station opens in Swindon. 21 September – An energy firm which has been test drilling for controversial shale gas in Lancashire says it has found vast gas resources underground. 26 September – Labour Party delegates vote to scrap the tradition of Shadow Cabinet elections at their annual conference in Liverpool. 29 September – The Department for Transport announce a consultation process on raising the motorway speed limit in England and Wales to 80 mph. October 1 October – A new record is set for the highest temperature recorded in October – at 29.9 °C (85.8 °F). 3 October – The UK government pledges £50 million towards developing spin-off technologies from the super-strong material graphene. 5 October – The world's largest solar bridge project gets underway in London. 6 October – The Bank of England says it will inject a further £75 billion into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), but holds interest rates at 0.5%. 9 October – Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney marries American heiress Nancy Shevell at a ceremony in London. 10 October – The trial of Vincent Tabak, accused of murdering British landscape architect Joanna Yeates, begins at Bristol Crown Court. 12 October – A government ban on non-EU foreign spouses under the age of 21 coming to the UK is ruled unlawful by the UK Supreme Court. 13 October – BP is given the go-ahead to proceed with a new £4.5 billion oil project west of the Shetland Islands. 14 October – Liam Fox resigns as Defence Secretary after a week of allegations over his working relationship with friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty. 17 October – Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox broke the ministerial code in his dealings with his friend Adam Werritty, an official report says. 18 October The final episode of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures airs after Elisabeth Sladen’s death. It is named “The man who never was”. The Stone Roses announce their reunion tour after splitting in 1996. 21 October – London's St Paul's Cathedral is forced to close its doors to visitors for the first time since the Second World War after Occupy London protesters set up camp on its doorstep. 27 October The serial killer Robert Black is convicted of the 1981 murder of Northern Ireland schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy. As police prepare to remove protestors from the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral, Giles Fraser resigns as its