2018 in England

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• 1 January –
• Four young men die in unrelated New Year London stabbings.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42534127|title=Four young men die in New Year London stabbings|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=1 January 2018}}
• A fire at the Liverpool Echo Arena car park destroys 1,400 cars.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42533830|title='Ferocious' fire engulfed arena car park|date=4 January 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=4 January 2018}}
• 3 January – the NHS in England cancels all non-urgent treatments from mid-January until the end of the month, as reports emerge of patients facing long waits for treatment and being stuck on trolleys in corridors, and of ambulances left queuing outside A&E.{{cite news |last1=Therrien |first1=Alex |last2=Triggle |first2=Nick |date=3 January 2018 |title=Struggling hospitals facing 'huge tragedy' |work=BBC |publisher= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42552267 |access-date=3 January 2018}}
• 5 January – Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger in 1993, is charged over indecent images of children.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42582561|title=James Bulger killer Jon Venables charged over indecent images|publisher=BBC|date=5 January 2018|access-date=5 January 2018}}
• 8 January – Princess Charlotte starts attending Willcocks Nursery School, London.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42609394|title=Princess Charlotte's first day at nursery school|work=BBC News|date=8 January 2018}}
• 8 January – Prime Minister Theresa May announces a Cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-42602570|title=Reshuffle: Lewis is new Tory chairman|publisher=BBC|date=8 January 2018|access-date=8 January 2018}}
• 9 January – The manufacture of cosmetics and personal care products with plastic microbeads is banned in England, with a ban on their sale due to come into force by July 2018.{{cite news |last=Carrington |first=Damian |date=9 January 2018 |title=Plastic microbeads ban enters force in UK |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/09/plastic-microbeads-ban-enters-force-in-uk |access-date=9 January 2018}}
• 11 January – Theresa May pledges to eradicate all plastic waste throughout England by 2042.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42639359|title=Environment strategy aims to stop needless plastic waste|work=BBC News|date=11 January 2018}}
• 12 January – Nottingham railway station damaged by fire, which the local authorities treat as arson.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-42660181|title=Nottingham rail station fire being treated as arson|access-date=14 January 2018|work=BBC News|date=12 January 2018}}
• 22 January – Buckingham Palace announces that Princess Eugenie of York is to marry her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor in the autumn.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42772288|title=Princess Eugenie to marry boyfriend Jack Brooksbank|work=BBC News|date=22 January 2018}}
• 25 January –
• Industry body Water UK announces that all shops, cafes and businesses in England will provide free water refill points in every major city and town by 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42808302|title=Plastic bottles: Free water refill points rolled out to cut waste|work=BBC News|date=25 January 2018}}
• The number of rough sleepers in England reaches the highest level since records began – an estimated 4,751.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42817123|title=Rough sleeping in England rises for seventh year|access-date=25 January 2018|work=BBC News|date=25 January 2018}}
• 26 January
• A water main in the London district of Hammersmith bursts, flooding the area's main shopping street, King Street.{{cite news |last=Cullen |first=Ellie |date=27 January 2018 |title=Hammersmith flood: Scores evacuated from streets as flash floods hit wide stretch of West London |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hammersmith-flood-king-street-west-london-fire-brigade-thames-water-latest-a8180781.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 January 2018 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hammersmith-flood-king-street-west-london-fire-brigade-thames-water-latest-a8180781.html |archive-date=1 May 2022}}{{cbignore}}
• Three teenage boys on their way to a sixteenth birthday party are killed when a car mounts a pavement in Hayes, West London. Police arrest a 28-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42849186|title=Hayes triple teenager death crash suspect 'fled scene'|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018}} A second, 34-year-old man, who fled the scene, later hands himself in to police.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42854763|title=Man charged over triple death crash|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2018|access-date=29 January 2018}}
• 30 January
• Chris Parker, a homeless man who stole from victims of the Manchester Arena bomb attack, is jailed for four years and three months.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42876790|title=Manchester Arena attack "hero" jailed for theft|work=BBC News|date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018}}
• 31 January
• Shares in government contractor Capita plunge more than 40% after the company issues a profit warning.{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Rob |last2=Monaghan |first2=Angela |last3=Wearden |first3=Graeme |date=31 January 2018 |title=Shares in UK government contractor Capita plunge 40% after profit warning |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/31/shares-in-uk-government-contractor-capita-plunge-40-after-profit-warning |access-date=31 January 2018}}
• Another water main bursts in West London, this time in Shepherd's Bush, flooding Goldhawk Road, one of the main streets in the area.{{cite news |last1=Moore-Bridger |first1=Benedict |last2=Dunne |first2=John |last3=Simpson |first3=Fiona |date=31 January 2018 |title=Shepherd's Bush flooding: Londoners wake to "major" deluge on Goldhawk Road |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/shepherds-bush-flood-londoners-wake-to-no-water-as-burst-water-main-sparks-major-deluge-on-goldhawk-a3753951.html |access-date=31 January 2018}}

• 2 February – Finsbury Park Mosque attacker Darren Osborne, who drove a van into a group of Muslims, is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 43 years.{{cite news|title=Finsbury Park attacker Darren Osborne jailed for minimum of 43 years|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42920929|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=2 February 2018|access-date=2 February 2018}}
• 3 February – British Youtuber KSI defeats fellow British Youtuber Joe Weller in 3 rounds in a YouTube Boxing match at the Copper Box Arena. The event is considered the biggest events in YouTube History as 20 million people are believed to have watched the fight on live streams. KSI then called out American Youtuber Logan Paul and his brother named Comedyshortsgamer fought American Youtuber Jake Paul on 25 August 2018 at the Manchester Arena.
• 6 February – At Maidstone Crown Court, Joshua Stimpson is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Molly McLaren, who was stabbed 75 times in a shopping centre car park in Kent in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/06/joshua-stimpson-life-sentence-molly-mcclaren-murder |title=Joshua Stimpson gets life sentence for former girlfriend's murder |first=Haroon |last=Siddique |date=6 February 2018 |accessdate=30 April 2024 |publisher=The Guardian}}
• 7 February
• Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, is jailed for possessing child abuse images for a second time.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42972085|title=Bulger killer jailed for indecent images|date=7 February 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, backs a ruling by the High Court that victims of the serial sex offender John Worboys can challenge in court the parole board's decision to release him from prison.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42975631|title=Black cab rapist faces victim in court|date=2018-02-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-02-08|language=en-GB}}
• 8 February – NHS hospitals in England record their worst ever A&E performance, with only 77.1% of patients treated within four hours in January, far short of the 95% target.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/08/nhs-hospitals-england-worst-a-and-e-performance|title=NHS hospitals in England record worst ever A&E performance|work=The Guardian|date=8 February 2018|access-date=8 February 2018}}
• 9 February – Trinity Mirror purchases Northern & Shell, chaired by Richard Desmond, for £126.7 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42991304|title=Mirror buys Express titles from Richard Desmond|work=BBC News|date=9 February 2018}}
• 21 February – Jack Whitehall presents the 2018 Brit Awards, which took place in The O2, London, and was broadcast live on ITV.{{cite news|title=Jack Whitehall to host 2018 Brit Awards|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42271792|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=8 December 2017}}
• 28 February – An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 and depth of 4 km hits Mosser, Cumbria. It was felt in Grasmere, Kendal, Cockermouth and Keswick and was the second earthquake to hit the United Kingdom within two weeks.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/houses-shake-as-earthquake-with-magnitude-32-strikes-cumbria-11270631|title=Cumbria earthquake: Houses shake as tremor of 3.2 magnitude hits county|publisher=Sky News|date=28 February 2018}}

