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2024 In England
Events of the year 2024 in England. Incumbent Events January * 1 January – ** Figures published by NHS England show that almost three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check during 2023, a quarter higher than the same period before the pandemic. Treatment targets remain behind. ** A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Primrose Hill, London, on New Year's Eve, is named by police as Harry Pitman. A 16-year-old boy is arrested in connection with the incident. ** Sir Martyn Oliver begins his tenure as Ofsted#His Majesty's Chief Inspector, HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills. One of his first acts in the role is to announce that Ofsted inspectors will receive training around mental health, following the findings of an inquest into the January 2023 death of headteacher Death of Ruth Perry, Ruth Perry. * 2 January – ** Following a trial at Chester Crown Court, Alice Wood is found guilty of the May 2022 murder of her fiancé, Ryan Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidstone Crown Court
The Maidstone Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Barker Road, Maidstone, England. History Until the early 1980s, the main venue for criminal court hearings in Maidstone was the County Hall. However, as the number of court cases in the Maidstone area grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for criminal matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department, on the north east side of Barker Road, had been occupied by a timber yard with a river wharf. The new building was designed by Austin-Smith:Lord in the Modernist style Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that form ..., built in concrete at a cost of £10.2 million, and was completed in 1983. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
