What happened in the UK in 1999?

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

The UK already, Cathedral to celebrate the new millennium with style in 'official opening of the Queen of £ 758m Millennium. 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, turned out like this so much noise Nothing but the nation managed toaster and hair dryer, with the change of date is not explosive finish! What people was too great organization of events in city centers, went to many pubs and clubs, some went to street parties, and some just open a bottle of champagne at home.

Another reason for many to celebrate '99 Once the government has introduced the first ever to a legally binding minimum wage for all workers in the United Kingdom.> Set to £ 3.60 per hour, about two million people have benefited from the move, increasing 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 unjust and great campaigns were people felt free to set-up man, who was 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 thatmay be unfortunate if the lack of evidence (certainly should arrive before I post them?) led to him being cleared of the charges. 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 world of entertainment, has launched the leader of the Staines Massive, Ali G, his career in the 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 masquerading as a simple, Streetwise "Gangster" (who lived withhis Grand), Sacha Baron Cohen made fools political figures, 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 TwoTwo Smoking Barrels. "The mixture 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 went to see the story as a £ a group of boys London desperately trying to get the 500,000 that had. Another film of 1999 in "Fight Club" with Brad Pitt (which is all I can about it, but as the first rule of Fight Club, who never spoke Fight Club! Announcement).