• 1 March – Former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is suspended from the Labour Party indefinitely, amid claims of anti-semitism.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43244090|title=Labour suspends Ken Livingstone indefinitely over anti-Semitism claims|work=BBC News|date=1 March 2018|access-date=1 March 2018}}
• 4 March – Sergei Skripal, a former Russian agent convicted of spying for Britain, is found collapsed on a shopping centre bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire, alongside his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia Skripal. With police suspecting deliberate poisoning, similar to that of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, a major incident is declared.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43297638|title=Russian spy: Russia "has no information" on Sergei Skripal collapse|work=BBC News|date=6 March 2018|access-date=6 March 2018}} It is later confirmed by police that a nerve agent was administered in an attempt to murder Skripal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847|title=Russian spy 'attacked with nerve agent'|date=2018-03-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-GB}}
• 13 March
• The government's fiscal statement, which is now called the Spring Statement, is published.{{cite news|title=Spring Statement will be on 13 March 2018|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42249041|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=6 December 2017}}
• Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov is found dead at his London home.{{cite news|title=Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead at his London home|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/13/russian-exile-nikolai-glushkov-found-dead-at-his-london-home|work=The Guardian|date=13 March 2018}}
• 14 March
• Stephen Hawking, world-renowned theoretical physicist, author, and cosmologist, dies at his home in Cambridge, aged 76.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43398187|title=Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in for "inspirational" physicist|work=BBC News|date=14 March 2018|access-date=14 March 2018}}
• The government calls for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal on 4 March. Theresa May announces that 23 Russian diplomats will be expelled from the UK after Russia fails to respond to claims of involvement.{{cite news|title=Russian spy: UK to expel 23 Russian diplomats|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43402506|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=14 March 2018}}
• 15 March – Following the events of 4 March, Theresa May visits Salisbury after the nerve agent attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43414824|title=Theresa May visits Salisbury after spy attack|work=BBC News|date=15 March 2018}}
• 17–19 March – Heavy snow affects much of the UK. It is dubbed the "mini beast from the east"; a sequel to the previous cold wave at the start of the month. On 17 March, amber weather warnings are issued for north-west England, Yorkshire, the Midlands, London and south-east England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43439807|title='Mini Beast from the East' brings snow and ice to parts of UK|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2018}} On 18 March, they are issued for south-west England, south-east and mid-Wales and the West Midlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43445768|title=Snow and ice bring UK travel disruption|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2018}} Dozens of vehicles were stuck overnight on the A30 in Devon whilst two weather warnings are still in place for much of the UK after wintry showers disrupted many parts of Britain.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43453713|title=Drivers stranded on A30]in Devon amid heavy snow|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2018}}
• 17 March – A 21-year-old man is arrested and charged with attempted murder after driving a Suzuki Vitara into the Blake's nightclub at Gravesend, Kent, injuring thirteen people.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-43446359|title=Gravesend nightclub: 13 people hurt as car drives into club|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2018}}
• 18–19 March – Boris Johnson dismisses claims from Russian EU ambassador, Vladimir Chizhov, who said that Porton Down may have been the source of the nerve agent. It is reported that experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will arrive on 19 March to test samples of the substance.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43448682|title=Spy poisoning: Russia stockpiling nerve agent, says Johnson|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2018}}
• 18 March – TV presenter Ant McPartlin is arrested for drink driving after a car crash in Richmond, West London.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43453525|title=Ant McPartlin arrested over drink-driving collision|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2018|access-date=19 March 2018}}
• 19 March
• The Gambling Commission recommends that fixed odds betting terminals should be cut to £30 or less from £100.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43455480|title=Betting machine wagers 'should be cut to £30 or less'|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2018}}
• Micro Focus shares fell 55% to 849p after they warn of a sharp fall in revenue and its chief executive, Chris Hsu resigned.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43457024|title=UK tech giant Micro Focus halves in value as shares crash|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2018}}
• Channel 4 airs a documentary about Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis company that worked on the Leave.EU campaign in favour of Brexit, and for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Undercover reporters, talking to executives from the firm, discover the use of bribes, honey traps, fake news campaigns and operations with ex-spies to swing election campaigns around the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-revealed-trumps-election-consultants-filmed-saying-they-use-bribes-and-sex-workers-to-entrap-politicians-investigation|title=Revealed: Trump's election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians|publisher=Channel 4 News|date=19 March 2018|access-date=19 March 2018}} An emergency court order is requested to raid the Cambridge Analytica offices.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43465700|title=Cambridge Analytica: Warrant sought to inspect company|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2018|access-date=19 March 2018}}
• 20 March
• The board of Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Alexander Nix with immediate effect, pending a full and independent investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/20/cambridge-analytica-suspends-ceo-alexander-nix|title=Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Alexander Nix|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2018|access-date=20 March 2018}}
• 21 March – Following eight years of austerity, a pay rise is agreed for 1.3 million NHS staff, with minimum increases of at least 6.5% over three years and some employees receiving as much as 29%.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43481341|title=NHS pay: Unions agree deal for 1.3 million staff|work=BBC News|date=21 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018}}
• 23 March
• Ahmed Hassan, perpetrator of the Parsons Green bombing, is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/live-parsons-green-tube-bomber-ahmed-hassan-sentenced-11301014|title=Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan sentenced to life|publisher=Sky News|date=23 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}
• Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sacks Owen Smith from the Shadow Cabinet for calling for a second EU referendum, in contrast with official party policy and was replaced by Tony Lloyd. Smith was an ardent supporter of Britain continuing membership of the EU.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43521321|title=Jeremy Corbyn sacks Labour frontbencher over referendum call|work=BBC News|date=23 March 2018}}
• 28 March – The UK Government announces that consumers in England will soon pay a deposit when they buy drinks bottles and cans in a bid to boost recycling and cut waste, but consumers will get the money back if they return the container.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43563164|title=Drinks bottles and can deposit return scheme proposed|work=BBC News|date=28 March 2018}}
• 31 March
• Professor Stephen Hawking's funeral takes place at the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43582950|title=Prof Stephen Hawking funeral: Legacy 'will live forever'|work=BBC News|date=31 March 2018}}
• The UK Government had received a request from the Russian Embassy to visit Yulia Skripal in hospital after the 4 March poisoning.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43605139|title=Russian spy: UK considers request to visit Yulia Skripal |work=BBC News|date=31 March 2018}}

• 1 April
• All privately rented properties in England and Wales must have a minimum energy performance rating of "E".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/31/national-minimum-wage-rise-still-fails-to-cover-living-costs-study-show|title=National minimum wage rise still fails to cover living costs, study shows|work=The Guardian|date=31 March 2018|access-date=1 April 2018}}
• The National Living Wage for people over 25 increased from £7.50 to £7.83 an hour. Workers between 21 and 24 received an hourly pay rise from £7.05 to £7.38, wages rose from £5.60 to £5.90 for 18–20 year olds, from £4.05 to £4.20 for 16–17 year olds and from £3.50 to £3.70 for apprentices aged under 19 or in the first year of their apprenticeship.
• 4 April – A 78-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected burglar, armed with a screwdriver, forced the man into his kitchen where a struggle ensued and the burglar was stabbed to death.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43639183|title=Hither Green "burglar" stabbing: Man, 78, arrested|work=BBC News|date=4 April 2018}}
• 5 April – All firms with at least 250 employees must reveal data about their pay differences between men and women.
• 11 April – A £70,000,000 plan to extend Birmingham's Alexander Stadium has been announced for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed this on a visit to the city.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-43718686|title=Birmingham's Alexander Stadium in £70m revamp for 2022 Games|work=BBC News|date=11 April 2018}}
• 13 April – The London Stock Exchange announces that it has appointed David Schwimmer as Chief Executive who will take up the post on 1 August to replace Xavier Rolet who quit the role last November.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43750656|title=London Stock Exchange names David Schwimmer as new boss|work=BBC News|date=13 April 2018}}
• 16 April – TV presenter Ant McPartlin appeared at court charged with drink driving.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43781971|title=Ant McPartlin due in court on drink driving charge|work=BBC News|date=16 April 2018}}
• 17 April – Theresa May apologises to Caribbean leaders at Downing Street over the Windrush generation controversy.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43792411|title=Windrush generation: Theresa May apologises to Caribbean leaders|work=BBC News|date=17 April 2018|access-date=18 April 2018}}
• 19 April – Theresa May announces a ban on plastic straws and cotton buds in England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43817287|title=Plastic straw and cotton bud ban proposed|work=BBC News|date=19 April 2018}}
• 21 April – The Queen's Birthday Party, a music concert celebrating the ninety-second birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, is held at London's Royal Albert Hall.{{cite news|first=Hannah |last=Furness |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/21/queen-celebrates-92nd-birthday-concert-royal-albert-hall/ |title=The Queen celebrates her 92nd birthday with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-queen-celebrates-her-92nd-birthday-in-style-with-starstudded-concert-a3820271.html |title=The Queen celebrates her 92nd birthday in style with star-studded concert |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018}}
• 22 April – The London Marathon takes place, amid the hottest temperatures ever seen at the event, reaching 24.1 °C (75.3 °F) in St James's Park.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43850037|title=London Marathon 2018 hottest on record|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=22 April 2018|access-date=22 April 2018}}
• Catherine Middleton (the Duchess of Cambridge) gives birth to a baby boy at St Mary's Hospital, London who becomes fifth in line to the throne and Elizabeth II's sixth great-grandchild.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43864933|title=Royal baby: Duchess gives birth to boy|work=BBC News|date=23 April 2018}} He is subsequently named Louis Arthur Charles.
• 24 April – The first statue of a woman in Parliament Square is unveiled, that of suffragist Millicent Fawcett.{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Laura|title=Statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett unveiled in London|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b98072d6-47b4-11e8-8ee8-cae73aab7ccb|website=Financial Times|date=24 April 2018}}
• 28 April
• Alfie Evans, a toddler at the centre of a legal case into whether he should be granted medical treatment to prolong his life, dies in Liverpool aged 23 months.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43933056|title=Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies|work=BBC News|date=28 April 2018|access-date=28 April 2018}}
• Sainsbury's and Asda are reported to be at an advanced stage of talks to merge the two supermarkets.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43933517|title=Sainsbury's and Asda in merger talks|work=BBC News|date=28 April 2018|access-date=28 April 2018}}
• An outbreak of oak processionary, a species of toxic caterpillar, is reported across Greater London and surrounding areas.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43930702|title=Health warnings after toxic caterpillar outbreak in London|work=BBC News|date=28 April 2018|access-date=28 April 2018}}
• 29 April – Amber Rudd resigns as Home Secretary following the Windrush scandal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43944988|title=Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary|date=29 April 2018|work=BBC News}} She is replaced the following day by Sajid Javid, the first British Pakistani to hold the post.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43946845|title=Sajid Javid to be new home secretary|work=BBC News|date=30 April 2018}}

