What happened in the UK in 1999?

Here are the biggest news, sports and entertainment stories of 1999 ...

The UK is preparing to celebrate the new millennium with style the official opening of the Queen of £ 758m Millennium Dome. E 'was well over budget and has received negative reviews, but much is expected. Unfortunately, the Millennium Wheel fell foul of the Millennium Bug as they did the opening was delayed by technical problems. The Millennium Bug, in general, proved to be a big dealhas succeeded in nothing but the nation toaster and hair dryer, with the change of date and not explosive end! What are men's events were too large in urban areas, went to many pubs and clubs, some went to street parties, and some just open a bottle of champagne at home.

Another reason to celebrate in '99 as the government was the introduction for the first time in a legally binding minimum wage for all workers in the United Kingdom. Located in£ 3.60 an hour, about two million people have benefited from the movement, increase their payroll to a third party.

On the dark side of the country suffered three nail bomb attacks in London in 2 weeks and has been for some time, gripped by fear. Fortunately, the police quickly (say he was a Nazi) through criminal and sentenced him to life imprisonment Another was sentenced to life in prison, Tony Martin, the farmer of a thief who was shot in his home . Given 'Circumstances seen a lot of his sentence as unfair and huge campaigns were felt to a man of the people were freed a victim, not a criminal.

Lawrence Dallaglio was not celebrating another millennium, when the captain pulled the English rugby national team. Tabloid claimed that she had the chops, the savior of the game took drugs while unwelcome and treated at the University and the public was sufficient to act for the Rugby, something that can beRegrets the lack of evidence when (surely they should get stories before publication?) led him to award costs. Like football, Manchester United won the Premier League for the 5th time in 90 years, making them the new undisputed heavyweight of the game home.

In the entertainment world, the leader of the Staines Massive, Ali G, he launched his career in the 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 masquerading as a simple, Streetwise "Gangster" (who lived withhis Grand) Sacha Baron Cohen foolish politicians, from issues of drugs, violence and sex and getting them to show how they were strange. In addition to the BBC, the license was money well spent for the program-budget natural history "Walking With Dinosaurs," to see the audience spellbound, very realistic computer generated dinosaurs roaming the earth.

The British film industry returned to work with Guy Ritchie "Jack Two SmokingPops'. The mix of professional actors with real East End villains (including football hard man Vinnie Jones was involved) was a box office success and took millions of people how did the story of a group of boys in London trying desperately to come up with the £ v. 500 000 paid to them. Another film of 1999 was made "Fight Club" with Brad Pitt (which is all I can about it, but the first rule of Fight Club, which does not talk about Fight Club! Say it is).

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