01 Jan	World celebrates New Millennium
03 Jan	Art theft was 'professional' job
04 Jan	First British women reach South Pole
07 Jan	Aitken freed from prison early
11 Jan	Seven missing in Irish Sea
31 Jan	Life for serial killer Shipman
28 Feb	Nuclear chief quits over safety scandal
02 Mar	Pinochet escapes torture trial charges
25 Mar	Trimble narrowly wins leadership challenge
26 Mar	Pope prays for Holocaust forgiveness
01 Apr	Wartime coding machine stolen
03 Apr	Asylum voucher scheme enforced
04 Apr	Spring freeze brings chaos
10 Apr	Damages for sacked HIV manager
12 Apr	Queen honours NI police
14 Apr	M25 killer gets life
15 Apr	White farmer shot dead in Zimbabwe
22 Apr	Swat team grabs tug-of-love Cuban boy
26 Apr	Minister sees immigrants captured
01 May	May Day violence on London streets
03 May	Leading stock exchanges plan merger
08 May	Sneak preview of new Tate Modern
12 May	Ford quits Dagenham after 70 years
17 May	First Britons reach North Pole unaided
20 May	Blairs' delight at birth of fourth child
22 May	Hezbollah makes gains in Lebanon
26 May	Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreat
27 May	GM blunder leaves farmers in uproar
07 Jun	Blair 'handbagged' by the WI
10 Jun	Swaying Millennium Bridge closed
15 Jun	British marines leave Sierra Leone
26 Jun	IRA weapons dump inspected
01 Jul	Ex-Blair ally attacks prime minister
03 Jul	Livingstone to take on government
04 Jul	Litter louts escape the law
05 Jul	Record-breaking penguin rescue
06 Jul	Prime Minister's son arrested for drunkenness
08 Jul	New Harry Potter most magical yet
10 Jul	UK tidal wave of web users
11 Jul	Britain pioneers HIV vaccine
12 Jul	British-backed dam threatens ancient lifestyle
15 Jul	Police camera action violates human rights
17 Jul	Tesco bows to imperial pressure
18 Jul	Sarah Payne's body found
25 Jul	Concorde crash kills 113
27 Jul	Labour publishes plans to revolutionise NHS
28 Jul	Last prisoners leave the Maze
04 Aug	Queen Mother celebrates centenary
14 Aug	Rescuers race to save stricken Kursk
17 Aug	Prince William makes the grade
08 Sep	French fuel protests spread to UK
18 Sep	Crash survivors attack Railtrack
10 Sep	Daring rescue frees jungle hostages
15 Sep	UK fuel protesters go back home
23 Sep	Redgrave wins fifth Olympic gold
28 Sep	'Provocative' mosque visit sparks riots
05 Oct	Protesters storm Yugoslav parliament
06 Oct	Milosevic quits, street celebrations continue
12 Oct	Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
17 Oct	Four dead in Hatfield rail crash
18 Oct	Hurley mocked at premiere
20 Oct	British activist freed from Burma
26 Oct	Ministers 'misled' public on BSE
02 Nov	Schools watchdog Woodhead resigns
08 Nov	Bush and Gore fight to the finish
11 Nov	Skiers die in train tunnel inferno
14 Nov	Fuel protesters rally for tax cut
18 Nov	Hollywood meets Wales in 'wedding of year'
27 Nov	Schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies in stabbing
22 Dec	Madonna weds her Guy
29 Dec	Freezing Britain grinds to a halt