2010 in the United Kingdom, the Glossary

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1. 780 relations: A Journey, Adam Stansfield, Afghanistan, Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Aircraft carrier, Al-Qaeda, Alan Hume, Alan King-Hamilton, Alan Myers (translator), Alan Plater, Alan Rudkin, Alan Sillitoe, Alan Watkins, Alastair Campbell, Albert Booth, Albert Frost, Alec Bedser, Alex Higgins, Alex Parker, Alexander McQueen, Alfred Gregory, Alison Stephens, Allan Wicks, Allen McClay, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, Amazon (company), Ana Botín, Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, Andrew Roth, Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg, Andy Holmes, Andy Ripley, Angela Merkel, Angela Rumbold, Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, Angus Maddison, Anthony Howard (journalist), Anthony Quinton, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Anti-social behaviour order, Antony Flew, Antony Grey, Asda, Ashok Kumar (British politician), Asif Ali Zardari, Aston Villa F.C., Attempted murder, Audit Commission (United Kingdom), Austin Ardill, Automated teller machine, ... Expand index (730 more) »

2. 2010s in the United Kingdom
3. Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom

A Journey

A Journey is a memoir by Tony Blair of his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Adam Stansfield

Adam Stansfield (10 September 1978 – 10 August 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, the controlled airspace of many European countries was closed to instrument flight rules traffic, resulting in what at the time was the largest air-traffic shut-down since World War II. 2010 in the United Kingdom and air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption are 2010 in Europe.

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Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Alan Hume

Alan Hume, (16 October 1924 – 13 July 2010) was an English cinematographer.

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Alan King-Hamilton

Myer Alan Barry King-Hamilton QC (9 December 1904 – 23 March 2010) was a British barrister and judge who was best known for hearing numerous high-profile cases at the Old Bailey during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Alan Myers (translator)

Alan Myers (18 August 1933 – 8 August 2010) was a noted translator, most notably of works by Russian authors.

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Alan Plater

Alan Frederick Plater (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.

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Alan Rudkin

Alan Rudkin MBE (18 November 1941 – 22 September 2010) was a British national, Commonwealth, and European bantamweight boxing champion (1965–1970).

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Alan Sillitoe

Alan Sillitoe FRSL (4 March 192825 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s.

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Alan Watkins

Alan Rhun Watkins (3 April 1933 – 8 May 2010) was for over 50 years a British political columnist in various London-based magazines and newspapers.

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Alastair Campbell

Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster, and activist, who is known for his political roles during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party.

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Albert Booth

Albert Edward Booth (28 May 1928 – 6 February 2010) was a British left-wing Labour Party politician and cabinet minister.

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Albert Frost

Albert Edward Frost CBE (7 March 1914 – 13 August 2010) was a British businessman who was an influential and respected figure in the corporate world as finance director of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and a member of the boards of Marks & Spencer, Warburgs, British Airways, British Leyland and British Steel Corporation; he was also a musical philanthropist.

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Alec Bedser

Sir Alec Victor Bedser (4 July 1918 – 4 April 2010) was an English professional cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler.

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Alex Higgins

Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history.

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Alex Parker

Alexander Hershaw Parker (2 August 1935 – 7 January 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.

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Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier.

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Alfred Gregory

Alfred Gregory FBIPP, FRPS (Hon) (12 February 1913 – 9 February 2010) was a British mountaineer, explorer and professional photographer.

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Alison Stephens

Alison Stephens (1 March 1970 – 10 October 2010) was an English classical mandolin player and film musician.

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Allan Wicks

Edward Allan Wicks (6 June 1923, Harden, West Yorkshire − 4 February 2010) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Canterbury Cathedral for nearly 30 years.

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Allen McClay

Sir Allen McClay CBE (21 March 1932 – 12 January 2010) was a Northern Irish multi-millionaire businessman and philanthropist who founded Galen (later Warner Chilcott), a pharmaceutical company which was Northern Ireland's first one billion pound business.

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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI; Irish: Páirtí Comhghuaillíochta Thuaisceart Éireann), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Ana Botín

Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea (born 4 October 1960) is a Spanish banker who has been the executive chairman of Santander Group since 2014.

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Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey

Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, PC (30 April 1933 – 27 August 2010) was a British Labour politician and last elected Principal of the Working Men's College.

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Andrew Roth

Andrew Roth (23 April 1919 – 12 August 2010) was a biographer and journalist known for his compilation of Parliamentary Profiles, a directory of biographies of British Members of Parliament, a small sample of which is available online in The Guardian.

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Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg

Andrew Ehrenberg (1 May 1926 – 25 August 2010) was a statistician and marketing scientist.

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Andy Holmes

Andrew John Holmes MBE (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010), The Telegraph, 25 October 2010 was a British rower.

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Andy Ripley

Andrew George Ripley OBE (1 December 1947 – 17 June 2010) was an English rugby union international, who represented England from 1972 to 1976, and the Lions on their unbeaten 1974 tour of South Africa.

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Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.

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Angela Rumbold

Dame Angela Claire Rosemary Rumbold (née Jones; 11 August 1932 – 19 June 2010) was a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament from a 1982 by-election until the 1997 general election.

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Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton

Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon KStJ (13 September 1938 – 5 June 2010), styled Earl of Angus until 1940 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1940 and 1973, was the premier peer of Scotland.

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Angus Maddison

Angus Maddison (6 December 1926 – 24 April 2010) was a distinguished British economist specialising in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development.

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Anthony Howard (journalist)

Anthony Michell Howard, CBE (12 February 1934 – 19 December 2010) was a British journalist, broadcaster and writer.

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Anthony Quinton

Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton, FBA (25 March 192519 June 2010) was a British political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind.

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (5 November 1940 – 21 July 2010) was an English operatic tenor.

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An anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) is a civil order made in the United Kingdom against a person who had been shown, on the balance of evidence, to have engaged in anti-social behaviour.

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Antony Flew

Antony Garrard Newton Flew (11 February 1923 – 8 April 2010) was an English philosopher.

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Antony Grey

Anthony Edgar Gartside Wright (6 October 1927 – 30 April 2010), better known by his pseudonym Antony Grey, was an English LGBT rights activist.

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Asda

Asda Stores Limited, trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain.

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Ashok Kumar (British politician)

Ashok Kumar (28 May 1956 – 15 March 2010) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 1997 until his sudden death shortly before the 2010 general election.

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Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari (آصف علی زرداری; آصف علي زرداري; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 14th president of Pakistan since 10 March 2024.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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Attempted murder

Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.

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Audit Commission (United Kingdom)

The Audit Commission was a statutory corporation in the United Kingdom.

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Austin Ardill

Captain Robert Austin Ardill MC (1917 – 12 October 2010) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

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Automated teller machine

An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, balance inquiries or account information inquiries, at any time and without the need for direct interaction with bank staff.

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Autumn Phillips

Autumn Patricia Phillips (née Kelly; born May 3, 1978) is the Canadian-born former wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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Avon and Somerset Police

Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the five unitary authority areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, all in South West England.

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B&Q

B&Q Limited (short for Block & Quayle after the company's two founders) is a British multinational DIY and home improvement retailing company, with headquarters in Eastleigh, England.

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Barbara Bray

Barbara Bray (née Jacobs; 24 November 1924 – 25 February 2010) was an English translator and critic.

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Barbara New

Barbara Helene Barrington (9 May 1923 – 24 May 2010) better known by her stage and birth maiden name Barbara New was an English character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?.

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Basil Davidson

Basil Risbridger Davidson (9 November 1914 – 9 July 2010) was a British journalist and historian who wrote more than 30 books on African history and politics.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network is a British Asian radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day.

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BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music.

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Beatification

Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.

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Beaver

Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast East is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

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Belief

A belief is a subjective attitude that a proposition is true or a state of affairs is the case.

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Bernard Matthews

Bernard Trevor Matthews CVO CBE QSM (24 January 1930 – 25 November 2010) was the founder of Bernard Matthews Foods, a company that is best known for producing turkey meat products.

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Bernie Andrews

Bernard Oliver Andrews (17 August 1933 – 11 June 2010) was an English BBC radio producer, who was instrumental in the careers of many emerging rock and pop bands from the 1960s onwards, and responsible for producing such programmes as Saturday Club and John Peel's shows.

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Bertie Lewis

Hubert "Bertie" Lewis (22 July 1920 – 21 December 2010) was a World War II RAF airman who went on to become a peace campaigner in the UK.

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Beryl Bainbridge

Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer.

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Bill Henderson (Northern Ireland politician)

Captain Oscar William James Henderson (17 August 1924 – 22 October 2010), known as Bill Henderson was a Northern Ireland newspaper owner and legislator who, as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, represented the constituency of Belfast Victoria in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.

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William Henry Jones MM (13 May 192126 December 2010) was an England international footballer who played for Liverpool.

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Bill McLaren

William Pollock McLaren (16 October 1923 – 19 January 2010) was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player.

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Bill Millin

William Millin (July 14, 1922 – August 18, 2010),, Telegraph commonly known as Piper Bill, was a Canadian born, Scottish bagpiper, and was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of the British 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.

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Billy Wolfe (politician)

William Cuthbertson Wolfe (22 February 1924 – 18 March 2010) was a Scottish accountant, manufacturer and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.

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Billy Wright (loyalist)

William Stephen Wright (7 July 1960 – 27 December 1997), known as King Rat, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who founded the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) during The Troubles.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bishop of London

The bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.

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Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States.

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Bloody Sunday (1972)

Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.

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Bloody Sunday Inquiry

The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns for a second inquiry by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday during the peak of The Troubles.

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Bob Crossley

Bob Crossley (30 August 1912 – 19 September 2010) was an abstract artist who lived in Cornwall, England from 1959.

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Bob Doe

Robert Francis Thomas Doe, (10 March 1920 – 21 February 2010) was a British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.

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Bob Maitland

Robert John Maitland (31 March 1924 – 26 August 2010) was a British racing cyclist.

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Robert Alfred Smith (22 February 1933 – 18 September 2010) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton and Hove Albion and England.

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Boot, Cumbria

Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District.

