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Win elections
The Conservatives win elections, ending 13 years of Labour rule, and David Cameron becomes Britain's new prime minister, the youngest since 1812 -
A scandal
Rupert Murdoch's media empire is rocked by a scandal about phone hacking by a tabloid -
The first new nuclear power plant
Britain approves construction of the first new nuclear power plant in a generation (the Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset) -
Lost more than 400
The USA and Britain withdraw from Afghanistan after the USA has lost more than 2,000 soldiers and Britain more than 400 -
Migration
Net migration to Britain rises to 333,000 in 2015, the second-highest since records began in 1975 -
Leave the European Union
The majority of British people (mostly in England) vote in a referendum to leave the European Union, stock markets plunge worldwide losing more than 2 trillion dollars in value and the British pound falls to its lowest level in 30 years, Cameron resigns and Theresa May of the same party replaces him ("Brexit") -
Died in a fire
About 80 people died in a fire at a residential tower in London, the Grenfell Tower -
Bomb Syria
The USA, Britain and France bomb Syria in retaliation for Syria's use of chemical weapons