• 2 May – Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy, following the data privacy scandal.{{cite web|title=Cambridge Analytica: Closure "will not stop investigation"|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43985186|website=BBC News|date=3 May 2018|access-date=3 May 2018}}
• 3 May
• Elections to many local councils and mayoralties are held in England, including all 32 London boroughs. There are losses for the Conservatives (−33) and gains for Labour (+77), the Lib Dems (+75) and Green Party (+8). Meanwhile, UKIP are nearly wiped out, losing 123 councillors and retaining just three. Other parties see a net loss of four councillors.{{cite web|title=England local elections 2018|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz3nmp2eyxgt/england-local-elections-2018|website=BBC|date=5 May 2018|access-date=5 May 2018}}
• A by-election is held at the West Tyrone constituency following the resignation of MP Barry McElduff in January.{{cite news|title=Date is set for West Tyrone by-election|work=BBC News|date=31 March 2018|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43601329|access-date=6 April 2018}}
• Ten people are injured by an explosion at a Jewish festival in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43985271|title=Ten hurt in Jewish festival explosion|date=3 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 5 May – The Temperate House at Kew Gardens in London reopens, following a five-year, £41,000,000 revamp.{{cite web|title='Breathtakingly beautiful': Kew's Temperate House reopens after revamp|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/03/kew-gardens-temperate-house-reopens-after-restoration|website=The Guardian|date=3 May 2018|access-date=3 May 2018}}
• 7 May
• The UK experiences its hottest early May bank holiday (since its introduction in 1978) with a temperature of 28.7 °C (83.66 °F) recorded at RAF Northholt in West London.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44026544|title=Early May Bank Holiday weekend heat record broken|work=BBC News|date=7 May 2018}}
• Mark Williams defeats John Higgins by 18 frames to 16 to win the 2018 World Snooker Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/44032024|title=World Championship: Mark Williams beats John Higgins to win third title|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 May 2018}}
• 9 May – Two fairground workers are found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a 7-year-old girl on a bouncy castle in Essex during March 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44058190|title=Bouncy Castle trial: Two guilty over girl's death|date=9 May 2018|access-date=9 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 11 May – Theresa May agrees to appoint a panel to help oversee the Grenfell fire inquiry, following pressure from campaigners.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44085044|title=Grenfell Tower inquiry panel broadened in apparent U-turn|work=BBC News|date=11 May 2018}}
• 16 May – Stagecoach Group announces that rail services on the East Coast Main Line will be brought back under UK government control.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44142258|title=East Coast line to be put into public control|date=16 May 2018|access-date=16 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 17 May
• The UK government announces that fixed odds betting terminals will be reduced to £2 under new rules, but bookmakers warns that the cut could lead to thousands of outlets closing.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44148285|title=Betting machine stakes cut to £2|work=BBC News|date=17 May 2018}}
• British retailer Mothercare confirms the closure of 50 stores as part of their rescue plan, putting 800 jobs at risk.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44148937|title=Mothercare confirms 50 store closures|work=BBC News|date=17 May 2018}}
• 19 May – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-windsor-1202813625/ | work = Variety | title = Thousands Descend on Windsor for Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle| access-date = 19 May 2018 | date = 19 May 2018}}{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may | work = The Guardian | title = Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to wed on 19 May| first= Caroline | last = Davis | access-date = 27 December 2017 | date = 15 December 2017}}
• 21 May – Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone resigns from the Labour party, having been suspended since 2016 over allegations of anti-Semitism.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44196298|title=Ken Livingstone to quit Labour amid anti-Semitism row|work=BBC News|date=21 May 2018}}
• 22 May
• A memorial service at Manchester Cathedral is held at 14:30 BST, along with a national minute's silence, to mark the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44197949|title=Manchester Arena attack: Anniversary to be marked in city|work=BBC News|date=22 May 2018}}
• British retailer Marks & Spencers confirms the closure 100 stores as part of their reorganisation of the company by 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44197128|title=M&S to close 100 stores by 2022|work=BBC News|date=22 May 2018}}
• 23 May – The Environment Agency warns that England will face water supply shortages unless rapid action is taken by 2050.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44215418|title=Environment Agency warns of serious water deficits for England|work=BBC News|date=23 May 2018}}
• 24 May
• The Institute of Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation have said the NHS would need an extra 4% a year (£2,000 per UK household) to fund it by 2033.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44230033|title=Tax rises needed 'to prevent NHS misery'|work=BBC News|date=24 May 2018}}
• The chequered skipper butterfly which became extinct since 1976 in England has been reintroduced within Rockingham Forest.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-44228926|title=Extinct butterfly to be reintroduced in England|work=BBC News|date=24 May 2018}}
• 30 May – The co-Leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas announces that she will step down as co-Leader in September.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44297817|title=Caroline Lucas to step down as Green Party co-leader|work=BBC News|date=30 May 2018}}

