Talk:2009 in the United Kingdom

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This article is currently 61kb long, and at the current rate it could reach 100kb by the end of the year. That would be far too long and make reading it difficult. We may therefore need to consolidate some of the information that appears here.

The things that could definitely go are some of the television related stuff as that has its own article, and I've copied some things across to this in the last few days. We also probably don't need to mention every soldier who is killed in action as this subject also has its own articles (see here and here), and we could just mention exceptional instances (eg the death of Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior officer to die in action since the Falklands campaign, and when significant numbers are killed as was the case one day a few weeks ago). I suppose the Lord Darzi stuff could also go (I'd certainly not heard of him before he resigned). I might atttempt to consolidate this article in the next few weeks, but I wanted to gauge some opinion first. Does anybody have any thoughts on this subject? Thanks TheRetroGuy (talk) 19:16, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Removed a couple of minor events and added Rupert Thorneloe's death to the list. I won't do any more for now, but will return to this in the next few weeks. TheRetroGuy (talk) 19:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I certainly agree about the death of soldiers, I only begun adding them in January because back then it was somewhat less common, and gradually stopped as the deaths unfortunately became increasingly common. I think you're right in suggesting just mentioning the major deaths. Spiritofsussex (talk) 08:36, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Items which are removed
I'm the sort of guy who hates to delete the hard work of others, so anything I remove I'll transfer here, the hope being that the information and references might be used elsewhere. For example, the article on the list of British soldiers killed in Iraq is poorly referenced so the references relating to the deaths could be added to that article. TheRetroGuy (talk) 20:47, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Items removed on 1 August 2009

 * 3 January - The BBC announce that 26 year old Matt Smith is to replace David Tennant as The Doctor in sci-fi drama Doctor Who. Smith, who will take over in 2010, will be the youngest ever actor to play the title role.
 * 31 January - Singer Jade Ewen is selected as the United Kingdom's entrant to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in the final episode of the BBC's selection programme Eurovision: Your Country Needs You. Ewen will sing 'My Time', by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a song written specially for the contest.
 * 9 July - David Cameron is asked to dismiss one of his most trusted advisers over allegations of illegal phone hacking by the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid.
 * 13 July - The United Kingdom halts some arms sales to Israel following the Gaza conflict.
 * 14 July - Lord Darzi announces that he is to quit as Health Minister.
 * 22 July - The analogue signals from the Caldbeck group of transmitters are turned off, completing the digital switchover of the Border Television region.
 * 26 July - McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins the FIA Formula-1 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Budapest.

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