A LOOK BACK AT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

JANUARY 10:

DAVID BOWIE DIES 

Singer David Bowie died of cancer aged 69,

sparking global tributes to one of the most

influential and successful musicians of his time.

JANUARY 12:

JUNIOR DOCTORS' STRIKE

Junior doctors in England strike for 24 hours in

a row over the imposition of a new contract.

It was the first of several strikes during the year.

JANUARY 14:

ALAN RICKMAN DIES

The British actor, known for his roles in Harry Potter,

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Die Hard,

died aged 69 after a battle with cancer.

JANUARY 14:

HATTON GARDEN HEIST CONVICTIONS

After four "ringleaders" pleaded guilty, three other

men are convicted of involvement in the

£14 million Hatton Garden jewellery raid of Easter 2015.

JANUARY 16:

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL COMES INTO EFFECT

International sanctions on Iran were lifted after the

country signed up to a deal intended to prevent it

developing nuclear weapons.

JANUARY 25:

ZIKA OUTBREAK WARNING

The World Health Organisation warned that the Zika

virus was likely to spread across most countries in

the Americas. The virus, which has been linked to

brain damage in babies, has since affected

countries around the world.

JANUARY 31:

SIR TERRY WOGAN DIES

The renowned broadcaster died from cancer aged 77.

He was best known for his roles hosting chat show

Wogan, the Eurovision Song Contest and the

Children in Need fundraisers.

FEBRUARY 3:

LORD LUCAN DECLARED DEAD 

Forty two years after the peer vanished when his

children's nanny was murdered, a High Court

judge rules that Lord Lucan should be

presumed dead.

FEBRUARY 13:

VIOLA BEACH KILLED 

All four members of British band Viola Beach were

killed in a car crash in Sweden.

FEBRUARY 19:

HARPER LEE DIES

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who wrote

To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman,

died aged 89.

FEBRUARY 19:

CAMERON'S EU RENEGOTIATION 

David Cameron holds crunch talks with EU leaders

to renegotiate Britain's position in the organisation.

He emerges with a deal he hopes will keep

Britain in the EU and announces the

in/out referendum will be held on June 23.

FEBRUARY 23:

DIDCOT POWER STATION COLLAPSE 

Four men are killed when a boiler house set for

demolition collapses. The last of the bodies were

not found until September.