• 5 June – The UK Government approves a controversial plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44357580|title=Heathrow Airport: Cabinet approves new runway plan|work=The Guardian|date=2018-06-05|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en}}
• 6 June – A major fire damages the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge, a week after "the most extensive restoration in its 115-year history" was completed. Plumes of black smoke are visible across London.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44389565|title=Mandarin Oriental: Huge blaze at Knightsbridge hotel|work=BBC News|date=2018-06-07|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en}}
• 7 June – Department store chain House of Fraser announces the closure of 31 stores affecting 6,000 jobs, which includes its flagship store in Oxford Street, London. It will remain open until early 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44394948|title=House of Fraser to close 31 stores|work=BBC News|date=7 June 2018}}
• 8 June
• BuzzFeed publishes a leaked recording of Boris Johnson at a private dinner of Conservative Party activists, during which he praises U.S. President Donald Trump, warns that Brexit is heading for "meltdown" and says "I don't want anybody to panic during the meltdown. No panic. Pro bono publico, no bloody panic. It's going to be all right in the end."{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44407771|title=Boris Johnson calls for more "guts" in Brexit talks|work=BBC News|date=2018-06-08|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en}}
• 9 June
• The Queen's Birthday Honours include former Scottish football player and manager Kenny Dalglish, along with actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson. There is controversy as Network Rail boss Mark Carne is honoured with a CBE, following recent problems with Thameslink and Great Northern.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44397682|title=Birthday Honours 2018: Kenny Dalglish and Emma Thompson head list|work=BBC News|date=9 June 2018}}
• 14 June
• The Lewisham East by-election took place. Janet Daby retained the seat for Labour with a 50.2% share of the vote, but a significantly reduced majority due to a swing towards the Liberal Democrats.
• On the one-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster, the tower was illuminated green with twelve other buildings across West London and Downing Street at 00:54 BST whilst a virgil took place at a nearby church, where the names of the dead were announced at 01:30 BST and a minute's silence took place at midday.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44475913|title=Grenfell Tower lit green a year after fire|work=BBC News|date=14 June 2018}}
• 19 June
• It becomes illegal in England and Scotland to sell rinse-off cosmetics and personal care products that contain microbeads.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-leading-microbeads-ban-comes-into-force|title=World leading microbeads ban comes into force|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• The government announces a review into the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44536978|title=Medicinal cannabis use to be reviewed by government|work=BBC News|date=19 June 2018|access-date=20 June 2018}}
• 23 June – Around 100,000 anti-Brexit campaigners march through central London demanding a final vote on any UK exit deal. The organisers, People's Vote, say that Brexit is "not a done deal" and people must "make their voices heard", whilst James McGrory from pressure group Open Britain says there should be "a choice between leaving with the deal that the government negotiates, or staying in the European Union".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44586638|title=Brexit: Marchers demand final Brexit deal vote|work=BBC News|date=23 June 2018|access-date=23 June 2018}}
• 24 June
• The East Coast Main Line comes back under government control, following the failure of the franchise.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44590366|title=East Coast train line back under public control|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2018|access-date=24 June 2018}}
• England record their biggest ever victory at a World Cup game, winning 6–1 against Panama, with captain Harry Kane scoring a hat-trick to take the team through to the final sixteen.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44439183|title=World Cup 2018: England put six past Panama to reach last 16 – BBC Sport|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2018|access-date=24 June 2018}}
• 25 June – The UK experiences the hottest weather of the year so far, with temperatures reaching up to 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) in London. The highest temperature is recorded in St James's Park. The same location had experienced the year's previous record temperature of 29.1 °C (84.3 °F) in April.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44604782|title=Temperatures reach 29.4C on the UK's hottest day of the year|work=BBC News|date=25 June 2018}}
• 27 June – More than 50 homes are evacuated in Carrbrook and 150 are affected as the Saddleworth Moor fire spreads in Greater Manchester. It is declared a major incident.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44624021|title=Saddleworth Moor fire: Homes evacuated in 'major incident'|work=BBC News|date=27 June 2018}}
• 29 JuneProfessor Philip Alston, a special rapporteur on human rights and extreme poverty, says the UN will investigate the impacts of Tory austerity in Britain, the organisation's first such probe into an advanced European country since 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/un-uk-extreme-poverty-investigation-austerity-conservatives-philip-alston-a8422396.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/un-uk-extreme-poverty-investigation-austerity-conservatives-philip-alston-a8422396.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=UN to investigate extreme poverty in the UK – after nearly a decade of austerity|work=The Independent|date=29 June 2018|access-date=30 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}
• 30 June
• Four young men aged between 18 and 21 are killed when their car collides with a taxi on the A6120 outer ring road, Leeds. Two girls aged 16 and 17, also in the car, are injured, along with the driver of the taxi, a 42-year-old man from Bradford.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44667173|title=Leeds crash: Horsforth collision leaves four men dead|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2018|access-date=30 June 2018}}
• Thousands of people march through London to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS and to protest against government cuts to the health service.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/thousands-to-join-london-protest-over-nhs-funding|title=Thousands protest in London over NHS funding cuts|work=The Guardian|date=30 June 2018|access-date=30 June 2018}}

• 1 July – In an interview with Sky News, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn says: "I think at this stage we should say that medical use of cannabis is good. Cannabis oil use is clearly beneficial to people and that should be decriminalised and made readily available as quickly as possible."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-cannabis-decriminalisation-ridge-sunday-labour-a8425326.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-cannabis-decriminalisation-ridge-sunday-labour-a8425326.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Criminalising people for possessing small amounts of cannabis "not a particularly good idea", says Corbyn|date=1 July 2018|access-date=2 July 2018|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}
• Counter terror police investigate after a man and woman are exposed to the Novichok nerve agent near Salisbury, four months after a similar incident in the area.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-44707052|title=Amesbury: Two collapse near Russian spy poisoning site|date=4 July 2018|access-date=4 July 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 8 July
• Police launch an international murder investigation after Dawn Sturgess dies in Salisbury Hospital after being exposed to a "high dose" of novichok nerve agent in Wiltshire on 30 June.{{cite news|title=Novichok: Amesbury poisoning couple 'had high dose'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44768229 |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2018}}
• David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary.{{cite news |last1=Rayner |first1=Gordon |title=David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/07/08/david-davis-resigns-brexit-secretary/ |access-date=8 July 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44761056 |work=BBC News |date=9 July 2018}} Following this, two more DExEU ministers, Suella Braverman and Steve Baker also resign.
• Dutch electronics firm Philips warns that it may shift production out of Britain in the event of a "hard" Brexit, with CEO Frans van Houten stating: "I am deeply concerned about the competitiveness of our operations in the UK, especially our manufacturing operations."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/08/hard-brexit-could-see-dutch-electronics-firm-philips-quit-uk|title=Hard Brexit could force Dutch electronics firm Philips to quit UK|date=8 July 2018|access-date=9 July 2018|work=The Guardian}}
• 9 July
• Dominic Raab is appointed as Brexit secretary after David Davis' resignation.{{cite news|title=Dominic Raab replaces David Davis as Brexit secretary|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44763998|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2018}}
• Boris Johnson resigns as Foreign Secretary,{{cite news|title=Johnson quits amid Brexit row|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44770847|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2018}} saying that the "dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt".{{cite news|title=Boris Johnson's resignation letter in full |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44772804|access-date=9 July 2018|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2018}} He is replaced by Jeremy Hunt.{{cite news|title=Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson amid Brexit turmoil|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44774702|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2018}}
• Prince Louis, the third child of Prince William and Catherine (then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), is baptised in a private ceremony at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44758589|title=Prince Louis's christening takes place – without Queen or Duke|work=BBC News|date=9 July 2018}}
• 10 July
• The Royal Air Force (RAF) marks its 100th anniversary with a flyby of 100 aircraft over London and South East England. The Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, also presents a new Queen's Colour to the Royal Air Force at a ceremony on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.{{cite news|title=10 July Centenary Celebrations |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/raf100/news/10-july-centenary-celebrations/|access-date=10 July 2018|publisher=MOD}}
• Two vice chairs of the Conservative Party, Maria Caulfield and Ben Bradley, resign in protest at Theresa May's Chequers Brexit compromise plan.{{cite news|title=Tory vice chairs quit over Brexit|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44785797|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=10 July 2018|access-date=10 July 2018}}
• 11 July
• England are defeated by Croatia in the World Cup Semi Final, losing 2–1.
• The ex-British ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer, is hospitalised after being brutally beaten at Victoria Station in central London.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44806139|title=Sir Christopher Meyer attacked at Tube station|date=12 July 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=12 July 2018}}
• 12 July
• The government publishes its White Paper, [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724982/The_future_relationship_between_the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union_WEB_VERSION.pdf The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union].{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/12/brexit-white-paper-seeks-free-movement-for-skilled-workers-and-students|title=Brexit white paper seeks free movement for skilled workers and students|date=12 July 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 July 2018}}
• US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK. The four-day visit includes talks with Theresa May, tea with the Queen, and mass protests featuring a {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall|spell=in}} "Trump baby" blimp flown over Westminster.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/12/uk-different-route-brexit-than-people-expected-donald-trump-says|title=Donald Trump arrives in UK for start of contentious visit|date=12 July 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 July 2018}}

• 15 August – Rapper Stormzy announces the launch of the Stormzy Scholarship, a scholarship, which will fund two black British students through their studies at Cambridge University. Two students will be funded from the 2018–19 academic year and two from the 2019–20 academic year.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45206266 |title=Stormzy launches Cambridge scholarship for black students |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=30 July 2023 |accessdate=30 July 2023}}
• 25 August – British Youtuber KSI will face American Youtuber Logan Paul at the Manchester Arena. The fight is expected to be the biggest Event in YouTube History.

