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A LOOK BACK AT SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

Added on: 1st Jan 2017

 

SEPTEMBER 3:

US AND CHINA RATIFY PARIS CLIMATE DEAL 

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The announcement was a major step towards

bringing the agreement into force.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 4:

MOTHER TERESA DECLARED A SAINT

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Pope Francis canonises Mother Teresa,

making her Saint Teresa.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 6:

ANJEM CHOUDARY JAILED 

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The radical preacher was jailed for five-and-a-half years

for encouraging support for so-called Islamic State.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 7-18:

RIO PARALYMPICS 

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Paralympics GB finish with 147 medals in Rio, 27

more than at London 2012 and beating their

target of 121. In total, the team won 64 gold medals.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 9:

SYRIA CEASEFIRE AGREED 

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The US and Russia agree terms for a ceasefire in Syria.

This came into effect on September 12 but ended within

a week when aid trucks bound for Aleppo are destroyed.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 12:

DAVID CAMERON RESIGNS AS AN MP 

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The former prime minister gave up his seat

in Parliament.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 15:

HINKLEY POINT C APPROVED

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The Government approves the £18 billion nuclear

power station, financed by French and

Chinese governments.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 20:

BRANGELINA TO SPLIT

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The world of showbiz is stunned as lawyers for

Angelina Jolie reveal she has filed for divorce

from Brad Pitt.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 24:

CORBYN RE-ELECTED 

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Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as Labour leader

with 61.8% of the vote.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 27:

ALTON TOWERS FINED

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Operator Merlin was fined £5 million over the Smiler

rollercoaster crash in June 2015.

 

 

OCTOBER 4:

HURRICANE MATTHEW

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The level five hurricane hit Haiti, causing widespread

damage and killing nearly 1,000 people. The storm

also caused carnage and casualties across

other parts of the Caribbean and several US states.

 

 

OCTOBER 13:

THAI KING DIES

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King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning

monarch, died aged 88, sparking national

mourning in Thailand.

 

 

OCTOBER 14:

CHED EVANS CLEARED

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Footballer Ched Evans was found not guilty of raping

a 19-year-old woman in 2011. He was originally

convicted and jailed in 2012, but this was

quashed in April.

 

 

OCTOBER 14:

JEAN ALEXANDER DIES

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The former Coronation Street actress, who

played Hilda Ogden, died aged 90.

 

 

OCTOBER 17:

BID TO RECAPTURE MOSUL BEGINS

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A major operation to recapture Mosul, so-called

Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, began.

 

 

OCTOBER 20:

'TURING'S LAW' ANNOUNCED

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The UK Government announced plans to issue

posthumous pardons to gay and bisexual

men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences.

 

 

OCTOBER 24:

CALAIS 'JUNGLE' CLEARANCE BEGINS

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French authorities began an operation to relocate

thousands of refugees and migrants from the

Calais 'Jungle' camp.

 

 

OCTOBER 25:

HEATHROW THIRD RUNWAY ANNOUNCED

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The Government approved the expansion at Heathrow

airport, prompting Zac Goldsmith to resign and

criticism from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

 


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