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Bradford

Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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Bradford murders

The Bradford murders were the serial killings of three women in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England in 2009 and 2010.

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Brenda Cowling

Brenda Rose Cowling (23 April 1925 – 2 October 2010) was an English actress from London.

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Brian Duffy (photographer)

Brian Duffy (15 June 193331 May 2010) was an English photographer and film producer, best remembered for his fashion and portrait photography of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers

Brian Hilton Flowers, Baron Flowers FRS (13 September 1924 – 25 June 2010) was a British physicist, academician, and public servant.

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Brian G. Marsden

Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics ! Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010).

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Brian Hanrahan

Brian Hanrahan (22 March 1949 – 20 December 2010) was a British television journalist, who was the Diplomatic News Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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Bridget O'Connor

Bridget O'Connor (18 January 1961 – 22 September 2010) was a BAFTA-winning author, playwright and screenwriter.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Brighton hotel bombing

On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England.

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Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighton Pavilion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Siân Berry of the Green Party.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British Academy

The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British Airways

British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Broadcasting Tower, Leeds

Broadcasting Tower is a university building in Broadcasting Place in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, England.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Bryn Knowelden

Ronald Brindle Knowelden (27 June 1919 – 16 April 2010) was an English professional rugby league and association football (soccer) footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Byron Duckenfield

Group Captain Byron Leonard "Ron" Duckenfield (15 April 1917 – 19 November 2010) was a World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain.

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Cabinet of the United Kingdom

The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Cadbury

Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cameron–Clegg coalition

The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May.

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Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Carl Dooler

Carl Dooler (30 March 1943 – 29 July 2010) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Carol Marsh

Carol Marsh (born Norma Lilian Simpson; 10 May 1926 – 6 March 2010) was an English actress, best known for playing the part of Rose in the 1947 film Brighton Rock.

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Caroline Lucas

Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and 2016 to 2018.

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Carys Bannister

Carys Margaret Bannister (1935 – 20 August 2010) was the second female neurosurgeon to be appointed in the United Kingdom.

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Catherine Walker (fashion designer)

Catherine Walker (27 June 1945 – 23 September 2010) was a French-born fashion designer based in London.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales

Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family.

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Celtic Manor Resort

Celtic Manor Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the city of Newport, South East Wales.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury.

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Charles Currey

Charles Norman Currey (26 February 1916 – 10 May 2010) was a British sailor who won a silver medal in Finn class at the 1952 Olympics.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Charlie Gillett

Charles Thomas Gillett (20 February 1942 – 17 March 2010) was a British radio presenter, musicologist, and writer, mainly on rock and roll and other forms of popular music.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England.

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Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an association football team from Chester, England, that played in a variety of leagues between 1885 and 2010.

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Chimen Abramsky

Chimen Abramsky (שמעון אברמסקי; 12 September 1916 – 14 March 2010) was emeritus professor of Jewish studies at University College London.

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Chris Goudge

Christopher Edward Goudge (4 March 1935 Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England– 7 November 2010 Devon, United Kingdom) was a British athlete who competed in the 400m hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome.

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Chris Huhne

Christopher Murray Paul Huhne (born 2 July 1954) is a British energy and climate change consultant, and former journalist, business economist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013 and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010 to 2012.

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Chris Moran

Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Hugh Moran, (28 April 1956 – 26 May 2010) was a fast jet pilot and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.

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Chris Sievey

Christopher Mark Sievey (25 August 1955 – 21 June 2010) was an English musician, comedian and artist known for fronting the band the Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards.

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Christopher Cazenove

Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove (17 December 1943 – 7 April 2010) was an English film, television and stage actor.

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Christopher Freeman

Christopher Freeman (11 September 1921 – 16 August 2010) was a British economist, recognised as one of the founders of the post-war school of Innovation Studies.

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Claire Rayner

Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (Berkovitch, later Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist and nurse, best known for her role for many years as an advice columnist.

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Clarence House

Clarence House is a royal residence on The Mall in the City of Westminster, London.

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Claud William Wright

Claud William Wright CB FGS (9 January 1917, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, England – 15 February 2010, Burford, Oxfordshire, England), Aka Willy Wright, was a senior British civil servant who was also an expert in the disciplines of geology, palaeontology, and archaeology.

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Clive Donner

Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010)Ronald Bergan, The Guardian, 7 September 2010 was a British film director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing but the Best, What's New Pussycat?, and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.

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Coalition government

A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive.

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Colin Slee

Colin Bruce Slee, OBE (10 November 1945 – 25 November 2010) was a priest in the Church of England, most notable for his final position as Dean of Southwark Cathedral from 1994 until his death.

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Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner

Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (1 December 1926 – 27 August 2010) was a British peer, landowner and socialite.

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Colin Ward

Colin Ward (14 August 1924 – 11 February 2010).

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Communication Workers Union (United Kingdom)

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, digital subscriber line (DSL) and postal delivery companies.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement

The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement (officially known as The Coalition: Our Programme for Government) was a policy document drawn up following the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom.

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Corin Redgrave

Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor.

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Corinne Day

Corinne Day (19 February 1962 – 27 August 2010) was a British fashion photographer, documentary photographer, and fashion model.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Coroners and Justice Act 2009

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Countries of the United Kingdom

Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland (variously described as a country, province, jurisdiction or region).

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County Down

County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.

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Crispian St. Peters

Crispian St.

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Crossover (automobile)

A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles (SUV), which are built on a body-on-frame chassis construction similar to pickup trucks.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cumbria shootings

The Cumbria shootings were a shooting spree that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, taxi driver Derrick Bird, killed twelve people (including his twin brother) and injured eleven others in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Cy Grant

Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant (8 November 1919 – 13 February 2010) was a Guyanese actor, musician, writer, poet and World War II veteran.

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Cyril Smith

Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a British Liberal Party and Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992.

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D. Geraint James

David Geraint James FRCP (2 January 1922 – 20 October 2010) was a Welsh physician who devoted his career to the treatment of sarcoidosis, setting up a specialist clinic for the condition and earning the nickname "King of Sarcoid".

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Dale Roberts (22 October 1986 – 14 December 2010) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Daniel Joseph Bradley

Daniel Joseph Bradley (18 January 1928 – 7 February 2010) was an Irish physicist, and Emeritus Professor of Optical Electronics, at Trinity College, Dublin.

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Danny Alexander

Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015.

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Daphne Park

Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth, CMG, OBE, FRSA (1 September 1921 – 24 March 2010) was a British intelligence officer, diplomat and public servant.

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David Aubrey Scott

Sir David Aubrey Scott (3 August 1919 – 27 December 2010) was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to New Zealand and Ambassador to South Africa.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk

David John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk (3 November 1954 – 28 March 2010), styled Lord Rosehill between 1975 and 1994, was a British hereditary peer, landowner and member of the House of Lords.

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David Cockayne

David John Hugh Cockayne FRS FInstP (19 March 1942 – 22 December 2010) was Professor in the physical examination of materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford and professorial fellow at Linacre College from 2000 to 2009.

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David Fanshawe

David Arthur Fanshawe (19 April 1942 – 5 July 2010) was an English composer and self-styled explorer with a fervent interest in world music.

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David Fleming (writer)

David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was an English economist, cultural historian and writer on environmental issues, based in London.

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David Fontana

David G. J. Fontana FBPsS (1 November 1934 – 18 October 2010) was a British psychologist, parapsychologist and author.

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David Ford (politician)

David Ford (born 24 February 1951) is a former Northern Irish politician, who was leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from October 2001 until October 2016 and was Northern Ireland Minister of Justice from April 2010 until May 2016.

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David Gay

Major David William Maurice Gay MC (2 April 1920 – 10 July 2010) was a decorated British Army officer, English cricketer, and later an educator.

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David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham

David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, Baron Hennessy, (28 January 1932 – 21 December 2010) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.

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David Laws

David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015.

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David Marques

Reginald William David Marques (9 December 1932 – 29 September 2010) was an English rugby union international lock forward.

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David Miliband

David Wright Miliband (born 15 July 1965) is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the International Rescue Committee and a former British Labour Party politician.

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David Quayle

David Andrew Quayle (19 August 1936 – 6 April 2010) was a British businessman best known as co-founder of the UK-based DIY chain B&Q.

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David R. Ross

David Robertson Ross (28 February 1958 – 2 January 2010) was a Scottish author and historian.

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David Sanger (organist)

David John Sanger (17 April 1947 – 28 May 2010) was a British concert organist, professor and president of the Royal College of Organists.

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David Severn

David Storr Unwin (3 December 1918 – 11 February 2010), known as David Severn, was a British writer.

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David Tyacke

Major General David Noel Hugh Tyacke CB OBE (18 November 1915 – 10 February 2010) was a senior British Army officer.

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David Young, Baron Young of Graffham

David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham, (27 February 1932 – 9 December 2022) was a British Conservative politician, cabinet minister and businessman.

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Death of Linda Norgrove

On 26 September 2010, British aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland.

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Denis Healey

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the longest-serving Defence Secretary to date.

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Dennis Sharp

Dennis Sharp (30 November 1933 – 6 May 2010) was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor.

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Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Justice (Irish: An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o tha Laa) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, which was established on 12 April 2010 as part of the devolution of justice matters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom is the second highest ranking minister of the Crown and a member of the British Cabinet.

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Derek Hodgkinson

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Derek Hodgkinson, (27 December 1917 – 29 January 2010) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Derek Prag

Derek Prag (6 August 1923 – 20 January 2010) was a British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1979 to 1994.

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Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Diana Ruth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, (née McConnel; 14 January 1922 – 1 November 2010) was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II.

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Dick Francis

Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England.

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Dick Gibson (racing driver)

Richard Gibson (16 April 1918 – 17 December 2010) was a racing driver from England.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Diz Disley

William Charles "Diz" Disley (27 May 1931 – 22 March 2010) was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and banjoist.

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Don Partridge

Donald Eric Partridge (27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010), Music Week, 23 September 2010.

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Donald Maitland

Sir Donald James Dundas Maitland (16 August 192222 August 2010) was a senior British diplomat.

