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March–April – eleven thousand workers at the Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine factory on Clydebank in Scotland go on strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation. Four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed. [1] [2] 2 April – the 1911 census is taken.
11 March – BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC Radio station in decades, is launched. 21 March – 13-year-old Amanda Dowler goes missing on her way home from school in Surrey. 22 March – A woman known as "Miss B", who was left quadriplegic last year as a result of a burst blood vessel in her neck, is granted the right to die by the High Court.
9 August – Establishment of a public naturist beach in Brighton is agreed. [25] 10 August–23 October – The entire ITV network in the UK is shut down by a technicians' strike ( Channel Television remains unaffected). 14 August. A storm in the Irish Sea hits the Fastnet yacht race.
3. John Rawling is a British boxing, track and field, darts and yachting commentator, currently working for BT Sport, ITV and Talksport. He has become known as one of the best known voices of boxing commentary. With BT, John commentates alongside former World Super-Middleweight champion Richie Woodhall, while former World Cruiserweight champion ...
Education (No. 2) Act 1986 requires increased representation of parents in the governance of schools, abolishes school corporal punishment in the state sector, and gives universities a duty to protect freedom of speech. [50] 13 November – It is announced that unemployment fell by 96,000 in October.
EE TV (formerly BT Vision and then BT TV until 2023) is a subscription IPTV service offered by EE; a brand of British telecommunications company BT Group. It requires the signing up to and use of the EE Broadband internet and phone service, with connection via EE's official router, the EE Smart Hub .
GB News is a British free-to-air, opinion-orientated [a] news television and radio channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus and YouTube. An audio simulcast of the station is also available on DAB+ radio . Announced in September 2020 and launched in June 2021 from ...
James Oliver Richardson (born 29 May 1966), also known as AC Jimbo, [1] is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and former host of The Guardian Football Weekly podcast. He currently hosts BT Sport 's The UEFA Champions League Goals Show, World's Strongest ...