• 25 October – A man is arrested after attempting to steal Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral by damaging its glass case.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-45991475|title=Man arrested for Magna Carta theft attempt at Salisbury Cathedral|work=BBC News|date=26 October 2018|access-date=26 October 2018}}
• 27 October – Leicester City's owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was aboard his AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter when it crashed outside the King Power Stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch. Eyewitnesses described seeing the helicopter spinning before crashing and creating a fireball.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46006470|title=Leicester City owner 'on board crashed helicopter'|work=BBC News|date=27 October 2018|access-date=28 October 2018}}

• 9 December – The NHS in England announces a ban on the sale of fax machines starting in January 2019, as part of a government plan to phase them out entirely by March 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46497526|title=Government bans fax machines in the NHS|work=BBC News|date=9 December 2018|access-date=9 December 2018}}
• 19 December – Labour MP for Peterborough Fiona Onasanya is found guilty of perverting the course of justice for lying about who was driving her car when caught speeding.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46602635|title=MP convicted of speeding driver lie|date=19 December 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=20 December 2018}}
• 31 December – Three people including a police officer were stabbed at around 20:50GMT at Manchester Victoria station and a man was held on suspicion of attempted murder.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-46724322|title=Manchester Victoria station stabbing: Three injured|work=BBC News|date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019}}

• 23 April – Prince Louis{{cite news|title=Royal baby: Duke and duchess show off new son|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43864933|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=23 April 2018}}
• 18 June – Lena Elizabeth Tindall, daughter of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall{{cite news|title=It's a girl! Zara and Mike Tindall's second baby is born|url=https://news.sky.com/story/its-a-girl-zara-and-mike-tindalls-second-baby-is-born-11409762|work=Sky News|date=19 June 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/zara-mike-tindall-reveal-name-1722426|title=Zara and Mike Tindall reveal name of baby daughter born in Stroud|work=BBC News|date=27 June 2018}}

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• 1 January
• Miriam Kochan, 88, English writer and translator.{{cite news|last=Kochan|first=Nick|title=Miriam Kochan obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/miriam-kochan-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=10 January 2018|access-date=29 January 2025}}
• 2 January
• Tony Calder, 74, English music promoter and executive (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tony-calder-music-promoter-beatles-rolling-stones-dies-dead-1202652035/|title=Tony Calder, Music Promoter Who Worked With Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dies (Report)|first=Jamie|last=Lang|date=3 January 2018}}
• Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer (Aston Villa, Walsall, Tamworth).{{cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/01/03/rip-alan-deakin|title=RIP Alan Deakin|website=www.avfc.co.uk}}
• 4 January
• Peter Birdseye, 98, English footballer (Wycombe Wanderers).{{cite web|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2018/january/peter-birdseye-passes-away/|title=Peter Birdseye passes away}}
• Ray Thomas, 76, English singer-songwriter ("Veteran Cosmic Rocker", "For My Lady") and Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues), prostate cancer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ray-thomas-moody-blues-flautist-and-founder-dead-at-76-w515092|title=Ray Thomas, Moody Blues Flautist and Founding Member, Dead at 76|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=7 January 2018}}
• 6 January
• Nigel Sims, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, Peterborough).{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rip-nigel-sims-tributes-paid-14124673|title=RIP Nigel Sims: Tributes paid to legendary Villa FA Cup winner|first=Shane|last=Ireland|date=7 January 2018}}
• 8 January
• Jenny Joseph, 85, English poet.{{cite web|url=https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/poet-and-our-alumna-jenny-joseph-has-died|title=The poet, and our alumna, Jenny Joseph has died.|date=9 January 2018}}
• Jackie Perry, 93, English rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s.{{cite web|url=https://wakefieldtrinity.com/obituary-jack-perry|title=Obituary – Jack Perry – Wakefield Trinity|date=12 January 2018}}
• 9 January
• Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Colchester United), dementia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42618804|title=Ipswich Town title-winning hero dies|date=13 January 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 12 January
• Bella Emberg, 80, English actress (The Russ Abbot Show).{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-12/blunderwoman-star-bella-emberg-dies-at-age-80/|title=Blunderwoman star Bella Emberg dies at age 80|date=12 January 2018}}
• Harry Uzoka, 25, British model, stabbed.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/young-man-stabbed-death-west-london-robbery-gone-wrong-1654892|title=British model Harry Uzoka stabbed to death in West London in 'robbery gone wrong'|first=Dan|last=Cancian|date=12 January 2018}}
• 13 January
• Rick Jolly, 71, British Royal Navy surgeon.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-42682005|title='Hero' surgeon of Falklands War dies|date=15 January 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 14 January
• Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer, suspected heart attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/01/15/former-west-brom-striker-cyrille-regis-dies-aged-59/|title=Former West Brom striker Cyrille Regis dies, aged 59|first=Telegraph|last=Sport|date=15 January 2018|publisher=The Telegraph}}
• 16 January
• Ed Doolan, 76, broadcaster (BBC Radio WM, BRMB; first local presenter to be inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42701795|title=BBC presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76|date=16 January 2018|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 January 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Rodney Fern, 69, English football player (Leicester City, Chesterfield), dementia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/obituary-former-leicester-city-striker|title=Obituary: Former Leicester City striker Rodney Fern, 1948–2018|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 18 January
• John Barton, 89, British theatre director, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/18/john-barton-royal-shakespeare-company-co-founder-dies-aged-89|title=John Barton, Royal Shakespeare Company co-founder, dies aged 89|first=Patrick|last=Greenfield|date=18 January 2018|website=The Guardian}}
• Arthur Davidson, 89, British politician, complications from a fall.{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/obituaries/906667/Arthur-Davidson-dead-obituary-politician-lawyer-Fleet-Street|title=Lawyer to great and good dies at 89|first=John|last=Twomey|date=18 January 2018}}
• Peter Mayle, 78, British author (A Year in Provence).{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/writer-peter-mayle-dies/469996533/|title=Writer Peter Mayle dies|website=Star Tribune|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119060704/http://www.startribune.com/writer-peter-mayle-dies/469996533/|url-status=dead}}
• Laurie Morgan, 87, British government official, Chief Minister of Guernsey (2004–2007).{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-01-19/former-guernsey-chief-minister-dies/|title=Former Guernsey Chief Minister dies|date=19 January 2018}}
• 20 January
• Jim Rodford, 76, English bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), injuries from a fall.{{cite web|url=http://bestclassicbands.com/jim-rodford-obituary-1-20-18/|title=Jim Rodford, of Argent, Kinks, Zombies Fame, Dies – Best Classic Bands|date=5 April 2015}}
• 22 January
• Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team) and manager (Leeds United), world champion (1966), cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/blackpool-fc-legend-jimmy-armfield-dies-after-cancer-battle-1-8972252|title=Blackpool FC legend Jimmy Armfield dies after cancer battle|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 23 January
• Tracey Moore, 76, English cricketer (Norfolk, Minor Counties North, Minor Counties East), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norfolk-cricket-tracey-moore-dies-1-5365149|title=Norfolk cricket great Tracey Moore dies at the age of 76|first=CHRIS|last=WISe|date=23 January 2018}} (death announced on this date)
• Richard Woollacott, 40, British racehorse trainer.{{cite web|last1=Lysaght|first1=Cornelius|title=Richard Woollacott: Racehorse trainer dies aged 40|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/42795031|website=BBC Sport|access-date=23 January 2018}}
• 24 January
• Mark E. Smith, 60, British singer and songwriter (The Fall).{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-falls-mark-e-smith-has-died-at-age-60/|title=The Fall's Mark E. Smith Has Died at Age 60|date=24 January 2018}}
• 26 January
• Stacey Young, 52, model and actress (wife of Paul Young){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42845231 |title=Paul Young's wife Stacey dies from cancer aged 52 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=27 January 2018}}{{cite news|first=Jennifer |last=Ruby |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/paul-young-s-wife-stacey-dies-age-52-following-battle-with-brain-cancer-a3750946.html |title=Paul Young's wife Stacey dies age 52 following battle with brain cancer |newspaper=London Evening Standard |publisher=DMG Media |date=26 January 2018 |access-date=27 January 2018}}
• 27 January
• John Wall, 85, British engineer and inventor (Crayford focuser).{{cite web|url=http://cmhas.wikispaces.com/|title=CMHASD – home|website=cmhas.wikispaces.com}}
• 29 January
• Paul Alcock, 64, English football referee, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/ex-ref-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-159296/|title=Ex-ref dies after battle with cancer|date=30 January 2018}}
• Sir Cyril Taylor, 82, British educator.{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.ac.uk/sir-cyril-taylor/|title=Sir Cyril Taylor – Richmond University|date=23 February 2018}}