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Donald Pass

Donald Pass (9 September 1930 – 3 December 2010) was a British painter whose art has been compared to that of William Blake by a reviewer in an Oxford newspaper, among others.

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Donald Wiseman

Donald John Wiseman (25 October 1918 – 2 February 2010) was a biblical scholar, archaeologist and Assyriologist.

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Dubai

Dubai (translit) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee.

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Earl of Ulster

The title of Earl of Ulster has been created six times in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

East Ham is a constituency in the London Borough of Newham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 1997 by Stephen Timms of the Labour Party.

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East Midlands Airport

East Midlands Airport is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire, between Loughborough, Derby and Nottingham; Leicester is to the south and Lincoln northeast.

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Ed Balls

Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British broadcaster, economist and former politician.

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Ed Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024.

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Eddie Baily

Edward Francis Baily (6 August 1925 – 13 October 2010) was an England international footballer.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport is an international airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Edna Healey

Edna May Healey, Baroness Healey (née Edmunds; 14 June 1918 – 21 July 2010) was a British writer, lecturer and filmmaker.

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Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.

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Edward Lyons (British politician)

Edward Lyons, QC (17 May 1926 – 23 April 2010) was a British politician.

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Edwin Charles Tubb

Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels.

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Edwin Morgan (poet)

Edwin George Morgan (27 April 1920 – 19 August 2010), The Independent.

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Edwin Newman

Edwin Harold Newman (January 25, 1919 – August 13, 2010) was an American newscaster, journalist, and author.

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Egon Ronay

Egon Miklos Ronay (24 July 1915 – 12 June 2010) was a Hungarian-born food critic who wrote and published a famous series of guides to British and Irish restaurants and hotels in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

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Egremont, Cumbria

Egremont is a market town, civil parish and two electoral wards in Cumbria, England, and historically part of Cumberland.

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Election court

In United Kingdom election law, an election court is a special court convened to hear a petition against the result of a local government or parliamentary election.

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Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark.

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Elisabeth Beresford

Elisabeth Beresford, MBE (6 August 1926 – 24 December 2010), also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles.

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Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy of Lour, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, FRSA, DL (28 April 1925 – 9 November 2010) was a Scottish academic and activist.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. 2010 in the United Kingdom and Elizabeth II are 2010s in the United Kingdom.

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Elizabeth Jenkins (writer)

Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins (31 October 1905 – 5 September 2010) was an English novelist and biographer of Jane Austen, Henry Fielding, Lady Caroline Lamb, Joseph Lister and Elizabeth I. Elizabeth Bowen said Jenkins was "among the most distinguished living English novelists.".

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Elizabeth Laverick

Elizabeth Laverick (25 November 1925 – 12 January 2010) was a British engineer who became technical director of Elliott Automation Radar Systems.

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Elton Younger

Major-General Allan Elton Younger DSO OBE, known to friends as Tony Younger (4 May 1919 – 5 July 2010) was a British soldier and author, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1974 to 1979.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

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England cricket team

The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.

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The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales.

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Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), often erroneously called the Equalities Act 2010, is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed during the Brown ministry with the primary purpose of consolidating, updating and supplementing the numerous prior Acts and Regulations, that formed the basis of anti-discrimination law in mostly England, Scotland and Wales; some sections also apply to Northern Ireland.

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Eric Hill (cricketer)

Eric Hill (9 July 1923 – 27 July 2010) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club as an opening batsman between 1947 and 1951, later serving as captain of the second team, a long-serving committeeman for the county, and as a journalist covering cricket for the local newspaper, the Somerset County Gazette, and correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.

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Eurasian spoonbill

The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Eva Ibbotson

Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson (née Wiesner; 21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010) was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature.

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Eyjafjallajökull

Eyjafjallajökull, sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull.

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F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre

Fergus or Feargus Gwynplaine MacIntyre (born Paul Grant Jeffery; 9 March 1956 – 25 June 2010),, Locus, 28 June 2010.

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Faber & Faber

Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London.

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Failand

Failand is a village in Somerset, England.

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (also known as FCBStudios) is a British architectural design firm, established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London, Manchester and Belfast.

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Fenway Sports Group

Fenway Sports Group Holdings, LLC (FSG), is an American multinational sports holding conglomerate which owns Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, Premier League’s Liverpool, National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins, NASCAR's RFK Racing, and TGL's Boston Common Golf.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

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Financial Secretary to the Treasury

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a mid-level ministerial post in HM Treasury.

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First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

The First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the joint heads of government of Northern Ireland, leading the Northern Ireland Executive and with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive Office.

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Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.

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Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country.

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Ford Fiesta

The Ford Fiesta is a supermini car that was marketed by Ford from 1976 to 2023 over seven generations.

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Foreign Secretary

The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also known as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Forward Prizes for Poetry

The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London.

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Frank Dye

Frank Charles Dye (23 April 1928 – 16 May 2010) was a sailor who, in two separate voyages, sailed a ''Wayfarer'' class dinghy from the United Kingdom to Iceland and Norway.

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Frank Jarvis (actor)

Frank Jarvis (13 May 1941 – 15 September 2010) was a British character actor.

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Frank Turner (gymnast)

Frank Conway Turner (5 November 1922 – 27 September 2010) was a British gymnast who took part in four Olympic Games, three as a competitor and the fourth as National Coach; he was captain of the British Gymnastics team in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Fred Wedlock

Peter Frederick Wedlock (23 May 1942 – 4 March 2010) was an English folk singer best known for his UK hit single "The Oldest Swinger in Town", which was covered by German comedian Karl Dall as "Der älteste Popper der Stadt".

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Frederick Warner (engineer)

Sir Frederick Edward Warner FRS, FREng (31 March 1910 – 3 July 2010) was a British chemical engineer.

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Frome Hoard

The Frome Hoard is a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp near Frome in Somerset, England.

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Full body scanner

A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on or inside a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact.

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Gai Eaton

Charles le Gai Eaton (also known as Hasan le Gai Eaton or Hassan Abdul Hakeem; 1 January 1921 – 2010) was a British diplomat, writer, historian, and an Islamic scholar.

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Garry Purdham

Garry John Purdham (20 October 1978 – 2 June 2010) was an English professional rugby league player and farmer.

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Garter Principal King of Arms

Garter Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior king of arms and officer of arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic authority with jurisdiction over England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Gatwick Airport

London Gatwick, also known as Gatwick Airport, is the secondary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

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Gavin Blyth

Gavin John Blyth (27 October 1969 – 26 November 2010) was a British television producer and journalist.

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Gavin Grant (born 27 March 1984) is an English former professional footballer who was convicted in July 2010 of a murder committed in 2004.

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Gaza City

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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Geoff Hoon

Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010.

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Geoffrey Burgon

Geoffrey Alan Burgon (15 July 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English composer best known for his television and film scores.

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Geoffrey Crawley

Geoffrey Crawley (10 December 1926 – 29 October 2010) was a photographic expert and journalist, and was the editor in chief of British Journal of Photography for two decades.

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Geoffrey Hutchings

Geoffrey Hutchings (8 June 1939 – 1 July 2010) was an English stage, film and television actor.

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Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, (16 April 1924 – 11 August 2010) was a British Conservative politician.

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George Lane (British Army officer)

George Henry Lane, MC (born Gyuri or György Lányi; 18 January 1915 – 19 March 2010) was a British Army officer in the Commandos during World War II, achieving the rank of colonel.

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George Michael

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.

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George Osborne

George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British retired politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government.

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George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend

George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend (13 May 1916 – 23 April 2010), styled Viscount Raynham until 1921, was a British peer and businessman.

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George Webb (musician)

George Horace Webb (8 October 1917 – 10 March 2010) was a British pianist considered by many as the father of the traditional jazz movement in Britain.

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Gerald Drucker

Gerald Drucker (5 August 1925 – 19 March 2010) was a British classical double bass player, photographer and double bass teacher.

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Gerald Stapleton

Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton, (12 May 1920 – 13 April 2010) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and fighter ace who flew Spitfires and Typhoons during the Second World War.

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Gerard Kelly

Gerard Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including City Lights, Rab C Nesbitt, Scotch and Wry and Extras.

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Gerard Mansell

Gerard Evelyn Herbert "Gerry" Mansell (16 February 1921 – 18 December 2010) was a BBC executive, most famous for reorganising BBC Radio into Radio 2, 3 and 4 as controller of the BBC Home Service, and for a political conflict early in Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister.

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Gil Merrick

Gilbert Harold Merrick (26 January 1922 – 3 February 2010) was an English footballer and football manager.

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Gilda O'Neill

Gilda O'Neill (25 May 1951 – 24 September 2010) was a British novelist and historian, particularly of the local history of the East End of London.

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Gillian Lowndes

Gillian Lowndes (19 June 1936. Retrieved 21 October 2016. – 2 October 2010) was an English ceramics sculptor.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Gordon Lewis (engineer)

Gordon Manns Lewis CBE FREng (24 June 1924 – 4 October 2010) was a British aeronautical engineer who made significant contributions to the arts and sciences of turbine engine design.

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Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne

Gordon William Humphreys Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne (25 November 1915 – 22 January 2010) was a British banker, former lawyer, and former Governor of the Bank of England.

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Gordon Shattock

Sir Gordon Shattock (12 May 1928 – 10 April 2010) was a British veterinarian who served as the Conservative Party's Western-area Chairman.

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Government budget

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Government of the United Kingdom

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Governor of Bermuda

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Governor of the Bank of England

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Graham Crowden

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Graham Leonard

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Greater Gabbard wind farm

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Green Party of England and Wales

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Gretel Beer

Gretel Beer (born Margaret Weidenfeld; 11 July 1921 – 11 August 2010) was an Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports.

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Greville Starkey

Greville Michael Wilson Starkey (21 December 1939 – 14 April 2010) was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat.

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Gross domestic product

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Grover Cleveland

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Guantanamo Bay detention camp

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Hampden Park

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Hampshire

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Harlesden

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Harriet Harman

Harriet Ruth Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and solicitor who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 40 years, from 1982 to 2024, making her one of the longest-serving MPs in British history.

