The English 'bedroom tax' and various cuts in welfare payments come into effect; the 'reformed' National Health Service starts up with its new 'commissioning' process; the Royal Marines have joined in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race (they came a poor third); Conservative members of parliament start a 'whispering campaign' saying George Osbourne is the problem.
And William Shakespeare stands newly revealed as a tax dodger and grain speculator. However, it is pointed out in his defence that the incriminating documents that have been uncovered were actually written by Sir Francis Bacon.
The separate Scottish police forces have been amalgamated and renamed 'Police Scotland'.
