when was the last bear killed in the uk
c. 1000 AD
title: Liam Holden text: 1972, Holden was finally released from Crumlin Road Prison. However, his terrorism conviction remained active, hindering Holden from finding regular employment. He appealed, and, in 2012, prosecutors dropped their opposition to his appeal, thus quashing the 1973 conviction. Liam Holden Liam Holden (born 1954) is an Irishman who, in 1973 at the age of 19, was sentenced to death by hanging following his conviction for killing a British soldier in Northern Ireland. He was the last person sentenced to death in the UK, as Northern Ireland maintained the death penalty following its abolition in Great Britain in 1969. There were, title: British fatalities during Operation Telic text: these totals are likely to rise significantly when full records for 2003 to 2006 become available. Total: 8 Total: 11 Total: 137 Total: 22 Total: 4 Combat Fatalities: 0, Other Fatalities: 1, Wounded in Action: 0, Other Injured: 218. Combat Fatalities: 2, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 20, Other Injured: 758. Combat Fatalities: 37, Other Fatalities: 10, Wounded in Action: 202, Other Injured: 1098. Combat Fatalities: 27, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 93, Other Injured: 1209. Combat Fatalities: 20, Other Fatalities: 3, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE. Combat Fatalities: 10, Other Fatalities: 12, Wounded in Action: title: Liam Holden text: Liam Holden Liam Holden (born 1954) is an Irishman who, in 1973 at the age of 19, was sentenced to death by hanging following his conviction for killing a British soldier in Northern Ireland. He was the last person sentenced to death in the UK, as Northern Ireland maintained the death penalty following its abolition in Great Britain in 1969. There were, however, cases in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man where death sentences were issued after this date. In July 1973 the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, commuted Holden's sentence to life imprisonment. title: March 2013 United Kingdom winter storm text: March 2013 United Kingdom winter storm The March 2013 United Kingdom winter storm was an exceptional weather event that took place in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the night of 22–23 March 2013. Described as 'the worst snowfall for 30 years', the event brought chaos to many parts of Northern England, Northern Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The worst places affected were North West England, North East Wales and Northern Ireland. Also accompanying the snow were very strong winds and very cold weather. At least two deaths were reported. Snowfall, strong winds and low temperatures were main features during title: Humphrey Head text: It used to be possible to walk to the end of the outcrop by walking on the sands to the west of Humphrey Head, but changes in the sands have rendered this difficult (although still possible in wellies) (2011). To the east of Humphrey Head is a marsh which forms part of Kents Bank. Humphrey Head is the traditional location for the killing of the last wolf in England, in about 1390. Folklore has it that the wolf descended the fells from near Coniston where it had caused havoc among the sheep flocks. After it attacked a child in Cark