Events from 2013 in

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Events

January

*3 January – The Met Office reports that 2012 was the wettest year on record for England. *4 January – Mark Cahill, a 51-year-old former pub landlord from

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becomes the first person in the UK to receive a hand transplant. *10 January – April Casburn, a senior detective with the Metropolitan Police is found guilty of trying to sell information on the investigation into

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to the '' News of the World'', the newspaper at the centre of the scandal. *16 January – A helicopter crash in central

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kills two people and injures 13 others. *22 January – A death sentence handed to British citizen Lindsay Sandiford by an Indonesian court for drug smuggling is condemned by the UK government. *30 January – Tony McCluskie is found guilty of the March 2012 murder of his sister, the actress Gemma McCluskie and jailed for life with a recommendation he serve a minimum term of 20 years.

February

*1 February – Metropolitan Police detective April Casburn is jailed for fifteen months. *4 February – Former

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Minister Chris Huhne pleads guilty to

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over claims he caused his ex-wife to accept speeding points he had incurred. He also announces his intention to

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his

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seat. *5 February – The House of Commons votes 400 to 175 in favour of a vote on the bill to legalise

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. *7 February –

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Michael Gove confirms that plans to replace the

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with a new

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qualification have been abandoned. *28 February – The Eastleigh by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Chris Huhne, sees the Liberal Democrats hold the seat despite a UKIP surge that pushes the Conservatives into third place.

March

*14 March – Labour Party peer

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is suspended from the party after claiming a conspiracy by

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ish-owned media organisations was responsible for his imprisonment for dangerous driving. *26 March – A 14-year-old girl is found dead by police at a house in the Atherton area of

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, where four "out of control" dogs are subsequently put down. Police have not confirmed the cause of death, but say her injuries are consistent with those of a dog attack.

April

* 1 April – Government reforms of the NHS in England have come into force with GP-led groups taking control of local budgets and a new board, NHS England, now overseeing the day-to-day running of services.

May

* 22 May – Off duty British soldier Lee Rigby murdered by two Muslim converts in a terror attack in

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, London.

July

*12 July – The funeral of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby take place in

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, attendees include Prime Minister David Cameron.

November

*21 November – Former non-executive chairman of the Co-operative Bank Paul Flowers is arrested by police in with a drugs supply investigation, having been exposed agreeing to buy cocaine and methamphetamine by the

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newspaper. Flowers is also suspended from the Labour Party and Methodist Church as a result of the allegations.

Deaths

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Christopher Martin-Jenkins Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, MBE (20 January 1945 – 1 January 2013), also known as CMJ, was a British cricket journalist and a President of MCC. He was also the longest serving commentator for ''Test Match Special'' (TMS) on ...

, Cricket journalist (''

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'') (born 1945) *

8 April Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. * 1139 – R ...

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Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...

, prime minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990) (born 1925) * 29 June –

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, actress (born 1921)

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