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Harry B. Whittington

Harry Blackmore Whittington FRS (24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010) was a British palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna.

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Harry Carpenter

Harry Leonard Carpenter, OBE (17 October 1925 – 20 March 2010) was a British BBC sports commentator broadcasting from the early 1950s until his retirement in 1994.

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Harry Klein

Harold Klein (25 December 1928 – 30 June 2010) was an English jazz saxophonist.

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Heathrow Airport

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Helen Roberts

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Helmand Province

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Hereford

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High court

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Hilton's theorem

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His Majesty's Prison Service

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HM Prison Maze

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Holborn

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Home Information Pack

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Home Secretary

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Honor Frost

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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Howard Harry Rosenbrock

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Howard Jacobson

Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist.

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Hugh Clark (British Army officer)

Captain Ridley Hugh Clark MC (21 October 1923 – 11 September 2010) was a British Army officer who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd) during Operation Varsity: the airborne operation over the Rhine on 24 March 1945.

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Hugh Ford (engineer)

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Human Chain (poetry collection)

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Hung parliament

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Hywel Teifi Edwards

Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian, a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language.

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I (newspaper)

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Iain Noble

Sir Iain Andrew Noble, 3rd Baronet, (8 September 1935 – 25 December 2010) was a businessman, landowner on the Isle of Skye and a noted Scottish Gaelic language activist.

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Ian Brownlie

Sir Ian Brownlie, (19 September 1932, Liverpool – 3 January 2010, Cairo) was an English barrister and academic, specialising in international law.

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Ian Buxton

Ian Ray Buxton (17 April 1938 – 1 October 2010) was an English footballer and cricketer.

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Ian Carmichael

Ian Gillett Carmichael, (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career that spanned seventy years.

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Ian Knight (stage designer)

Ian Knight (12 August 1940, in Eastcote – 20 March 2010) was a British stage designer, best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Genesis and Rod Stewart.

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Ian Samuel

Adrian Christopher Ian Samuel (20 August 1915 – 26 December 2010) was a Royal Air Force pilot, British diplomat, and director of chemical and agrochemical trade associations.

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Idwal Pugh

Sir Idwal Vaughan Pugh KCB (10 February 1918 – 21 April 2010) was a civil servant who was Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Office and distinguished himself as Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman).

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Ingrid Pitt

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Instant-runoff voting

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Involuntary servitude

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Iraq

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Iraq Inquiry

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Iraq War

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Iris Gower

Iris Davies (1935 – 20 July 2010), pen name Iris Gower, was a British novelist from Swansea, Wales, noted for historical romances.

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ITV1

ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc.

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Ivy Bean

Ivy Lesly Bean (née Asquith; 8 September 1905 – 28 July 2010) was a British internet personality, known for being the oldest person in the world on Twitter and one of the oldest users of Facebook.

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Jack Birkett

Jack Birkett (11 June 1934 – 10 May 2010) was a British dancer, mime artist, actor and singer, best known for his work on stage as a member of Lindsay Kemp's theatre company, and in the films of Derek Jarman.

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Jack Harrison (RAF officer)

Jack Harrison (18 December 1912 – 4 June 2010) was a Scottish educator, military pilot, and prisoner of war during World War II.

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Jack Parnell

John Russell Parnell (6 August 1923 – 8 August 2010) was an English musician and musical director.

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Jack Parry

Brynley John Parry (11 January 1924 – 20 January 2010) was a Welsh professional footballer.

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Jack Straw

John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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Jackie Sinclair

John Evens Wright Sinclair (21 July 1943 – 1 September 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for six different clubs in the English and Scottish leagues.

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James Aubrey (actor)

James Aubrey Tregidgo (28 August 1947 – 6 April 2010), known professionally as James Aubrey, was an English stage and screen actor.

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James Black (pharmacologist)

Sir James Whyte Black (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist.

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James Cleminson

Sir James Arnold Stacey Cleminson (31 August 1921 – 14 September 2010) was a prominent British soldier and businessman who was decorated for his service during the Battle of Arnhem after fighting in the North African Campaign and escaping while a prisoner of war in the Italian Campaign during the Second World War.

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James D Robertson

James D Robertson, MBE (2 November 1931 – 7 January 2010) was a Scottish painter and senior lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art.

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James L. Gray

James Laird Gray (1926–2010) was a Scottish engineer who helped develop several power stations in England and Scotland.

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James Mourilyan Tanner

James Mourilyan Tanner, (1 August 1920 – 11 August 2010) was a British paediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale, which measures the stages of sexual development during puberty.

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James P. Hogan (writer)

James Patrick Hogan (27 June 1941 – 12 July 2010) was a British science fiction author.

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James Pickles

James Pickles (18 March 1925 – 18 December 2010) was an English barrister and circuit judge and who later became a tabloid newspaper columnist.

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Janet Simpson

Janet Mary Simpson (2 September 1944 – 14 March 2010) was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres.

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Jason Robert Wood (21 January 1972 – 20 February 2010) was a British comedian.

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Jayaben Desai

Jayaben Desai (2 April 1933 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian-born trade unionist in the United Kingdom.

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Jean Simmons

Jean Merilyn Simmons (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.

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Jeffrey Neilson Taylor (20 September 1930 – 28 December 2010) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Fulham and Brentford as a forward.

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Jenny Wood-Allen

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Jim Cruickshank

James Fergus Cruickshank (13 April 1941 – 18 November 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Jim Farry

James Farry (1 July 1954 – 10 November 2010) served as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association from 1990 to 1999.

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Jim Greenwood (rugby union)

James Thomson Greenwood (2 December 1928 – 13 September 2010) ESPNScrum.com was a Scottish rugby union player and coach.

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Jim Towers

Edwin James Towers (15 April 1933 – 16 September 2010) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a centre forward in the Football League with Brentford.

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Jim Yardley (cricketer)

Thomas James Yardley (27 October 1946 – 20 November 2010) was an English first-class cricketer.

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Jimi Heselden

James William "Jimi" Heselden OBE (27 March 1948 – 26 September 2010) was an English entrepreneur.

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Jimmy Gardner (actor)

Edward Charles James Gardner, DFM (24 August 1924 – 3 May 2010) was an English actor.

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Jimmy Reid

James Reid (9 July 1932 – 10 August 2010) was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow.

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Joan Rhodes

Joan Rhodes (13 April 1921 – 30 May 2010) was a British performer, wrestler, stuntwoman and strongwoman.

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John Alldis

John Alldis (10 August 192920 December 2010) was an English chorus-master and conductor.

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John Amyas Alexander

John Amyas Alexander (27 January 1922 – 17 August 2010) was an archaeologist for more than 50 years and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

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John Arundel Barnes

John Arundel Barnes FBA (9 September 1918 – 13 September 2010) was an Australian and British social anthropologist.

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John Batchelor (racing)

William John Batchelor (4 January 1959 – 11 April 2010), was an English racing driver, businessman, political activist, and football investor.

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John Harvey Benson (23 December 1942 – 30 October 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.

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John Bercow

John Simon Bercow (born 19 January 1963) is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019.

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John Dankworth

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores.

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John E. Baldwin

John Evan Baldwin FRS (6 December 1931 – 7 December 2010) was a British astronomer who worked at the Cavendish Astrophysics Group (formerly Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory) from 1954.

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John Freeborn

John Connell Freeborn, (1 December 1919 – 28 August 2010) was a fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

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John Gooders

John Gooders (10 January 1937 – 18 May 2010) was a British writer who first came to prominence with his first book Where to Watch Birds.

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John Gorst (Hendon North MP)

Sir John Michael Gorst (28 June 1928 – 31 July 2010) was a British Conservative politician.

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John Gouriet

Major John Prendergast Gouriet (1 June 1935 – 4 September 2010) was a British Army officer, company director and political activist.

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John Graysmark

John Graysmark (26 March 1935 – 10 October 2010) was a British production designer.

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John Griffiths (curator)

John Griffiths (15 June 1952 – 9 April 2010) was a Welsh museum curator at the Science Museum in London, England.

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John Hagart

John Hagart (19 November 1937 – 1 June 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.

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John Hedgecoe

John Hedgecoe (24 March 1932 – 3 June 2010) was a British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography.

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John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.

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John Louis Mansi

John Louis Mansi (born John Patrick Adams; 8 November 1926 – 6 August 2010) was a British television and film actor whose career spanned the years from the early 1950s to the early 1990s.

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John Lyon (cricketer)

John Lyon (17 May 1951 – 1 January 2010) was a first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1973 and 1979.

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John Macreadie

John Macreadie (19 September 1946 – 22 December 2010) was a Scottish trade unionist and a longstanding supporter of Militant.

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John Mantle (bishop)

John Ambrose Cyril Mantle (3 April 1946 – 29 November 2010) was the Bishop of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal Church.

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John Moore (Royal Navy officer)

Captain John Evelyn Moore (11 November 1921 – 8 July 2010) was a submariner in the Royal Navy, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and after retirement from the Royal Navy the author for 15 years of the authoritative naval publication Jane's Fighting Ships.

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John Nelder

John Ashworth Nelder (8 October 1924 – 7 August 2010) was a British statistician known for his contributions to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory.

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John Pawle

John Hanbury Pawle (18 May 1915 – 20 January 2010) was an English sportsman, stockbroker and painter.

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John Reed (actor)

John Lamb Reed OBE (13 February 1916 – 13 February 2010) was an English actor, dancer and singer, known for his nimble performances in the principal comic roles of the Savoy Operas, particularly with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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John Shepherd-Barron

John Adrian Shepherd-Barron OBE (23 June 1925 – 15 May 2010) was an India-born British inventor, who led the team that installed the first cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine or ATM.

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John Waterlow

John Conrad Waterlow (13 June 1916 – 19 October 2010) was a British physiologist who specialised in childhood malnutrition.

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Johnny Edgecombe

John Arthur Alexander Edgecombe (22 October 1932 – 26 September 2010) was a British jazz promoter, whose involvement with Christine Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo affair.

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Johnny Lawrenson

John H. Lawrenson (29 March 1921 – 28 March 2010) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s.