• 2 February
• Malcolm Jefferson, 71, British racehorse trainer.{{cite web|last1=Carr|first1=David|title=Praise from far and wide after death of brilliant trainer Malcolm Jefferson|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/malcolm-jefferson/top-northern-jumps-trainer-malcolm-jefferson-dies-aged-71/318026|access-date=2 February 2018|work=Racing Post|date=2 February 2018}}
• 4 February
• Alan Baker, 78, British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal (1970).{{cite web|url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-professor-alan-baker/|title=Tributes paid to Professor Alan Baker|date=5 February 2018}}
• 5 February
• Richard Doughty, 57, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).{{cite web|url=https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/richard-doughty-obituary/|title=Richard Doughty (1960–2018) – Kia Oval|website=www.kiaoval.com|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815030536/https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/richard-doughty-obituary/|url-status=dead}}
• 6 February
• Donald Lynden-Bell, 82, English astrophysicist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/content/prof.donald.lynden-bell|title=Prof Donald Lynden-Bell – Institute of Astronomy|first=Institute of Astronomy – Design by D.R. Wilkins and S.J.|last=Crass|website=www.ast.cam.ac.uk}}
• Michael White, 58, British author and musician (Thompson Twins).{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/tributes-for-former-1980s-pop-star-michael-white-ng-b88744105z|title=Former pop musician dies in Perth|date=13 February 2018}}
• 9 February
• Anne Treisman, 82, British psychologist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/anne-treisman-1935-2018.html|title=Anne Treisman, 1935–2018|website=Association for Psychological Science – APS|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 10 February
• Sir Alan Battersby, 92, British organic chemist.{{cite web|url=https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/professor-sir-alan-battersby-1925-2018|title=Professor Sir Alan Battersby (1925–2018)|last=lst31|date=12 February 2018|website=www.caths.cam.ac.uk}}
• Sir Lawrence Byford, 92, British police officer and author, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1983–1987).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-43030591|title=Ripper report police chief dies aged 92|date=12 February 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 13 February
• Ernest Hecht, 88, Czechoslovakian-born British publisher.{{cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ernest-hecht-dies-aged-88-731756|title='Wise and witty' Ernest Hecht dies, aged 88 – The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}}
• 14 February
• Al Garner, 88, British jazz musician.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vxdf7|title=Remembering Al Garner, Matthew Gudgin – BBC Radio Norfolk|website=BBC}}
• 19 February
• Geoff Pimblett, 73, British rugby league player (England national team, St Helens R.F.C.).{{cite web|url=http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/16033746.Former_Saints_skipper_Geoff_Pimblett_has_died__aged_73/|title=Former Saints skipper Geoff Pimblett has died, aged 73|website=St Helens Star}}
• Stormin MC, 34, British grime musician, skin cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/stormin-dead-sasasas-grime-mc-tragically-loses-cancer-battle-a3770141.html|title=Grime pioneer Stormin dies after losing skin cancer battle|date=19 February 2018}}
• 20 February
• Judy Blame, 58, English stylist and art director.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/judy-blame-has-died|title=Judy Blame Has Died|first=Alice|last=Newbold|date=20 February 2018}}
• Ian Williams, 27, British rugby union player (Doncaster Knights, Rotherham Titans).{{cite web|url=http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16035971.Doncaster_prop_Ian_Williams_dies_after_collapsing_at_training/|title=Doncaster prop Ian Williams dies after collapsing at training|website=Basingstoke Gazette}}
• 21 February
• Emma Chambers, 53, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43183354|title=Actress Emma Chambers dies aged 53|date=24 February 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Ian Aitken, 90, British journalist and political commentator.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/22/ian-aitken-obituary|title=Ian Aitken obituary|first=David|last=McKie|date=22 February 2018|website=The Guardian}}
• 22 February
• Ivor Smith, 92, British architect (Park Hill).{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/park-hill-architect-ivor-smith-dies-aged-92/10028460.article|title=Park Hill architect Ivor Smith dies aged 92|date=22 February 2018}} (death announced on this date)
• 23 February
• Eddy Amoo, 74, British soul singer (The Real Thing).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43175743|title=The Real Thing singer Eddy Amoo dies|date=23 February 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 25 February
• Penny Vincenzi, 78, British writer.{{cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/beloved-author-penny-vincenzi-dies-737701|title='Beloved' author Penny Vincenzi dies – The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}}
• Scott Westgarth, 31, British boxer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/43196287|title=Scott Westgarth: British boxer dies after winning fight in Doncaster|date=26 February 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 26 February
• Sir Paul Jenkins, 63, British lawyer, Treasury Solicitor (2006–2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/obituary-sir-paul-jenkins-former-uk-treasury-solicitor/|title=Obituary: Sir Paul Jenkins, former UK Treasury Solicitor|date=26 February 2018}}
• 27 February
• Peter Miles, 89, English actor (Z-Cars, Doctor Who).{{Cite web|url=http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/Obituary-Peter-Miles-(Classic-Series-Actor)-1928-2018.aspx|title=Doctor Who Online – News & Reviews – Obituary: Peter Miles – (Classic Series Actor) – [1928–2018]|accessdate=30 April 2024}} (death announced on this date)
• 28 February
• Kieron Durkan, 44, English footballer (Wrexham, Stockport County, Macclesfield Town).{{cite web|url=https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/sadness-chester-born-ex-footballer-14352871|title=Sadness as Chester-born ex-footballer Kieron Durkan dies aged 44|first=Steve|last=Bagnall|date=1 March 2018}}

• 2 March
• Gerry Lowe, 90, English rugby player (Warrington Wolves).{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/16066033.Wire__39_s_last_champion_dies_aged_90/|title=Wire's last champion dies aged 90, funeral arrangements confirmed|website=Warrington Guardian}}
• 3 March
• Roger Bannister, 88, English athlete and neurologist, first man to run a sub four-minute mile.{{cite web|title=Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43273249|website=BBC Sport|access-date=4 March 2018}}
• Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, 82, British politician and numismatist.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/222349/stewartby-lord Lord Stewartby] The Daily Telegraph.
• 4 March
• Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, 82, British engineering construction executive, manager of Sir Robert McAlpine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/fawley/122843/saviour-of-flying-scotsman-dies.html|title=Saviour of Flying Scotsman dies|website=www.henleystandard.co.uk|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 5 March
• Trevor Baylis, 80, British inventor (windup radio).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/05/trevor-baylis-inventor-wind-up-radio-dies-aged-80|title=Trevor Baylis, inventor of the wind-up radio, dies aged 80|first=Ben|last=Quinn|date=5 March 2018|website=The Guardian}}
• 6 March
• Zena Skinner, 91, British television chef.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43324236|title=TV chef and author Zena Skinner dies|date=8 March 2018|work=BBC News}}
• John Sulston, 75, British biologist and academic.{{cite news|title=Sir John Sulston human genome pioneer dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43349774|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 March 2018}}
• 7 March
• John Molyneux, 87, English footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/john-molyneux-dead-liverpool-pay-12143608|title=Liverpool pay touching tribute as former defender dies|date=7 March 2018}}
• 8 March
• Henry Hope-Frost, 47, British journalist, traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/asi/news/134739/tributes-pour-in-for-henry-hopefrost|title=Tributes pour in following the death of Henry Hope-Frost|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• Antoni Imiela, 63, German-born British convicted rapist.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43340239|title=M25 rapist Antoni Imiela dies in prison aged 63|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 March 2018}}
• 11 March
• Sir Ken Dodd, 90, English comedian (Diddy Men), singer-songwriter ("Tears") and actor (Hamlet), chest infection.{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/comedian-sir-ken-dodd-has-died-11286788|title=Comedy legend Sir Ken Dodd has died aged 90|website=Sky News|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 13 March
• Brenda Dean, 74, British trade unionist and peer.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-dean-of-thornton-le-fylde/2736|title=Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde|website=UK Parliament}}
• Claudia Fontaine, 57, English backing vocalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/uk-singer-claudia-fontaine-has-died|title=UK singer Claudia Fontaine has died|date=13 March 2018}} (death announced on this date)
• Ken Mulhearn, 72, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County, Manchester City).{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2018/03/13/legendary-shrewsbury-goalkeeper-ken-mulhearn-dies-aged-72/|title=Legendary Shrewsbury goalkeeper Ken Mulhearn dies, aged 72|first=Lewis|last=Cox|website=www.shropshirestar.com}}
• 14 March
• Jim Bowen, 80, English stand-up comedian and TV personality (Bullseye){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43403178|title=Jim Bowen: Former Bullseye host and comedian dies at 80|work=BBC News|date=14 March 2018}}
• Stephen Hawking, 76, English theoretical physicist, professor (University of Cambridge) and writer (A Brief History of Time), ALS.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008|title=Visionary physicist Stephen Hawking dies|date=14 March 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 15 March
• Ellis Daw, 89, British zoo executive, founder of Dartmoor Zoological Park.{{cite web|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/founder-dartmoor-zoo-sadly-died-1345862|title=The founder of Dartmoor Zoo has sadly died|first=Philip|last=Bowern|date=15 March 2018}}
• 16 March
• Raymond Wilson, 89, British physicist.{{Cite web|url=http://trauer.donaukurier.de/traueranzeige/dr-raymond-neil-wilson/53180330|title=DONAUKURIER Trauerportal|website=trauer.donaukurier.de|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 18 March
• Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, 85, British politician and diplomat, Lord Privy Seal (1997–98), ambassador to UN, MP for Barons Court (1964–1974).{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-03-19/former-labour-cabinet-minister-lord-richard-dies-aged-85/|title=Former Labour Cabinet Minister Lord Richard dies aged 85|date=19 March 2018}}
• 20 March
• Scott Ambler, 57, British dancer and choreographer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/scott-ambler-choreographer-dies-aged-57_46074.html/|title=Choreographer Scott Ambler dies aged 57|date=20 March 2018|accessdate=30 April 2024}} (death announced on this date)
• Katie Boyle, 91, Italian-born British actress, television personality, and game-show panellist.{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/20/tv-presenter-uk-eurovision-host-katie-boyle-dies-aged-91-7402930/?ito=twitterTV|title=TV personality and UK Eurovision host Katie Boyle dies aged 91|date=20 March 2018}}
• 21 March
• John Bacon, 83, British news reader (ITV Anglia, BBC).{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-03-21/anglia-tvs-longest-serving-newsreader-john-bacon-has-died/|title=Anglia TV's longest-serving newsreader John Bacon has died|date=21 March 2018}}
• 24 March
• Bill Lucas, 101, British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948).{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/britains-oldest-olympian-bill-lucas-dies-84061|title=Britain's oldest surviving Olympian Bill Lucas dies – Athletics Weekly|date=24 March 2018}}
• 25 March
• David Cobham, 87, British film director (Tarka the Otter), stroke.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-43546780|title=Tarka the Otter director dies aged 87|date=26 March 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 28 March
• Bobby Ferguson, 80, English football player (Derby County) and manager (Ipswich).{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/former-ipswich-town-boss-bobby-ferguson-dies-1-5453714|title=Former Ipswich Town boss Bobby Ferguson dies aged 80|first=Tony|last=Garnett|date=28 March 2018}}
• Mike Tucker, 73, British equestrian rider and commentator.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/43566414|title=Mike Tucker: BBC equestrian commentator dies, aged 73|date=28 March 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 30 March
• Bill Maynard, 89, English actor (Heartbeart, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall), complications of a fall.{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/heartbeat-actor-bill-maynard-dies-after-fall-11309468|title=Heartbeat actor Bill Maynard dies after fall|website=Sky News|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, 77, British politician, life peer (since 1994).{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/former-labour-peer-baroness-farrington-of-ribbleton-dies-aged-77-a3803081.html|title=Former Labour peer Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton dies aged 77|date=30 March 2018}}
• 31 March
• Chris Edwards, 41, British boxer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/shock-champion-boxer-chris-edwards-1405486|title=Shock as champion boxer Chris Edwards dies aged 41|first=Peter|last=Smith|date=31 March 2018}}

