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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.
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15 December – The Downing Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland is signed between the UK and Irish governments. [36] 25 December – The Queen speaks of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech. 29 December – The Provisional IRA vows to fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.
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.
1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. [1]7 January – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.
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.
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area [5] [6] and has a national audience.
Raymond Allen Liotta (Italian:; December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor and film producer.He first gained attention for his role in the film Something Wild (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.