Editing Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (section)

==The events==
The first COBR meeting took place in the 1970s to oversee the government's response to the [[UK miners' strike (1972)|1972 miners' strike]].<ref name=sr1>{{cite web |url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/features/sfs/file_9.htm | title=File 9: Central Government in War in the 1980s}}</ref><ref name=jw1>{{cite book |last1=Winterton|first1=Jonathan |last2=Winterton |first2=Ruth |title=Coal, Crisis, and Conflict: The 1984–85 Miners' Strike in Yorkshire |year=1989 |publisher=Manchester University Press |page=145 |isbn=9780719025488 }}</ref> Other events that have led to meetings being convened include the 1980 [[Iranian Embassy siege]], the [[11 September 2001 attacks]], the July 2015 [[migrants around Calais|presence of migrants in and around Calais]],<ref name=dw1>{{cite news | url=http://www.dw.com/en/britain-calls-emergency-meeting-on-calais-migrants/a-18619447?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-html-newsletter | title=Britain calls emergency meeting on Calais migrants | work=Deutsche Welle | date=31 July 2015 | agency=Agence France-Presse | access-date=31 July 2015 | location=Berlin}}</ref> the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronavirus: UK to remain in 'containment' phase of response |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51796072 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=9 April 2025 |date=9 March 2020}}</ref> and the [[2024 England riots]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackintosh |first1=Thomas |last2=Clarke-Billings |first2=Lucy |title=No 10 to hold emergency Cobra meeting after weekend of violence |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwddpzyxpzo |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=9 April 2025 |date=4 August 2024}}</ref>