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Johnny Parker (jazz pianist)

Johnny Parker (6 November 1929 – 11 June 2010) was a British jazz pianist.

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Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer.

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Joyce Howard

Joyce Howard (28 February 1922 – 23 November 2010) was an English actress, writer, and film executive.

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Julia Clements

Julia Clements (born Gladys Agnes Clements; 11 April 1906 – 1 November 2010) was an English flower arranger and lecturer on floral arranging whose career spanned over 60 years.

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Julia Lang (actress)

Julia Lang was a British film and radio actress and radio presenter.

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Julian Besag

Julian Ernst Besag FRS (26 March 1945 – 6 August 2010) was a British statistician known chiefly for his work in spatial statistics (including its applications to epidemiology, image analysis and agricultural science), and Bayesian inference (including Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms).

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Julian Roberts

Richard Julian Roberts FSA (18 May 1930 – 20 October 2010) was a British librarian, bibliographer, and scholar.

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June 2010 United Kingdom budget

The June 2010 United Kingdom Budget, officially also known as Responsibility, freedom, fairness: a five-year plan to re-build the economy, was delivered by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the House of Commons in his budget speech that commenced at 12.33pm on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 (just 90 days after the previous budget speech).

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Keith Alexander (14 November 1956 – 3 March 2010) was a footballer and manager.

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Keith Andrew

Keith Vincent Andrew (15 December 1929 – 27 December 2010) was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954–55 and in 1963.

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Keith Batey

Keith Batey (4 July 1919 – 28 August 2010) was a codebreaker who, with his wife, Mavis Batey (5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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Keith Brown (Scottish politician)

Keith James Brown (born 20 December 1961) is a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018.

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Keith Jessop

Keith Jessop (10 May 1933 – 22 May 2010) was a British salvage diver and successful marine treasure hunter.

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Kenneth Herbert Barnes (16 March 1929 – 13 July 2010) was an English footballer.

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Ken Coates

Kenneth Sidney Coates (16 September 1930 – 27 June 2010) was a British politician and writer.

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Kenneth Dover

Sir Kenneth James Dover, (11 March 1920 – 7 March 2010) was a distinguished British classical scholar and academic.

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Kenneth McKellar (singer)

Kenneth McKellar (23 June 1927 – 9 April 2010) was a Scottish tenor.

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Kids Run Free

Kids Run Free is a British charity organization based in Warwickshire founded by Martine Verweij and Catherine O'Carroll in December of 2010.

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Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (doing business as Kraft Foods Group) was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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Kristian Digby

Scott Kristian Edwin Digby (24 June 1977 – 1 March 2010) was an English television presenter and director best known for presenting To Buy or Not to Buy on BBC One.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Labour Party Conference

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Lachhiman Gurung

Lachhiman Gurung (लाछिमान गुरुङ; 30 December 1917 – 12 December 2010) was a Nepalese–British Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Lan Wright

Lionel Percy Wright, known professionally as Lan Wright (1923–2010) was a British science fiction writer.

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Lancaster House Treaties

The Lancaster House Treaties of 2010 are two treaties between the United Kingdom and France for defence and security cooperation.

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Land Rover

Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors.

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Laurence Gardner

Laurence Gardner (17 May 1943 – 12 August 2010) was a British author and lecturer.

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Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

The leader of the Labour Party is the highest position within the United Kingdom's Labour Party.

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Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

The Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition, more commonly referred to as the Leader of the Opposition, is the person who leads the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom.

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Leonard Hemming

Leonard Ernest Gerald Hemming (30 September 1916 – 10 July 2010) was an English cricketer.

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Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson

Leonard Gordon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, FRS HonFREng (11 November 1927 – 20 May 2010) was a British businessman, the former chairman of GUS, and son of GUS magnate Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet.

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Les Gibbard

Les Gibbard (26 October 1945 – 10 October 2010) was a New Zealand-British political cartoonist, journalist, illustrator and animator.

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Lesley Duncan

Lesley Cox (née Duncan; 12 August 1943 – 12 March 2010) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s.

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Levi Bellfield

Levi Bellfield (born Levi Rabbetts; 17 May 1968) is an English serial killer, sex offender, rapist, kidnapper, and burglar.

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Lewis Hamilton

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver competing in Formula One, driving for Mercedes.

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Liam Fox

Sir Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

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Life imprisonment

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Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter.

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List of British films of 2010

A list of British films released in 2010.

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List of British supercentenarians

, the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 154 British citizens who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age.

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List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.

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Local enterprise partnership

In England, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses, set up in 2011 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to help determine local economic priorities and lead economic growth and job creation within the local area.

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London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963.

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London Borough of Southwark

The London Borough of Southwark in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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London boroughs

The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Louis Le Bailly

Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly, KBE, CB (18 July 1915 – 3 October 2010) was a Royal Navy officer who became director-general of intelligence and later a writer.

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Louis Marks

Louis Frank Marks (23 March 1928 – 17 September 2010) was an English screenwriter and producer, mainly for BBC Television.

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Loyalist Volunteer Force

The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Lucienne Day

Désirée Lucienne Lisbeth Dulcie Day OBE RDI FCSD (née Conradi; 5 January 1917 – 30 January 2010) was one of the most influential British textile designers of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was a British-American actress.

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Malcolm Allison

Malcolm Alexander Allison (5 September 1927 – 14 October 2010) was an English football player and manager.

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Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (3 September 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a Yemeni-Born fashion designer and music manager.

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Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch

Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch (born 20 July 1942) is a British businessman and politician who was leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2009 to 2010.

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Malcolm Vaughan

Malcolm Vaughan (22 March 1929 – 9 February 2010) was a Welsh traditional pop singer and actor.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Margaret Moran

Margaret Mary Moran (born 24 April 1955) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Mark Bytheway

Mark Bytheway (22 July 1963 – 9 July 2010) was an England International Quiz player best known for becoming Quizzing World Champion in 2008 and winning the Top Brain competition of Brain of Britain.

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Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross

John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, QC (19 July 1933 – 8 April 2010), was a British judge and politician.

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Sir Mark John Thompson (born 31 July 1957"THOMPSON, Mark John Thompson," in Who's Who 2009 (London: A & C Black, 2008); online ed., (Oxford: OUP, 2008),. Retrieved 25 January 2009.) is a British and American media executive who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Cable News Network (CNN).

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Mark Webber (racing driver)

Mark Alan Webber (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2013 and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) between 2014 and 2016.

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Marrack Goulding

Sir Marrack Goulding KCMG (2 September 19369 July 2010) was a British diplomat who served more than eleven years as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Martin Benson (actor)

Martin Benjamin Benson (10 August 1918 – 28 February 2010) was a British character actor who appeared in films, theatre and television.

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Martin O'Neill

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

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Martin Starkie

Martin Starkie (25 November 1922 – 5 November 2010) was an English actor, writer and director for theatre, radio and television.

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Mary Brancker

Winifred Mary Brancker (1914–2010) was an English veterinary surgeon, best known as the first woman to become president of the British Veterinary Association since its foundation in 1881.

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Mary Malcolm

Helen Mary Malcolm Retrieved 2012-11-08 (15 March 191813 October 2010) was one of the first two regular female announcers on BBC Television after the Second World War and was a household name in the United Kingdom during the 1950s.

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Maureen Lehane

Maureen Theresa Lehane Wishart (18 September 1932 – 27 December 2010) was an English mezzo-soprano singer, university lecturer and founder of the Great Elm Music Festival, Jackdaws Music Education Trust and an annual Vocal Award for young singers.

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Maurice Line

Maurice Bernard Line (21 June 1928 – 21 September 2010) was a leading figure in library and information science in the UK.

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Maurice Murphy (musician)

Maurice Harrison Murphy (7 August 1935 – 28 October 2010) was a British musician who was principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 2007.

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Maurice Wilkes

Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits.

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Mel Hopkins

Mel Hopkins (7 November 1934 – 18 October 2010) was a Welsh international footballer.

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Member of the European Parliament

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.

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Mervyn Alexander

Mervyn Alban Alexander (29 June 1925 – 14 August 2010) was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton from 1974 to 2001.

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Mervyn Haisman

Mervyn Oliver Haisman (15 March 1928 – 29 October 2010) was a British screenwriter of film and television.

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A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal.

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Metro (British newspaper)

Metro is the United Kingdom's highest-circulation freesheet tabloid newspaper.

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Metro Bank (United Kingdom)

Metro Bank PLC is a retail and commercial bank operating in the United Kingdom, founded by Anthony Thomson and Vernon Hill in 2010.

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Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England.

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MI5

MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).

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Michael Cobb (railway historian)

Michael Cobb FRICS (10 September 1916 – 23 June 2010) was a British Army officer, cartographer, and railway historian who in 2003 published the monumental work The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas, which set out to map and record every railway station and line in existence in Britain between 1807 and 1994.

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Michael Creeth

James Michael Creeth (3 October 1924 – 15 January 2010) was an English biochemist whose experiments on DNA viscosity confirming the existence of hydrogen bonds between the purine and pyrimidine bases of DNA were crucial to Watson and Crick's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

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Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983.

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Michael Goulder

Michael Douglas Goulder (31 May 1927 – January 6, 2010) was a British biblical scholar who spent most of his academic life at the University of Birmingham where he retired as Professor of Biblical Studies in 1994.

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Michael Moore (Scottish politician)

Michael Kevin Moore (born 3 June 1965) is a British former Liberal Democrat politician.

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Michael Samuels (linguist)

Michael Louis Samuels (14 September 1920 – 24 November 2010) was a British Ashkenazi historical linguist, responsible for the Historical Thesaurus of English.

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Micky Burn

Captain Michael Clive Burn, MC (11 December 1912 – 3 September 2010) was an English journalist, commando, writer and poet.

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Millbank

Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster.

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Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh

Miranda Daphne Jane Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (née Smiley; 19 August 1939 – 30 December 2010) was a Scottish aristocrat who married into the Guinness family.

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Monarchy of the United Kingdom

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.

