25 March – A large
National Front rally is held in London, in protest against European integration.[12]
26 March –
British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the
Morris 18-22wedge styled by
Harris Mann to replace the ageing
Austin 1800Landcrab range. There are Austin, Morris and the luxury
Wolseley versions at launch. However, in less than six months, the entire range is rebranded as the
Princess and the marque "Wolseley" is abandoned.
5 April –
Manchester United clinches promotion back to the First Division one season after relegation.[14]
13 April – A 22-year-old woman is raped at her bedsit in
Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire Police believe that she was the sixth victim of a rapist who had been operating across the city since October last year. In June, the police arrest 47-year-old
Peter Cook for the rapes; he is sentenced to life imprisonment in October.[15]
24 April – Unemployment exceeds the 1,000,000 mark for March 1975.[5]
26 April
A conference of
Labour Party members vote against continued membership of the
EEC.[16]
27 May –
Dibbles Bridge coach crash: a tour coach runs away following brake failure and falls off a bridge near
Hebden, North Yorkshire, en route to
Grassington, killing the driver and 31 female pensioners on board, the highest ever toll in a UK road accident.[20]
2 June – Snow showers occur across as the country even as far south as London which last happened in 1761.
5 June – 67% of voters support continuing membership of the EEC in a
referendum.[24]
9 June – Proceedings in
Parliament are broadcast on radio for the first time.[25]
11 June – In
Uganda, British author and adventurer
Denis Hills is sentenced to death by firing squad for referring to
Idi Amin as a 'village tyrant'.
13 June –
UEFA places a three-year ban on Leeds United from European competitions due to the behaviour of their fans at last month's European Cup final.
14 June – Ambulance crews in the
West Midlands stage a ban on non-emergency calls in a dispute over pay and hours.[5]
17 June – Leeds United lodge an appeal against their ban from European competitions.[26]
19 June – A
coroner's court jury returns a verdict of wilful murder, naming
Lord Lucan as the murderer, in the inquest on Sandra Rivett, the nanny who was found dead at his wife's
London home seven months previously.[27]
30 June –
UEFA reduces Leeds United's ban from European competitions to one season on appeal.[28]
July
July – The Government and
Trades Union Congress agree to a one-year cash limit on pay rises.
1 August – The Government's anti-inflation policy comes into full effect. During the year,
inflation reaches 24.2% - the second-highest recorded level since records began in 1750, and the highest since 1800.[31] A summary of the White Paper Attack on Inflation is delivered to all households.
11 August –
British Leyland Motor Corporation comes under British government control.
19 August –
Headingley cricket ground is vandalised by people campaigning for release from prison of the armed robber
George Davis. A scheduled test match between England and Australia which was meant to take place there has to be abandoned. This is the climax to a campaign in which the slogan George Davis is Innocent was widely sprayed throughout London.[34]
21 August – The unemployment rate reaches the 1,250,000 mark.
27 August – A 14-year-old, Tracy Browne, is badly injured in a hammer attack in a country lane at
Silsden, near
Keighley.[35]
27 September – The
National Railway Museum is opened in
York, becoming the first national museum outside London.
28 September–3 October – The
Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken as hostages, takes place in London.[40]
October
October
Vauxhall announces its second new model launch of the year - the
Cavalier, which replaces the
Victor, is based on the German
Opel Ascona, and is a direct competitor for the big-selling
Ford Cortina.
Statistics show that Britain is in a double-dip recession, as the economy contracted for the second and third quarters of the year.[41]
December –
Donald Neilson, 39, is arrested in
Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire, on suspicion of being the "Black Panther" murderer who is believed to have carried out five murders in the last two years.[2]
6–12 December –
Balcombe Street Siege: IRA members on the run from police break into a London flat, taking the residents hostage. The siege ends after six days with the gunmen giving themselves up to the police.[47][48]
^Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 381.
ISBN978-1-905080-85-4.
