From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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(Sky News)
- The people of Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees of West Yorkshire in England are ordered to remain indoors and several schools are shut down after a huge fire engulfs a chemical plant in the area. (Sky News)
- The UK's General Medical Council bans Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who was the first to publish research suggesting a connection between the MMR vaccine and autism, from practicing in the country, finding him guilty of "serious professional misconduct." (AP) (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Wall Street Journal)
- Peter Harvey, the UK teacher who attacked a pupil with a dumbbell while shouting "die, die, die", is sentenced to community order as his trial ends in Nottingham. The judge calls him as a "thoroughly decent man". (The Daily Telegraph) (The Guardian) (The Irish Times) (RTÉ) (The Times)
- Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader and South Down MP Margaret Ritchie resigns from the Northern Ireland Executive. Alex Attwood is the new Minister for Social Development. (RTÉ)
- Sarah, Duchess of York receives support from businessman Simon Cowell and an award for her work with the disadvantaged children of the U.S. city of Los Angeles despite being caught in a newspaper sting in Britain. (Sky News)
- Iran's largest water supply project is inaugurated in Khorramshahr. (Bernama) (Press TV) (Tehran Times)
- Paul Gray, bassist and founding member of heavy metal group Slipknot, is found dead at the age of 38 by a hotel employee in his room in Iowa, United States. (The Guardian) (Xinhua) (TIME) (ABC News)
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