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8 May – More than 3,000 British Rail employees launch an unofficial overtime ban, walking out in protest at the end of their eight-hour shifts. 14 May – A public inquiry, headed by Lord Justice Taylor of Gosforth, begins into the Hillsborough disaster. [23] 18 May – Unemployment is now below 2,000,000 for the first time since 1980.
February – Work begins on extending the Piccadilly line of London Underground at Heathrow Airport to serve the new Terminal 4. [5]1 February – TV-am launches on ITV. [4]3 February – Unemployment stands at a record high of 3,224,715 – though the previous high reached in the Great Depression of the early 1930s accounted for a higher percentage of the workforce.
January The Fraud Investigation Group is set up for cases of financial and commercial fraud. The Waterside Inn at Bray, Berkshire, founded by the brothers Michel and Albert Roux, becomes the first establishment in the UK to be awarded three Michelin Guide stars, a distinction which it retains for at least twenty-five years.
13 March – The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China elevate diplomatic exchanges to the ambassadorial level after 22 years. 21 March – Chancellor Anthony Barber announces a £1,200,000,000 tax reduction in the Budget.
Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), [1] known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country [2] and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is best known for his Grammy -winning recordings " Everything Is Beautiful " and " Misty ", as well as novelty hits such as " Gitarzan " and " The Streak ".
Raymond "Ray" William Johnson (born 1981 or 1982) [1] is an American internet celebrity best known for his eponymous YouTube channel and his web series on that channel, Equals Three. In 2013, the channel surpassed 10 million subscribers and had over 2 billion views, making it one of the most watched and subscribed to channels at the time.
DI Ray is a 2022 British police procedural television series, known in Canada as D. I. Ray. The series was created and written by Maya Sondhi and produced by Jed Mercurio . DI Ray stars Parminder Nagra in the title role as a detective inspector in a fictitious Birmingham -based police force.
At 91,655 gross tons, she is the largest UK-registered ship ever lost. 11 September – Chicago mobster Joseph Scalise with Arthur Rachel commit the Marlborough diamond robbery in London. The following day, they are arrested in Chicago after getting off a British Airways flight in the city; however, the 45-carat stone is never found.