25 March – A large
National Front rally is held in London, in protest against European integration.[12]
26 March –
British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the
Morris 18-22wedge styled by
Harris Mann to replace the ageing
Austin 1800Landcrab range. There are Austin, Morris and the luxury
Wolseley versions at launch. However, in less than six months, the entire range is rebranded as the
Princess and the marque "Wolseley" is abandoned.
5 April –
Manchester United clinches promotion back to the First Division one season after relegation.[14]
13 April – A 22-year-old woman is raped at her bedsit in
Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire Police believe that she was the sixth victim of a rapist who had been operating across the city since October last year. In June, the police arrest 47-year-old
Peter Cook for the rapes; he is sentenced to life imprisonment in October.[15]
24 April – Unemployment exceeds the 1,000,000 mark for March 1975.[5]
26 April
A conference of
Labour Party members vote against continued membership of the
EEC.[16]
27 May –
Dibbles Bridge coach crash: a tour coach runs away following brake failure and falls off a bridge near
Hebden, North Yorkshire, en route to
Grassington, killing the driver and 31 female pensioners on board, the highest ever toll in a UK road accident.[20]
2 June – Snow showers occur across as the country even as far south as London which last happened in 1761.
5 June – 67% of voters support continuing membership of the EEC in a
referendum.[24]
9 June – Proceedings in
Parliament are broadcast on radio for the first time.[25]
11 June – In
Uganda, British author and adventurer
Denis Hills is sentenced to death by firing squad for referring to
Idi Amin as a 'village tyrant'.
13 June –
UEFA places a three-year ban on Leeds United from European competitions due to the behaviour of their fans at last month's European Cup final.
14 June – Ambulance crews in the
West Midlands stage a ban on non-emergency calls in a dispute over pay and hours.[5]
17 June – Leeds United lodge an appeal against their ban from European competitions.[26]
19 June – A
coroner's court jury returns a verdict of wilful murder, naming
Lord Lucan as the murderer, in the inquest on Sandra Rivett, the nanny who was found dead at his wife's
London home seven months previously.[27]
30 June –
UEFA reduces Leeds United's ban from European competitions to one season on appeal.[28]
July
July – The Government and
Trades Union Congress agree to a one-year cash limit on pay rises.
1 August – The Government's anti-inflation policy comes into full effect. During the year,
inflation reaches 24.2% - the second-highest recorded level since records began in 1750, and the highest since 1800.[31] A summary of the White Paper Attack on Inflation is delivered to all households.
11 August –
British Leyland Motor Corporation comes under British government control.
19 August –
Headingley cricket ground is vandalised by people campaigning for release from prison of the armed robber
George Davis. A scheduled test match between England and Australia which was meant to take place there has to be abandoned. This is the climax to a campaign in which the slogan George Davis is Innocent was widely sprayed throughout London.[34]
21 August – The unemployment rate reaches the 1,250,000 mark.
27 August – A 14-year-old, Tracy Browne, is badly injured in a hammer attack in a country lane at
Silsden, near
Keighley.[35]
27 September – The
National Railway Museum is opened in
York, becoming the first national museum outside London.
28 September–3 October – The
Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken as hostages, takes place in London.[40]
October
October
Vauxhall announces its second new model launch of the year - the
Cavalier, which replaces the
Victor, is based on the German
Opel Ascona, and is a direct competitor for the big-selling
Ford Cortina.
Statistics show that Britain is in a double-dip recession, as the economy contracted for the second and third quarters of the year.[41]
December –
Donald Neilson, 39, is arrested in
Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire, on suspicion of being the "Black Panther" murderer who is believed to have carried out five murders in the last two years.[2]
6–12 December –
Balcombe Street Siege: IRA members on the run from police break into a London flat, taking the residents hostage. The siege ends after six days with the gunmen giving themselves up to the police.[47][48]
^Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 381.
ISBN978-1-905080-85-4.