, cricketer (national team) (b. 1929)^[19]
• 2 August – Ged Dunn, rugby league footballer (Hull Kingston Rovers, national team) (b. 1946)^[20]
• 15 October - David Amess, MP for Southend West (b. 1952)

See also

• 2021 in Northern Ireland
• 2021 in Scotland
• 2021 in Wales
• Politics of England

References