• 4 April – Ray Wilkins, English footballer and coach.{{cite news|title=Former England star Ray Wilkins dies aged 61|url=https://news.sky.com/story/former-england-star-ray-wilkins-dies-following-cardiac-arrest-11316528|work=Sky News|date=4 April 2018}}
• 5 April – Eric Bristow, 60, English Hall of Fame darts player, world champion (1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986), heart attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/04/05/eric-bristow-passes-away|title=Eric Bristow Passes Away – PDC|website=www.pdc.tv}}
• 8 April
• John Miles (racing driver), 74, British racing driver.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/John_Miles|title=John Miles|first=Allen|last=Brown}}
• 10 April
• Len Tingle, 63, BBC Yorkshire political editor, Cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43715406|title=BBC Yorkshire political editor Len Tingle dies aged 63|work=BBC News|date=12 April 2018}}
• 11 April
• Gillian Ayres, 88, British abstract artist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/british-abstract-artist-gillian-ayres-dies-aged-88/36798090.html|title=British abstract artist Gillian Ayres dies aged 88|date=11 April 2018|website=Irish Independent|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• Robert Matthews, 56, British Paralympic athlete.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/43731207|title=Bob Matthews: Eight-time Paralympic champion dies at the age of 56|date=11 April 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 12 April
• Alex Beckett, 35, English actor (Twenty Twelve, W1A, Youth).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43737714|title=W1A actor Alex Beckett dies aged 35|date=12 April 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Dame Daphne Sheldrick, 83, British-Kenyan elephant conservationist, breast cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43757716|title=Kenya elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick dies, aged 83|date=14 April 2018|publisher=BBC Bews}}
• 13 April
• Ron Cooper, 79, English professional footballer (Peterborough United).{{Cite web|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/posh/obituary-rip-ron-cooper-a-peterborough-united-fa-cup-hero-1-8459203|title=OBITUARY: RIP Ron Cooper, a Peterborough United FA Cup hero|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 14 April
• Neil Shand, 84, British comedy writer (Q..., The Russ Abbot Show) and journalist (Daily Mail).{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 15 April
• Stan Reynolds, 92, British jazz musician.{{cite web |url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2018/04/rip-stan-reynolds-1926-2018.html |title=RIP Stan Reynolds (1926–2018) |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024204/http://www.londonjazznews.com/2018/04/rip-stan-reynolds-1926-2018.html |url-status=dead }}{{better source needed|date=April 2018}}
• 18 April
• Dale Winton, 62, English radio DJ and television presenter (Dale's Supermarket Sweep, Hole in the Wall, The National Lottery: In It to Win It).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43818226|title=TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62|date=19 April 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 19 April
• Stuart Colman, 73, English musician, record producer and broadcaster, cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/death-of-a-music-legend-from-harrogate-1-9125378|title=Death of a music legend from Harrogate|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010617/https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/death-of-a-music-legend-from-harrogate-1-9125378|archive-date=20 April 2018|url-status=dead}}
• 20 April
• Roy Bentley, 93, British football player (Chelsea, Fulham, national team).{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roy-bentley-dead-tributes-paid-12399150|title=Tributes to Chelsea legend Roy Bentley who passes away aged 93|first=Andrew|last=Gilpin|website=Daily Mirror|date=20 April 2018}}
• 22 April
• Roy Haggerty, 58, English rugby league player (St Helens, Barrow).{{cite web|url=https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2018/04/23/roy_a-tribute/|title=Roy Haggerty – A Tribute – St.Helens R.F.C.|last=Cultivate|date=23 April 2018}}
• 23 April
• Matt Campbell, 29, British television chef (MasterChef: The Professionals).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-43864835|title=MasterChef contestant dies in marathon|date=23 April 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Barrie Williams, 79, British football coach and manager (Sutton United).{{cite news |title=Barrie Williams, football manager – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/05/15/barrie-williams-football-manager-obituary/ |access-date=8 September 2019 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 May 2018}}
• 24 April
• Rick Dickinson, 69, British industrial designer, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/industrial-designer-rick-dickinson-passes-away/1/|title=Industrial designer Rick Dickinson passes away | bit-tech.net|website=bit-tech.net|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• Emma Smith, 94, English author (Maidens' Trip).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/24/emma-smith-obituary|title=Emma Smith obituary|first=Danuta|last=Kean|date=24 April 2018|website=The Guardian}}
• 25 April
• Dick Bate, 71, British football manager (Southend United).{{cite web|url=https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2018/april/dick-bate-1946---2018/|title=Dick Bate: 1946 – 2018|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623061744/https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2018/april/dick-bate-1946---2018/|url-status=dead}}
• Edith MacArthur, 92, Scottish actress (Take the High Road).{{cite web|url=https://pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/uncategorized/pft-express-sadness-passing-edith-macarthur/|title=PFT express their sadness at the passing of Edith MacArthur – Pitlochry Festival Theatre|date=26 April 2018}} (death announced on this date)
• 27 April
• Roy Young, 81, British singer and pianist.{{cite web|url=https://wogew.blogspot.it/2018/04/roy-young.html|title=Roy Young|website=wogew.blogspot.it}}
• 28 April
• Alfie Evans, 1, British child, subject of parental rights case, neurodegeneration.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43933056|title=Legal battle toddler Alfie Evans dies|date=28 April 2018|work=BBC News}}

