and Wales. 1% of the UK population (some 600,000 people) now have internet access. AMCO Burglar Alarm Company is founded. Publications Martin Amis's novel The Information. Iain Banks' novel Whit. Pat Barker's novel The Ghost Road. Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Maskerade. Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights, first in the His Dark Materials trilogy. Delia Smith's cookery Winter Collection. Barry Unsworth's novel Morality Play. Births January January – Kane Haysman, footballer 1 January – Adam Campbell, footballer 5 January – Tom John, footballer 4 January – Adam Webster, footballer 7 January – Jessica Judd, runner 8 January Kyle Edmund, South Africa-born tennis player Stephen Hendrie, footballer Romello Nangle, footballer 13 January Steven Brisbane, footballer Eros Vlahos, actor 16 January – Sam Long, footballer 18 January – Tommy O'Sullivan, footballer 20 January – Calum Chambers, footballer 23 January – Clifford Newby-Harris, footballer 25 January – Joel Logan, footballer 26 January – Lewis Small, footballer 28 January – Mimi-Isabella Cesar, rhythmic gymnast 29 January – Germain Burton, cyclist 30 January – Jack Laugher, diver February 1 February – Richard Wisker, actor 2 February – Paul Digby, footballer 6 February – Jasper Johns, footballer 7 February Ashleigh Butler, dog trainer Tom Glynn-Carney, actor 10 February – Harry Finch, cricketer 12 February – Reece Hales, footballer 13 February Alex Mowatt, footballer Connor Waldon, footballer Craig Watson, footballer 18 February Mitchell Oxborrow, footballer Kimberley Reed, athlete 19 February Ryan Finnie, footballer Dylan McLaughlin, footballer 23 February – Rory Elrick, actor 24 February – Jacob Murphy, footballer 26 February – Liam Fairhurst, charity fundraiser (died 2009) March 1 March – Danny Mullen, footballer 2 March – Joe Hanks, footballer 4 March – Bill Milner, actor 12 March – Forrayah Bass, footballer 20 March – Harry Lee, footballer 22 March – Dafydd Howells, rugby union player 29 March – Joshua Sinclair-Evans, actor 30 March – Tao Geoghegan Hart, road racing cyclist April 9 April – Coll Donaldson, footballer 11 April – Siobhan Cattigan, rugby union player (died 2021) 12 April – Harry Middleton, footballer 14 April – Alan Frizzell, footballer 15 April – Nick Awford, footballer 16 April Poppy Lee Friar, actress Josh Meade, footballer Ross M. Stewart, footballer 17 April – Will Hughes, footballer 23 April Callum O'Dowda, footballer Kelly Simm, gymnast 25 April – Lewis Hornby, footballer 30 April – Drey Wright, footballer May 4 May – Alex Lawther, actor 9