13 January – 86 year old Una Crown is found murdered at her home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.11 January – publication of the Giving Victims a Voice report, initiated as a result of publicity surrounding the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.On 1 February she is jailed for fifteen months. 10 January – April Casburn, a senior detective with the Metropolitan Police is found guilty of trying to sell information on the investigation into phone hacking to the News of the World, the newspaper at the centre of the scandal.4 January – Mark Cahill, a 51-year-old former pub landlord from West Yorkshire becomes the first person in the UK to receive a hand transplant.Next G8 summit is to be held on the shores of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh in June 2013. 1 January – the United Kingdom assumes presidency of G8 group.Prime Minister – David Cameron ( Coalition).