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Monty Sunshine

Monty Sunshine (9 April 1928 – 30 November 2010) was an English jazz clarinettist, who is known for his clarinet solo on the track "Petite Fleur", a million seller for the Chris Barber Jazz Band in 1959.

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Morris Pert

Morris David Brough Pert (8 September 1947 – 27 April 2010) was a Scottish composer, drummer/percussionist, and pianist who composed in the fields of both contemporary classical and jazz-rock music.

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Murder of James Bulger

On 12 February 1993 in Merseyside, two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson (born 23 August 1982) and Jon Venables (born 13 August 1982), abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger (16 March 1990 – 12 February 1993).

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Murder of Joanna Yeates

Joanna Clare Yeates (19 April 1985 – 17 December 2010) was a landscape architect from Ampfield, Hampshire, England, who went missing from the flat she shared with her partner, in a large house in Clifton, Bristol, on 17 December 2010 after an evening out with colleagues.

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Murder of Milly Dowler

On 21 March 2002, Amanda Jane "Milly" Dowler, a 13-year-old English schoolgirl, was reported missing by her parents after failing to return home from school and not being seen since walking along Station Avenue in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, that afternoon.

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Murder of Tia Rigg

Tia Rigg (4 January 1998 – 3 April 2010) was a girl who was killed in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England on 3 April 2010.

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National League (division)

The National League is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system.

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Neil Christian

Neil Christian (born Christopher Tidmarsh, 14 February 1943 – 4 January 2010) - accessed December 2010 was an English singer.

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Neil Richardson (composer)

Neil Grant Richardson (5 February 1930 – 8 October 2010) was an English composer and conductor.

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Netto (store)

Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in Denmark, Germany and Poland.

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Neville Meade

Neville Meade (12 September 1948 – 13 March 2010) was a British boxer from Swansea.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a weekly national "red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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Nicholas Lyell

Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell.

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Nicholas Selby

Nicholas Selby (born James Ivor Selby, 13 September 1925 – 14 September 2010) was a British film, television and theatre actor.

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Nick Clegg

Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015.

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Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as the president of France and co-prince of Andorra from 2007 to 2012.

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Nigel Farage

Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964) is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and the Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having previously been its leader from 2019 to 2021 when it was called the Brexit Party.

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Nissan Qashqai

The Nissan Qashqai is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) designed and produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan since 2006.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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Norman Dennis

Norman Dennis (16 August 1929 – 13 November 2010) was a British sociologist.

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Norman Wisdom

Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless character called Norman Pitkin.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlan Assemblie), often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland Executive

The Northern Ireland Executive (Irish: Feidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Executive) is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Northumbria

Northumbria (Norþanhymbra rīċe; Regnum Northanhymbrorum) was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland.

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Northwest Airlines Flight 253

The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 occurred on December 25, 2009, aboard an Airbus A330 as it prepared to land at Detroit Metropolitan Airport following a transatlantic flight from Amsterdam.

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Oban

Oban (An t-Òban meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland.

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Office for Budget Responsibility

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is a non-departmental public body funded by the UK Treasury, that the UK government established to provide independent economic forecasts and independent analysis of the public finances.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Oldham East and Saddleworth is a constituency in outer Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since January 2011 by Debbie Abrahams of the Labour Party.

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Owen Edwards (broadcaster)

Owen Edwards (26 December 1933 – 30 August 2010) was a Welsh broadcaster, and the first chief executive of the Welsh-language television channel S4C, the fourth television channel in Wales, a post he held from 1981-89.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford Mail

Oxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England, owned by Newsquest.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Oxshott railway station

Oxshott railway station serves the village of Oxshott, in Surrey, England.

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Pakistan national cricket team

The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952.

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Pamela Green

Phyllis Pamela Green (28 March 1929 – 7 May 2010) was an English glamour model and actress, best known at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Patricia Gage

Patricia Gage (3 March 1940 – 31 January 2010), obitsforlife.com, retrieved 24 May 2014 was a Scottish-born actress based in Canada.

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Patricia H. Clarke

Patricia Hannah Clarke FRS (née Green) (29 July 1919 – 28 January 2010) was a British biochemist.

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Patricia Hewitt

Patricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is a British government adviser and former politician, who was the Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007.

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Patricia Leonard

Patricia Leonard (9 March 1936 – 28 January 2010) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in mezzo-soprano and contralto roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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Paul Briscoe

Paul Briscoe (July 12, 1930 – August 15, 2010) was an English schoolteacher and writer.

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Percy Cradock

Sir Percy Cradock (26 October 1923 – 22 January 2010) was a British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1983, playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984.

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Perjury

Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.

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Pete Morgan

Colin Peter Morgan (7 July 1939 – 5 July 2010)Miles Salter, The Guardian, 15 July 2010, retrieved 7 August 2010 was a British poet, lyricist and television documentary author and presenter.

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Pete Quaife

Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife (born Kinnes; 31 December 1943 – 23 June 2010) was an English musician, artist and author.

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Peter Andry

Peter Edward Andry, (10 March 1927 – 7 December 2010) was a classical record producer and an influential executive in the recording industry, active from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Peter B. Denyer

Peter Brian Denyer (27 April 1953 – 22 April 2010) was a British electronics engineer, academic, scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur who pioneered CMOS image sensor chips for many applications including mobile phones, webcams, video-conferencing cameras, and optical computer mouse.

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Peter Calvocoressi

Peter John Ambrose Calvocoressi (17 November 1912 – 5 February 2010) was a British lawyer, Liberal politician, historian, and publisher.

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Peter Cheeseman

Peter Barrie Cheeseman, CBE (27 January 1932, Cowplain, Hampshire – 27 April 2010, Stoke-on-Trent) was a British theatre director who is credited with having pioneered "theatre in the round".

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Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy, 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis.

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Peter Gwynn-Jones

Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones (12 March 1940 – 21 August 2010) was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London.

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Peter Heathfield

Peter Heathfield (2 March 1929 – 4 May 2010)Geoffrey Goodman, The Guardian (website), 4 May 2010 was a British trade unionist who was general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) between 1984 and 1992, including the period of the miners' strike of 1984/85.

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Peter Hilton

Peter John Hilton (7 April 1923Peter Hilton, "On all Sorts of Automorphisms", The American Mathematical Monthly, 92(9), November 1985, p. 6506 November 2010) was a British mathematician, noted for his contributions to homotopy theory and for code-breaking during World War II.

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Peter O'Donnell

Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter.

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Peter Phillips

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman.

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Peter Ramsbotham

Peter Edward Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury (8 October 1919 – 9 April 2010) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.

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Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)

Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015.

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Peter Sutcliffe

Peter William Sutcliffe (2June 1946 – 13November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.

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Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, (25 March 1932 – 23 June 2010) was a British Conservative politician who served in Cabinet under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher.

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Peter Warr

Peter Eric Warr (18 June 1938, Kermanshah, Iran – 4 October 2010, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France) was a British businessman, racing driver and a manager for several Formula One teams, including Walter Wolf Racing, Fittipaldi Automotive, and Team Lotus.

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Phil Woolas

Philip James Woolas (born 11 December 1959) is a British environmental consultant, political lobbyist and former television producer and politician who served as Minister of State for Borders and Immigration from 2008 to 2010.

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Philip Langridge

Philip Gordon Langridge (16 December 1939 – 5 March 2010)Millington (7 March 2010) was an English tenor, considered to be among the foremost exponents of English opera and oratorio.

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Philippa Ruth Foot (née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics.

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Philippa Scott

Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (Talbot-Ponsonby; 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist.

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Pope

The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope BenedictXVI (Benedictus PP.; Benedetto XVI; Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Portable Antiquities Scheme

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is a professional association football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.

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Premiership of Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 27 June 2007 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Tony Blair, and ended on 11 May 2010 upon his resignation.

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President of Pakistan

The President of Pakistan (صدرِ پاکستان|translit.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Prime Minister's Questions

Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs, officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister's Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons is sitting, during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament (MPs).

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Queen Camilla

Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III.

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a major, 1,215 bed, tertiary NHS and military hospital in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, situated very close to the University of Birmingham.

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R. D. Middlebrook

Robert David Middlebrook (May 16, 1929 – April 16, 2010) was a professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Race (human categorization)

Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

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Ralph Coates

Ralph Coates (26 April 1946 – 17 December 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Range Rover

The Land Rover Range Rover, generally shortened to Range Rover, is a 4x4 luxury SUV produced by Land Rover, a marque and sub-brand of Jaguar Land Rover.

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Ray Alan

Raymond Alan Whyberd (18 September 1930 – 24 May 2010) was an English ventriloquist, television entertainer, and writer.

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Raymond Allchin

Frank Raymond Allchin, FBA (9 July 1923 – 4 June 2010) was a British archaeologist and Indologist.

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Raymond Hawkey

Raymond John Hawkey (2 February 1930 – 22 August 2010) was an English graphic designer and author, based in London.

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Real Irish Republican Army

The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA (RIRA), was a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that aimed to bring about a United Ireland.

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Reg King

Reginald King (5 February 1945 – 8 October 2010), known professionally as Reg King or Reggie King, was an English singer, songwriter and record producer, most famous for being the solo and lead singer with The Boys and The Action.

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Regional development agency

In the United Kingdom, regional development agencies (RDAs) were nine non-departmental public bodies established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of England's Government Office regions between 1998 and 2010.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Richard Adeney

Richard Gilford Adeney (25 January 1920 – 16 December 2010) was a British flautist who played principal flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra, was a soloist and a founding member of the Melos Ensemble.

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Richard Caborn

Richard George Caborn (born 6 October 1943) is a British politician who served as Minister of Sport from 2001 to 2007 and later as the prime minister's ambassador for England's 2018 FIFA World Cup bid.

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Richard Gregory

Richard Langton Gregory, (24 July 1923 – 17 May 2010) was a British psychologist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol.

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Richard Keynes

Richard Darwin Keynes, CBE, FRS (14 August 1919 – 12 June 2010) was a British physiologist.

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Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton

Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, Baron Acton of Bridgnorth (30 July 1941 – 10 October 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and peer.

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River Aire

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, in length.