• 1 May
• Peter Temple-Morris, 80, British politician and life peer, MP for Leominster (1974–2001).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43981432|title=Former MP Peter Temple-Morris dies aged 80|date=2 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 2 May
• Cliff Watson, 78, English rugby league footballer (St Helens, Cronulla-Sutherland, national team), cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnews.com.au/nrl/sharks-league-legend-cliff-watson-dies/431112|title=Sharks league legend Cliff Watson dies|publisher=Sports News}}
• 4 May
• {{ill|Steve Coy|it}}, 56, British musician (Dead or Alive).{{cite web|url=http://burningtheground.net/2018/05/steve-coy-dead-or-alive-1962-2018/|title=Steve Coy (Dead Or Alive) 1962–2018|last=DjPaulT|date=5 May 2018|access-date=11 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035917/http://burningtheground.net/2018/05/steve-coy-dead-or-alive-1962-2018/|url-status=dead}}
• Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood, 91, Australian-British violinist and fashion model.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-44022390|title=Dowager Countess of Harwood Patricia Lascelles dies|work=BBC News|date=6 May 2018}}
• 5 May
• Robbie Little, 73, British film producer (The Prophecy II, Tsotsi, An American Haunting).{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tsotsi-producer-sales-agent-robbie-little-dies-at-73-1108950|title='Tsotsi' Producer and Sales Agent Robbie Little Dies at 73|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=5 May 2018}}
• 8 May
• Anne V. Coates, 92, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Fifty Shades of Grey), Oscar winner (1963).{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-v-coates-dead-lawrence-of-arabia-film-editor-was-92-908441|title=Anne V. Coates Dead: Lawrence of Arabia Film Editor Was 92|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|date=9 May 2018}}
• 10 May
• David Goodall, 104, English-born botanist and ecologist{{cite web|last1=Oltermann|first1=Philip|title=David Goodall, Australia's oldest scientist, ends his own life aged 104|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/10/david-goodall-australias-oldest-scientist-ends-his-own-life-at-104|website=The Guardian|date=10 May 2018}}
• Ken Hodgkisson, 85, English footballer (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion).{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2018/05/10/tributes-paid-to-former-west-brom-and-walsall-player-ken-hodgkisson/|title=Tributes paid to former West Brom and Walsall player Ken Hodgkisson|first=Matt|last=Maher|website=www.expressandstar.com}}
• Graham Lovett, 70, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2018/05/10/former-west-brom-midfielder-graham-lovett-dies-aged-70/|title=Former West Brom midfielder Graham Lovett dies aged 70|first=Luke|last=Hatfield|website=www.expressandstar.com}}
• 12 May
• Will Alsop, 70, British architect, Stirling Prize winner (2000).{{cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2018/05/will-aslop-death/|title=British architect Will Alsop has died at age 70 - Archpaper.com|website=archpaper.com|date=13 May 2018}}
• Dame Tessa Jowell, 70, English politician, brain cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44098760|title=Dame Tessa Jowell dies aged 70|date=13 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Dennis Nilsen, 72, Scottish serial killer.{{cite news|title=Dennis Nilsen: Serial killer dies in prison aged 72|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44097196|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=12 May 2018}}
• 13 May
• Beth Chatto, 94, British gardener and writer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-44108301|title=Gardener Beth Chatto dies, aged 94|date=14 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 14 May
• Peter Byrne, 90, English actor (Dixon of Dock Green) and director.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/16/peter-byrne-obituary|title=Peter Byrne obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=16 May 2018|website=The Guardian}}
• 15 May
• Jlloyd Samuel, 37, Trinidadian footballer (Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers), traffic collision.{{cite news|title=Jlloyd Samuel: Former Aston Villa and Bolton defender dies in car crash|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44127716|access-date=15 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=15 May 2018}}
• Ray Wilson, 83, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Everton, national team), world champion (1966).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44140722|title=Ray Wilson: England World Cup-winning defender dies aged 83|date=16 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 17 May
• Bill Longmore, 79, British civil servant, West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner (2012–2016), cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44169331|title=Ex-police boss dies after cancer battle|date=18 May 2018|work=BBC News}}
• 20 May
• Colin Morris, 89, British Methodist minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/05/22/rev-dr-colin-morris-methodist-minister-obituary/|title=The Rev Dr Colin Morris, Methodist minister – obituary|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|date=22 May 2018|newspaper=The Telegraph}}
• 21 May
• Thomas McGhee, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, Reading).{{Cite web|url=https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/pompey-mourn-tommy-mcghee/|title=Pompey Mourn Tommy McGhee|website=www.portsmouthfc.co.uk|accessdate=30 April 2024}} (death announced on this date)
• 22 May
• Michael Banton, 91, British social scientist.[https://www.britsoc.co.uk/about/latest-news/2018/may/michael-banton-1926-2018/ Michael Banton (1926–2018)]
• 23 May
• Sir Miles Hunt-Davis, 79, British army officer and courtier, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh (1993–2010).{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224562/hunt-davis|title=Hunt-Davis – Deaths Announcements – Telegraph Announcements|website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk}}
• 24 May
• Cliff Jackson, 76, English footballer (Crystal Palace).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/|title=- News|website=Crystal Palace F.C.|accessdate=30 April 2024}} (death announced on this date)
• 25 May
• Dean Francis, 44, British boxer, cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/breaking-dean-francis-dead-tributes-12594095|title=Former British boxing champion Dean Francis dies aged 44|first=Martin|last=Domin|website=Daily Mirror|date=25 May 2018}}
• 30 May
• Barry Dodd, 70, English businessman, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (since 2014), helicopter accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-44315492|title=Fatal crash pilot is Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire|work=BBC News|date=31 May 2018}}

• 2 June
• Malcolm Morley, 86, English painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2018/06/02/malcolm-morley-pioneer-photorealist-painting-dies-86/|title=Malcolm Morley, Pioneer of Photorealist Painting, Dies at 86|first=Alex|last=Greenberger|date=2 June 2018}}
• 3 June
• Doug Altman, 69, British statistician, bowel cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54755/title/Medical-Statistician-Doug-Altman-Dies/|title=Medical Statistician Doug Altman Dies|website=The Scientist}}
• 4 June
• Harold Poynton, 82, English rugby league footballer (national team, Yorkshire, Wakefield Trinity).

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• 5 June
• Denman, 18, British racehorse, Cheltenham Gold Cup winner (2008).{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/cheltenham-gold-cup-winner-and-jumps-legend-denman-dies-aged-18/334225|work=Racing Post|title=Cheltenham Gold Cup hero and jumps legend Denman dies aged 18 – Horse Racing News – Racing Post|access-date=6 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135849/https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/cheltenham-gold-cup-winner-and-jumps-legend-denman-dies-aged-18/334225|url-status=dead}}
• 6 June
• Harry Walker, 103, English rugby union player.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-44381672|title=Former England rugby player dies at 103|date=6 June 2018|work=BBC News}} (death announced on this date)
• 7 June
• Peter Stringfellow, 77, English businessman and nightclub owner, cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44394076|title=Peter Stringfellow dies aged 77|date=7 June 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Geoff Gunney, 84, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s.{{cite web|url=https://www.hunsletrlfc.com/general/geoff-gunney-mbe-passes-away-aged-83|title=Geoff Gunney MBE Passes Away Aged 83|publisher=hunsletrlfc.com|date=7 June 2018|access-date=7 June 2018}}
• 8 June
• Eunice Gayson, 90, British actress.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44425293|title='First Bond girl' Eunice Gayson dies|date=9 June 2018|work=BBC News}}
• Danny Kirwan, 68, British musician (Fleetwood Mac).{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/fleetwood-mac-guitarist-danny-kirwan-dies-aged-68|title=Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan dies, aged 68|date=9 June 2018|publisher=Loudersound}}
• Pat Lally, 92, Scottish politician, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1996–1999).{{cite web|url=https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1417931-former-glasgow-council-leader-pat-lally-dies-aged-92/|title=Former Glasgow Council leader Pat Lally dies aged 92|website=STV News}}
• Thomas Stuttaford, 87, British doctor and politician, MP (1970–1974).{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/dr-thomas-stuttaford-obituary-jljgnnbrx|title=Dr Thomas Stuttaford obituary|date=12 June 2018|work=The Times}}
• 10 June
• Stan Anderson, 85, English football player (Sunderland, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough) and manager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11401477/ex-newcastle-captain-stan-anderson-dies-aged-85|title=Former England international Stan Anderson dies aged 85|website=Sky Sports|accessdate=30 April 2024}}
• 12 June
• Jon Hiseman, 73, English drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II), brain cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/colosseum-founder-jon-hiseman-dies-aged-73|title=Colosseum founder Jon Hiseman dies aged 73|date=12 June 2018}}
• 15 June
• Leslie Grantham, 71, English actor (EastEnders, Fort Boyard, The Paradise Club).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44494734|title=EastEnders actor Leslie Grantham dies|work=BBC News|date=15 June 2018}}

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