Events from 2017 in

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Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

begins its City of Culture programme with a 10-minute

fireworks display Fireworks are low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large number of devices in an outdoo ...

over the

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. *2 January **The

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announces proposals to build seventeen

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s and villages across the English countryside. ** Yassar Yaqub is

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in a

police The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...

shooting during an operation on the M62 near

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

. *9 January – Seven year old Katie Rough is fatally

asphyxiate Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are ma ...

d and stabbed in the neck near her home in Woodthorpe,

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

. A fifteen year old girl hands herself in to the

immediately after the killing. *14 March –

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fell runner

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sentenced Sentenced was a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989 in the town of Muhos and broke up in 2005. Lead guitarist Miika Tenkula was the band's vocalist for the first album, but du ...

to 18 years imprisonment for the

attempted murder Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions. Canada Section 239 of the ''Criminal Code'' makes attempted murder punishable by a maximum of life imprisonment. If a gun is used, the minimum sentence is four, five or seve ...

UK Athletics UK Athletics (UKA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics o ...

official

Ralph Knibbs Ralph Andrew Knibbs is an English former rugby union player who played for Bristol. Rugby career He made his debut as a seventeen-year-old against Pontypridd RFC in 1982, scoring with his first touch of the ball.Westminster terror attack - Khalid Masood drove a car into

pedestrians A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, by wheelchair or with other mobility aids. Streets and roads often have a designated footpath for pedestrian traffic, called the ''sidewalk'' in North American English, the ''pavement'' in British Eng ...

Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats ...

and then fatally stabbed a

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outside the

Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative ch ...

before being shot dead by police. Five people were killed and more than 50 injured. *22 May –

Manchester Arena bombing The Manchester Arena bombing, or Manchester Arena attack, was an Islamic terrorism in Europe, Islamic terrorist suicide bombing of Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on 22 May 2017, following Dangerous Woman Tour, a concert by the Americ ...

- Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a homemade

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at the end of an

Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle re ...

concert, killing 22 people and injuring more than 200. *3 June –

Reynhard Sinaga Reynhard "Rey" Tambos Maruli Tua Sinaga (born 19 February 1983) is an Indonesian serial rapist who was convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes of young men, committed in Manchester, England, between 2015 and 2017, where he was livi ...

, an

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student living in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

is arrested on one count of

rape Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person ...

. Later investigations reveal him to be the most prolific

rapist Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person wh ...

in British legal history, having drug-raped up to 200 men. * London Bridge terror attack - Three terrorists drove a van into

London Bridge The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman Britain, Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 197 ...

before stabbing people in

Borough Market Borough Market is a wholesale and retail market hall in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, with a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were built ...

. Eight people were killed before the attackers were shot dead by police. *14 June –

Grenfell Tower fire On 14 June 2017, a List of fires in high-rise buildings, high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of Public housing in the United Kingdom, flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 British Summer Time, BST ...

*5 July –

Robert Trigg Robert Trigg (c. 1966) is a former chef convicted of the manslaughter of one former girlfriend and the murder of another. Background Robert Trigg had a history of violence towards women. A previous relationship between Trigg and Rebecca Allcorn ...

was convicted of the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin and the murder of Susan Nicholson. *24 November – A sixteen-year-old girl who admitted the

manslaughter Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th ce ...

seven year old Katie Rough in York is detained for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of five years.Katie Rough death: Teen detained for life for killing – BBC News
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Deaths

* January 12: ** Anthony King, 82, professor and political scientist. ** Graham Taylor, 72, football manager (Watford, Aston Villa, England). * January 18: ** John Hurt, 77, actor (The Elephant Man, Alien). * January 20: ** Mary Tyler Moore, 80, actress and television icon. * January 22: ** John McCririck, 79, horse racing pundit and television personality. * February 3: ** John McGuinness, 87, politician and member of the House of Lords. * February 20: ** Bill Paxton, 61, actor (Twister, Aliens). * March 20: ** Sir Bruce Forsyth, 89, television presenter and entertainer. * April 21: ** Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. * May 22: ** Chris Cornell, 52, musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave). * June 14: ** Charlie Murphy, 57, actor and comedian. * June 30: ** David Kelly, 82, scientist and author. * July 14: ** David Warner, 80, actor (Titanic, The Omen). * August 16: ** Jerry Lewis, 91, comedian, actor, and filmmaker. * September 8: ** John McCain, 81, U.S. senator and war hero. * October 17: ** Tom Petty, 66, musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers). * November 12: ** Stan Lee, 95, comic book writer and publisher, co-creator of Spider-Man and the X-Men. * December 26: ** Richard Adams, 96, author (Watership Down).

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