A LOOK BACK AT MARCH AND APRIL

MARCH 1:

TONY WARREN DIES 

The Coronation Street creator and writer died

aged 79 following a short illness.

MARCH 17:

PAUL DANIELS DIES 

The TV magician and entertainer died aged 77

after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

MARCH 18:

PARIS ATTACKS SUSPECT ARRESTED 

Salah Abdeslam, one of the main suspects behind

the November 2015 Paris attacks, is arrested

following a raid in the Brussels neighbourhood

of Molenbeek.

MARCH 22:

BRUSSELS ATTACKS 

In three suicide bombings across the Belgian capital,

32 people are killed, as well as the bombers. Many

more people are injured. Two of the blasts happened

at Zaventem Airport at around 8am local time.

A third explosion hit the Maelbeek metro station in

the city centre around an hour later. The attacks

were the deadliest act of terrorism in Belgium's

history, with so-called Islamic State claiming

responsibility.

MARCH 24:

RADOVAN KARADZIC JAILED FOR WAR CRIMES

The former Bosnian-Serb leader is sentenced to

40 years in prison after a UN court convicted him of

war crimes during the Bosnian war of 1992 to 1995,

including genocide for the Srebrenica massacre

in which 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed.

MARCH 29:

EGYPTAIR HIJACK

An EgyptAir plane is forced to divert to Cyprus after a

suspected hijacker took several hostages. The

hijacker is eventually arrested and all hostages

released. It later emerged his suicide belt was

fake and he posed for a photo with a British passenger.

MARCH 30:

TATA STEEL REVIEW ANNOUNCED

British steel maker Tata announces plans to review and

sell off parts of its operation, putting thousands of

jobs at risk. The company has since committed to

turning around its UK operations, but the

future remains uncertain.

MARCH 31:

RONNIE CORBETT DIES 

Hailed as a "true great" of British comedy and best

known as one half of "The Two Ronnies",

Ronnie Corbett died aged 85.

APRIL 3:

PANAMA PAPERS

Millions of confidential documents are leaked from

Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, revealing

how the rich and powerful hide their money in

offshore tax havens. Politicians, celebrities, drug deals

and Mafia members are implicated, as well as the

then Prime Minister David Cameron's late father.

Mr Cameron later admitted in an ITV News

interview that he had a stake in his father's

offshore trust.

APRIL 12:

DAVID GEST DIES

Reality TV star and music producer David Gest was

found dead in a London hotel room. It was

later reported that he died from a stroke.

APRIL 15:

EU REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN BEGINS

Both sides hoping to persuade voters to vote remain

or leave in June's EU referendum launch their

campaigns.

APRIL 16:

HUNDREDS DIE IN ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE 

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Ecuador

left more than 600 people dead and devastated

parts of the country.

APRIL 20:

VICTORIA WOOD DIES 

The much-loved British comedian died aged 62 after a

short battle with cancer. Fellow comedians led tributes

to her, saying she "paved the way" for women

in the industry.

APRIL 21:

QUEEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY

Celebrations took place across the UK in honour of the

country's longest-serving monarch, with a network of

1,000 beacons set alight. This was followed by a

major event at Windsor Castle in May and a huge

street party at the end of three days of

celebration in June.

APRIL 21:

PRINCE DIES 

Winner of countless awards and one of the best-selling

artists of all time, singer Prince died aged 57. He was

found dead at his home in Minnesota. It was later

revealed he died from an accidental painkiller overdose.

APRIL 25:

BHS GOES INTO ADMINISTRATION 

British Home Stores collapses into administration and

it was later announced that all 164 stores will close,

costing thousands of jobs. A £571 million black hole

in the pensions scheme prompts an official

investigation.

APRIL 26:

HILLSBOROUGH INQUEST VERDICT 

The 96 people who died in the 1989 Hillsborough football

stadium disaster were unlawfully killed, an inquest

jury ruled, vindicating years of campaigning

by the victims' families.

APRIL 28:

MASS CASUALTIES IN ALEPPO

HOSPITAL AIRSTRIKE 

Amid the ongoing conflict in Syria, the death of more than

50 people in an airstrike on the al-Quds hospital in

Aleppo caused outrage.