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Motive. Far-right extremism. On 30 October 2022, a petrol bomb attack was perpetrated against a Border Force centre for processing migrants in Dover, Kent, England. Two people suffered minor injuries. After the attack, the suspect, a 66-year-old man from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, drove to a nearby petrol station where he killed himself .
The Wennington wildfire was a wildfire that took place in Wennington, east London, on 19 July 2022 during the 2022 United Kingdom heatwave. No-one was killed, but the wildfire destroyed about 18–19 houses, including all the possessions of many residents. [3] One resident said her house burned down "within two minutes".
BBC News reported there were four anti-immigration protesters, with one arrest made. [ 229 ] In Paisley, Renfrewshire , 300 anti-racists, including representatives of trade unions and human rights organisations, protested against a planned far-right demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, but no anti-immigration protestors appeared. [ 230 ]
13 (direct); 1 (suicide) Blue plaque erected by Nubian Jak Community Trust at 439 New Cross Road, London SE14 6TA. The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people aged between 14 and 22, and one ...
John Prescott. The 2002–2003 UK firefighter dispute was a period of nationwide strike action which began when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted to strike in an attempt to secure better salaries. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage to around £30,000 (equivalent to £61,642 ...
Cars in the area were reported to be set alight, and two First Leeds buses were attacked, one of which was set on fire. [14] [15] Videos posted on social media from the riot show people speaking Romanian while overturning a police car. [17] [18] iNews reported that police were 'outnumbered' and 'ran away' from riot disorder. [19]
Snooker is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets. First played by British Army officers stationed in India circa 1875, the game uses twenty-two balls (pictured) – a white cue ball, fifteen red balls, and six other balls collectively called "the colours".
We Are England. (2022 TV programme) We Are England[ 1] is a regional current affairs documentary programme shown on BBC One. [ 2][ 3] The programme is made by six teams around England, based in Birmingham, London, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle and Norwich. The programme airs six original half-hour documentaries each week, with each week themed ...