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Rob Purdham

Rob Purdham (born 14 April 1980) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

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Robert Babington

Robert John Babington, DSC, QC (9 April 1920 – 17 September 2010) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician, who served as the member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for North Down from 1969 to 1972, and a county court judge.

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Robert Dickie (boxer)

Robert Dickie (23 June 1964 – 28 October 2010) was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight.

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Robert Hudson (broadcaster)

Robert Cecil Hudson (30 January 1920 – 3 June 2010) was a British broadcaster and administrator for the BBC, primarily on radio but also on television, between 1947 and 1981.

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Robert Mark

Sir Robert Mark (13 March 1917 – 30 September 2010) was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Leicester City Police, and later as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1972 to 1977.

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Robert Paynter

Robert William Paynter, B.S.C. (12 March 1928 – 20 October 2010) was an English cinematographer.

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Robert Potter (architect)

Robert James Potter (6 October 1909 – 30 November 2010) was an English architect who was noted for his work on church buildings.

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Robin Bush

Robin James Edwin Bush (12 March 1943 – 22 June 2010) was the resident historian for the first nine series of Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team, appearing in 39 episodes between 1994 and 2003.

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Robin Davies

Robert Richard "Robin" Davies (16 January 1954 – 22 February 2010) was a Welsh television and film actor.

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Robin Day (designer)

Robin Day, OBE, RDI, FCSD (25 May 1915 – 9 November 2010) was one of the most significant British furniture designers of the 20th century, enjoying a long career spanning seven decades.

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Robin Matthews (economist)

Robert Charles Oliver "Robin" Matthews (16 June 1927 – 19 June 2010) was an economist and chess problemist.

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Robin McLaren

Sir Robin John Taylor McLaren (14 August 1934 – 20 July 2010Leung, Ambrose (23 July 2010). "OBITUARY – Robin McLaren, 1934–2010: The diplomat who helped smooth a path for Hong Kong's handover", South China Morning Post) was a British diplomat.

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Robin Milner

Arthur John Robin Gorell Milner (13 January 1934 – 20 March 2010) was a British computer scientist, and a Turing Award winner.

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Robin Warwick Gibson

Robin Warwick Gibson (3 May 1944 – 9 August 2010) was a British gallery curator and art historian best known for his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London between 1968 and 2001, including eight years as Chief Curator.

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Roger Thatcher

Arthur Roger Thatcher (22 October 1926 – 13 February 2010), commonly known as Roger Thatcher or sometimes as A. Roger Thatcher, was a British statistician.

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Roman currency

Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage.

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Ronald Neame

Ronald Neame CBE, BSC (23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.

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Ronald Clayton (5 August 1934 – 29 October 2010) was an English footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers.

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Rose Gray

Clemency Anne Rosemary Gray (née Swann; 28 January 1939 – 28 February 2010) was a British chef and cookery writer.

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Ross County F.C.

Ross County Football Club is a professional football club based in Dingwall, Scotland.

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Rothbury

Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet.

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Roy Axe

Royden Axe (September 1937 – 5 October 2010) was a British car designer.

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Roy Romain

Royston Isaac Romain (27 July 1918 – 19 December 2010) was a British swimmer who competed in the Olympic games in 1948 in London.

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Roy Waller

Roy Waller (17 September 1940 – 6 July 2010) was a regular radio presenter on BBC Radio Norfolk and was the main football match commentator for the station until 2007.

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Roy Ward Baker

Roy Ward Baker (born Roy Horace Baker; 19 December 1916 – 5 October 2010) was an English film director.

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Royal Cornwall Hospital

The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized teaching hospital in Treliske, on the outskirts of Truro, Cornwall, England.

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Royal Mail

The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.

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Royal Marines

The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).

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Royal National College for the Blind

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a co-educational specialist residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Rozsika Parker

Rozsika Parker (27 December 1945 – 5 November 2010) was a British psychotherapist, art historian and writer and a feminist.

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Rudi Vis

Rudolf Jan Vis (4 April 1941 – 30 May 2010) was a Dutch-born British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green from 1997 to 2010.

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Rupert Hamer (journalist)

Rupert James Hamer (28 February 1970 – 9 January 2010) was a British journalist and, at the time of his death, was the defence correspondent for the Sunday Mirror.

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Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor.

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Russell Ash

Russell Ash (18 June 1946 – 21 June 2010) was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his series of books on strange-but-true names, Potty, Fartwell & Knob, Busty, Slag and Nob End and (for children) Big Pants, Burpy and Bumface.

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Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Aman Khan (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016.

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Sam Lesser

Sam Lesser (born Manassah Lesser or Manasseh Lesser and also known as Sam Russell; 19 March 1915 – 2 October 2010) was a British journalist and veteran of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades.

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Samantha Cameron

Samantha Gwendoline Cameron, Baroness Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 18 April 1971), is an English businesswoman.

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Sammy Baird

Stuart Samuel Baird (13 May 1930 – 21 April 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.

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Sandy Douglas

Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas CBE (21 May 1921 – 29 April 2010) was a British professor of computer science, credited with creating the first graphical computer game, OXO, a version of noughts and crosses, in 1952 on the EDSAC computer at University of Cambridge.

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Santander UK

Santander UK plc is a British bank, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group.

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Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi, (born 28 March 1971) is a British lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Lords who served as co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba) is the devolved government of Scotland.

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Scottish Labour

Scottish Labour (Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba; Scots Labour Pairty), officially the Scottish Labour Party, is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.

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Seascale

Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland.

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Sebastian Horsley

Sebastian Horsley (born Marcus A. Horsley; 8 August 1962 – 17 June 2010) was an English artist and writer.

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Secretary of State for Business and Trade

The secretary of state for business and trade (business secretary), is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Business and Trade.

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Secretary of State for Defence

The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence.

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Secretary of State for Justice

The secretary of state for justice is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Justice.

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Secretary of State for Scotland

The secretary of state for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Scotland Office.

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.

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Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring personal pattern of romantic attraction or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Sid Rawle

Sidney William Rawle (1 October 1945 – 31 August 2010) was a British campaigner for peace and land rights, free festival organiser, and a former leader of the London squatters movement.

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Sid Storey

Sidney Storey (25 December 1919 – 6 April 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

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Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.

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Simon Digby (oriental scholar)

Simon Everard Digby (17 October 1932 – 10 January 2010) was an English oriental scholar, translator, writer and collector who was awarded the Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society and was a former Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, the Honorary Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society and Assistant Keeper in the Department of Eastern Art of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

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Simon Hornby

Sir Simon Michael Hornby (29 December 1934 – 17 July 2010) was a British businessman.

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Simon MacCorkindale

Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (12 February 1952 – 14 October 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer, and producer.

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Simon Monjack

Simon Mark Monjack (9 March 1970 – 23 May 2010) was an English screenwriter, film director, producer and make-up artist.

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Sinfonia Newydd

Sinfonia Newydd (English: New Sinfonia), often referred to simply as SN, is a contemporary arts company, based in Cardiff.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Sir Colville Barclay, 14th Baronet

Sir Colville Herbert Sanford Barclay, 14th Baronet (7 May 1913 – 1 September 2010) was a British naval officer, painter and botanist whose career spanned amphibious landings and commando operations off the coast of France during the Second World War, having his paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, publishing reference works about the flora of Crete and taking commissions to obtain plant samples from across the world for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Sky UK

Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Snow

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.

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Solihull

Solihull is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England.

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Sonia Burgess

Sonia Burgess (born David Burgess; 25 September 1947 – 25 October 2010) was a leading British immigration lawyer.

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Southern France

Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, Le midi atlantique, Atlas et géographie de la France moderne, Flammarion, Paris, 1984.

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Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies near the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)

The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Stalag Luft III

Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel.

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Stan Gooch

Stanley Albert Gooch (born 1932 in Lewisham, London, died 13 September 2010) was a British psychologist and author who is probably best known as the proponent of a "hybrid-origin theory" of human evolution.

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Standards and Privileges Committee

The Standards and Privileges Committee is a former committee of the United Kingdom House of Commons that existed from 1995 to 2013.

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Stanley Vann

William Stanley Vann Hon FTCL FRCO ARCM (15 February 1910 – 27 March 2010) was an English composer, organist, choral conductor, and choir trainer, primarily in the Anglican cathedral tradition.

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State Opening of Parliament

The State Opening of Parliament is a ceremonial event which formally marks the beginning of each session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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State visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom

The state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom was held from 16 to 19 September 2010 and was the first visit by a Pope to Britain after Pope John Paul II made a pastoral, rather than state, visit in 1982.

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Stephen Byers

Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010.

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Stephen Hearst

Stephen Hearst (born Stephen Hirshtritt; 6 October 1919 – 27 March 2010) was an Austrian-born British television and radio executive.

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Stephen Timms

Sir Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Social Security and Disability since July 2024.

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Steve New

Stella Nova, born Stephen Charles New (16 May 1960 – 24 May 2010), was an English guitarist and singer who performed with a number of punk rock and new wave bands in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Rich Kids.

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Stewart Stevenson

James Alexander Stewart Stevenson (Gaelic: Seamus Alasdair Stiùbhart MacSteafain; born 15 October 1946) is a Scottish former politician who served as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from 2007 to 2010 and Minister for Environment and Climate Change from 2011 to 2012.

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Strata SE1

Strata SE1 is a, 43-storey, multi-award-winning, building at Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark with more than 1,000 residents living in its 408 flats.

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Stuart Cable

Stuart James Cable (19 May 1970 – 7 June 2010) was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics.

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Stuart Robbins

Stuart Robbins (2 November 1976 – 12 April 2010) was a Welsh basketball player from Neath in South Wales, who played at centre for the London Towers and Thames Valley in the British Basketball League and professionally in Germany, Belgium and in Limerick, Ireland.

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Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

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Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tam White

Thomas Bennett Sim "Tam" White (12 July 1942 – 21 June 2010) was a Scottish musician, stonemason and actor.

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Terry Newton

Terry Newton (7 November 1978 – 26 September 2010) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Thanet Wind Farm

The Thanet Wind Farm (also sometimes called Thanet Offshore Wind Farm) is an offshore wind farm off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Finkler Question

The Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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The Wombles

The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968.

