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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.
12 July – Robert Maxwell buys the Daily Mirror for £113.4 million. 18 July – The general-interest magazine Tit-Bits closes after 104 years. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake with an epicentre in the Llŷn Peninsula of North Wales is felt throughout the United Kingdom.
COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 28 February indicates COVID-19 cases are rising in Scotland, but the picture is unclear in the rest of the UK. In England, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was estimated to be 1,333,400, equating to 2.38% of the population, or around 1 in 40 people.
0956-8069. OCLC number. 500344244. Website. dailyrecord .co .uk. The Daily Record is a Scottish national tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. The newspaper is published Monday–Saturday and its website is updated on an hourly basis, seven days a week. The Record 's sister title is the Sunday Mail.
1 October – The Rugby World Cup begins in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 5 October. The Ladbroke Grove rail crash claims the lives of 31 people when two trains collide at Ladbroke Grove Junction, 2 miles west of Paddington station, London. Many more people are being treated in hospital for injuries.
10 February – David Bowie introduces his Ziggy Stardust persona at the second show of the 1972–73 Ziggy Stardust Tour, at The Toby Jug pub, Tolworth, Surrey. [9] 22 February – 1972 Aldershot bombing: An Official Irish Republican Army car bomb kills six people at Aldershot Barracks. [10]
The first partnerships in Scotland are registered on 20 December and in England on 21 December. 22 December – Tony Blair makes a surprise visit to British forces in Iraq. Undated. Summer – Guinness closes its Park Royal brewery in London. Internet access among the UK population has reached 70% (more than 40,000,000 people). [citation needed]
28 August – Caryl Churchill 's play Top Girls premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London. 29 August – 65-year-old American Ashby Harper becomes the oldest person to swim the English Channel. 30 August – St David's Hall opens in Cardiff as the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales.