2017 in England

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Events from 2017 in England

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II

Events

• 1 January – Kingston upon Hull begins its City of Culture programme with a 10-minute fireworks display over the Marina.[1]
• 2 January – The government announces proposals to build seventeen new towns and villages across the English countryside.[2]
• 3 January – A man is killed in a police shooting during an operation on the M62 near Huddersfield.[3]
• 9 January – Seven year old Katie Rough is fatally asphyxiated and stabbed in the neck near her home in York. A fifteen year old female hands herself in to the police immediately after the killing.[4]
• 14 March – Transgender fell-runner Lauren Jeska is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of UK Athletics official Ralph Knibbs. Jeska had feared her records and ability to compete in women's events would be investigated due to the unfair advantage she had from being born male.[5][6]
• 3 June – Reynhard Sinaga, an Indonesian student living in Manchester is arrested on one count of rape. Later investigations reveal him to be the prolific rapist in British legal history, having poisoned and raped up to 200 men.[7]
• 24 November – A sixteen year old girl who admitted killing seven year old Katie Rough in York is detained for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of five years.[8]

Deaths

• 12 January
  • Anthony King, 82, professor and political scientist.[9]
  • Graham Taylor, 72, football manager (Watford, Aston Villa, England).[10]

See also

• 2017 in Northern Ireland
• 2017 in Scotland
• 2017 in Wales

References

1. "UK City of Culture: Fireworks and projections start Hull 2017". BBC News. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
2. Editorial, Reuters. "Britain to build 17 towns and villages to ease housing squeeze". Reuters UK. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
3. "Man dies in Huddersfield police shooting". BBC News. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
4. "Teenage girl to be sentenced later this month for killing Katie Rough, 7 – UPDATED WITH FULL DETAILS". York Press.
5. Lauren Jeska jailed for Alexander Stadium stabbings - BBC News
6. Fell-runner Lauren Jeska tried to kill British athletics official because she feared the body would revoke her titles over transgender status
7. Abbit, Beth (6 January 2020). "The double life of the churchgoing Manchester student who raped up to 200 men". Manchester Evening News.
8. Katie Rough death: Teen detained for life for killing – BBC News
9. "Political expert Professor Anthony King dies aged 82". BBC News. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
10. "Graham Taylor: Former England manager dies at the age of 72". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 December 2017.