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Theresa May

Theresa Mary, Lady May (born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019.

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Thomas Summers West

Thomas Summers West (18 November 1927 – 9 January 2010) was a British chemist.

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Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, (13 October 193311 September 2010) was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord.

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Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe (5 July 1922 – 6 December 2010) was an announcer on BBC Radio 3.

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Tom Ellis (politician)

Robert Thomas Ellis (15 March 1924 – 14 April 2010) was a Welsh politician who was elected several times as a Labour Party Member of Parliament, and later joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

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Tom Fleming (actor)

Thomas Kelman Fleming, FRSAMD (29 June 1927 – 18 April 2010) was a Scottish actor, director, and poet, and a television and radio commentator for the BBC.

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Tom Walkinshaw

Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw (14 August 1946 – 12 December 2010) was a British racing car driver from Scotland and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR).

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Tommy Sheridan

Thomas Sheridan (born 7 March 1964) is a Scottish politician who served as convenor of Solidarity from 2019 to 2021.

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Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

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Tony Clarke (record producer)

Anthony Ralph Clarke (21 August 1941 – 4 January 2010) was an English rock music record producer and guitarist.

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Tony Judt

Tony Robert Judt (2 January 1948 – 6 August 2010) was an English historian, essayist and university professor who specialised in European history.

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Trev Thoms

Trevor Thoms (30 October 1950 – 8 December 2010), known as Judge Trev Thoms and Judge Trev, was a British guitarist, best known for being a member of Inner City Unit, Atomgods, and The Steve Gibbons Band.

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Trevor Holdsworth

Sir George Trevor Holdsworth (29 May 1927 – 28 September 2010) was the former chairman of National Power and of the Bradford-based Allied Colloids international chemical business.

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Trevor Taylor (racing driver)

Trevor Patrick Taylor (26 December 1936 – 27 September 2010) was a British motor racing driver from England.

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Tuition fees in the United Kingdom

Tuition fees were first introduced across the entire United Kingdom in September 1998 under the Labour government of Tony Blair to help fund tuition for undergraduate and postgraduate certificate students at universities; students were required to pay up to £1,000 a year for tuition.

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Tuition payments

Tuition payments, usually known as tuition in American English and as tuition fees in Commonwealth English, are fees charged by education institutions for instruction or other services.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.

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Unite the Union

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "That Sounds Good to Me" written by Pete Waterman, Mike Stock and Steve Crosby.

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Ursula Mommens

Ursula Frances Elinor Mommens (née Darwin, formerly Trevelyan; 20 August 1908 – 30 January 2010) was an English potter.

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Value-added tax

A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution.

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Verily Anderson

Verily Anderson (12 January 1915 – 16 July 2010) was a British author, best known for writing the screenplay of the 1960 film No Kidding,Eloise Miller,, The Guardian (London), 29 July 2010.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Vince Broderick

Vincent Broderick (17 August 1920 – 14 November 2010), known as Vince Broderick, was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and briefly for the MCC.

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Vince Cable

Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019.

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Vladimir Raitz

Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz (23 May 1922 – 31 August 2010) was a Russian-born British businessman who co-founded the Horizon Holiday Group, which pioneered the first mass package holidays abroad.

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Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic glass, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Walter Plowright

Walter Plowright CMG FRS FRCVS (20 July 1923 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire – 19 February 2010 in London) was an English veterinary scientist who devoted his career to the eradication of the cattle plague rinderpest.

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Walton-on-Thames

Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in northwest Surrey, England.

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Waterfoot or Glenariff is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Welfare state

A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London.

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Wendy Toye

Beryl May Jessie Toye, (1 May 1917 – 27 February 2010), known professionally as Wendy Toye, was a British dancer, stage and film director and actress.

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Werner Forman

Werner Forman (13 January 1921, in Prague – 13 February 2010, in London) was a Czech photographer.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.

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Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.

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Wigan Athletic F.C.

Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

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William Griffiths (field hockey)

William Satterlee "Bill" Griffiths (26 June 1922 – 27 October 2010) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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William Hague

William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001.

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William Mayne

William James Carter Mayne (16 March 1928 – 24 March 2010) was an English writer of children's fiction.

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William Neill (poet)

William Neill (22 February 1922 – 5 April 2010) was an Ayrshire-born poet who wrote in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, Scots and English.

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William, Prince of Wales

William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne.

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Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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Winston Churchill (1940–2010)

Winston Spencer Churchill (10 October 1940 – 2 March 2010), generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of British prime minister Winston Churchill.

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Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland

The winter of 2009–10 in the United Kingdom (also called The Big Freeze of 2010 by British media) was a meteorological event that started on 16 December 2009, as part of the severe winter weather in Europe.

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World Quizzing Championships

The World Quizzing Championships is an individual quiz contest organised by the International Quizzing Association (the umbrella organisation of various quizzing organisations from more than 25 countries around the world).

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Wycombe Wanderers F.C.

Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Wyn Morris

Wyn Morris (14 February 192923 February 2010) was a Welsh conductor.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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2009 Royal Mail industrial disputes

The 2009 Royal Mail industrial disputes is an industrial dispute in the United Kingdom involving Royal Mail and members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which began in the summer of 2009.

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The 2009–2010 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.

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The 2009–10 season was the 113th season of competitive football in Scotland.

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Bangor City beat Port Talbot Town 3-2 at Parc y Scarlets.

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2010 British Grand Prix

The 2010 British Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was the tenth race of the 2010 Formula One season.

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2010 cash for influence scandal

The 2010 cash for influence scandal was a political scandal in the United Kingdom.

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2010 English cricket season

The 2010 English cricket season was the 111th in which the County Championship had been an official competition.

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2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull

Between March and June 2010 a series of volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western Europe.

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2010 FA Cup final

The 2010 FA Cup final was the 129th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition.

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The 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship is a blind football tournament and the fifth World Blind Football Championship.

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2010 in British music

This is a summary of 2010 in music in the United Kingdom.

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2010 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 2010.

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2010 in British television

This is a list of events that took place in 2010 related to British television.

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2010 in England

Events from 2010 in England. 2010 in the United Kingdom and 2010 in England are 2010 by country, 2010 in Europe and 2010s in the United Kingdom.

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2010 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 2010 in Northern Ireland. 2010 in the United Kingdom and 2010 in Northern Ireland are 2010 by country and 2010 in Europe.

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2010 in Scotland

Events from the year 2010 in Scotland. 2010 in the United Kingdom and 2010 in Scotland are 2010 by country and 2010 in Europe.

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2010 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2010 to Wales and its people. 2010 in the United Kingdom and 2010 in Wales are 2010 by country and 2010 in Europe.

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2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

The 2010 Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 10 May 2010 by incumbent leader Gordon Brown's resignation following the 2010 general election which resulted in a hung parliament; the first since 1974.

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2010 Northumbria Police manhunt

The 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt was a major police operation conducted across Tyne and Wear and Northumberland with the objective of apprehending fugitive Raoul Moat.

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2010 Ryder Cup

The 38th Ryder Cup was held 1–4 October 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales.

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2010 Scottish Cup final

The 2010 Scottish Cup Final was the 125th final of the Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish Cup.

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2010 UK Independence Party leadership election

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) leadership election of 2010 was triggered on 17 August 2010 with the resignation of the incumbent leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, following difficulties during the 2010 general election campaign, with the result announced on 5 November 2010.

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2010 United Kingdom general election

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons.

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2010 United Kingdom general election debates

The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal Democrats.

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2010 United Kingdom government formation

The events surrounding the formation of the United Kingdom's government in 2010 took place between 7 May and 12 May 2010, following the 2010 general election, which failed to produce an overall majority for either of the country's two main political parties.

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2010 United Kingdom local elections

The 2010 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, concurrently with the 2010 general election.

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2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election

On 13 January 2011, a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth.

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2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

The United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, also known as the UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 in the United Kingdom to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections.

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2018 FIFA World Cup

The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA.

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7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.

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See also

2010s in the United Kingdom

• 1987 Bullingdon Club photograph
• 2010 in England
• 2010 in the United Kingdom
• 2011 in the United Kingdom
• 2012 in the United Kingdom
• 2013 in the United Kingdom
• 2014 in the United Kingdom
• 2015 in the United Kingdom
• 2016 in the United Kingdom
• 2017 in the United Kingdom
• 2018 in the United Kingdom
• 2019 in the United Kingdom
• Boris Johnson's tenure as Foreign Secretary
• Brown ministry
• Calais migrant crisis (1999–present)
• Chancellorship of George Osborne
• Dreadnought-class submarine
• Elizabeth II
• Frontbench Team of Angus Robertson
• Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford
• Iain Duncan Smith's tenure as Work and Pensions Secretary
• Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition
• Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary
• List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2001–2010)
• List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2011–2020)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1997–2024) by region
• List of life peerages (2010–2024)
• Major sports event hosting in Britain during the 2010s
• Michael Gove's tenure as Education Secretary
• Migrants around Calais
• Polar Research and Policy Initiative
• Proposed UK Internet age verification system
• Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable
• Second May ministry
• Tesco blackmail plot
• Theresa May as Home Secretary
• United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2010–2019

Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom

• 2001 in the United Kingdom
• 2002 in the United Kingdom
• 2003 in the United Kingdom
• 2004 in the United Kingdom
• 2005 in the United Kingdom
• 2006 in the United Kingdom
• 2007 in the United Kingdom
• 2008 in the United Kingdom
• 2009 in the United Kingdom
• 2010 in the United Kingdom
• 2011 in the United Kingdom
• 2012 in the United Kingdom
• 2013 in the United Kingdom
• 2014 in the United Kingdom
• 2015 in the United Kingdom
• 2016 in the United Kingdom
• 2017 in the United Kingdom
• 2018 in the United Kingdom
• 2019 in the United Kingdom
• 2020 in the United Kingdom
• 2021 in the United Kingdom
• 2022 in the United Kingdom
• 2023 in the United Kingdom
• 2024 in the United Kingdom
• 2025 in the United Kingdom

References

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