Accident investigators say that the Kegworth air disaster was caused when pilot Kevin Hunt, who survived the crash, accidentally shut down the wrong engine.
17 March – The three men convicted of murdering paperboyCarl Bridgewater in Staffordshire 10 years ago have their appeals rejected. A fourth man convicted in connection with the killing died in prison in 1981.
14 April –Ford unveils the latest version of its smallFiesta hatchback, which is being built at theDagenham plant in England and theValencia plant in Spain.
15 April –94 fans are killed in a crush during the FA Cup semi-final at theHillsborough Stadium inSheffield during theFA Cup semi-final betweenNottingham Forest FC andLiverpool F.C. Around 300 others have been hospitalized. Several of those injured are in a serious condition and there are fears that the death toll (already the worst of any sporting disaster in Britain) could rise even higher.[2] The youngest victim is a 10-year-old boy,[6] the oldest is 67-year-old Gerard Baron, brother of the late former Liverpool playerKevin Baron.[7]
16 April –Denis Howell, a former Labour sports minister, urges for the FA Cup final to go ahead this season despite consideration byThe Football Association for it to be cancelled due to the Hillsborough disaster.[8]
Tottenham Hotspur remove perimeter fencing from theirWhite Hart Lane stadium as the first step towards avoiding a repeat of the Hillsborough disaster is taken in English football.[9]
The Hillsborough disaster claims its 95th victim when 14-year-old Lee Nicol dies in hospital as a result of his injuries. He was visited in hospital byDiana, Princess of Wales, hours before he died.[10]
19 April –The Sun newspaper sparks outrage on Merseyside with an article entitled "The Truth", which wrongly claims that spectators robbed injured and dead spectators, and attacked police officers when they were helping the injured and dying. SeeHillsborough disaster and The Sun.
20 April - TheLondon Underground is at virtual standstill for a day as most of the workers go on strike in protest against plans for driver-only operated trains.
28 April
John Cannan, ofSutton Coldfield, is sentenced tolife imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released after being found guilty of murdering one woman and sexually assaulting two others.[11]
Fourteen Liverpool fans are convicted of manslaughter and receive prison sentences of up to three years inBrussels, Belgium, in connection with theHeysel disaster at the1985 European Cup Final in which 39 spectators (most of them Italian) died. A further eleven Liverpool fans are cleared.
10 July - House prices in the south of England decrease for the second successive quarter, but continue to rise in Scotland as well as the north of England.
25 July - ThePrincess of Wales, princess Diana, opens the Landmark Aids Centre, a day centre for people with AIDS, in London.
