2007 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 2007 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
January
Umran Javed, a British Muslim, is found guilty at the Old Bailey, London, of inciting racial hatred at a London rally in February 2006 protesting against the publication of a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicting Muhammad.[5]
- 7 January
- Bristol International Airport closes its runway due to concerns by various airlines (including easyJet and BA Connect) over the safety of landing in wet weather. This follows two days of nine airlines refusing to use the runway.[6]
- Laura Pearce becomes the first contestant on Channel 4 television show Deal or No Deal to win the top prize of £250,000 since the start of the show on 31 October 2005. It has taken until the 351st attempt for the top prize to be won.[7]
- 9 January – New rules outlawing businesses from discriminating against homosexuals are held in the House of Lords, after a failed challenge by Lord Morrow of the Democratic Unionist Party.[8]
- 10–28 January – John Reid faces mounting problems continuing from those of his predecessors including further prisoner escapes especially from open prisons and also absconding of those under Control Orders[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] and missing sex offenders.[14]
- 10 January – Two military helicopters collide in mid-air near Market Drayton, Shropshire, killing one person and injuring three others.[15]
- 11 January – In an unexpected move, the Bank of England raises interest rates to 5.25%, an increase of 0.25%. This is the third rise in five months, after a year of stability.[16]
- 16 January – At the 64th Golden Globe Awards, Helen Mirren wins an award for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen and Sacha Baron Cohen for his role in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Other British winners are Hugh Laurie in House and Jeremy Irons in Elizabeth I.[17]
- 17 January
- It is announced that methamphetamine – otherwise known as crystal meth – will be reclassified to a Class A drug, to avert widespread use of the drug.[18]
- Protests are held in India and the UK against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.[19]
- 18 January – The UK is hit by torrential rain and gale-force winds, part of European storm Kyrill, resulting in the deaths of at least nine people and causing havoc to public transport and electricity supplies.[20]
- 20 January – The British-registered container ship MSC Napoli, abandoned in storm Kyrill, is deliberately grounded to prevent it sinking, leading to concern about environmental damage to Branscombe beach in Devon.[21]
- 26 January – News International phone hacking scandal: The News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman is jailed[22] for four months having pleaded guilty to phone message interception charges.
- 27 January – The final edition of Grandstand, the flagship BBC sports programme, is aired after nearly 50 years on television screens.[23]
February
- 1 February
- Defence Secretary Des Browne announces that the UK forces in Southern Afghanistan will be boosted by 800.
- Passenger duty for flights from the UK double.[24]
- Downing Street officials reveal that Tony Blair has been interviewed as a witness by police on 26 January in connection with the Cash-for-honours allegations.
- 3 February – The presence of the H5N1 virus in the avian flu outbreak at the Holton turkey plant in Suffolk is confirmed.[25]
- 11 February
- The British Academy Film Awards are held; winners include Helen Mirren for Best Actress.[26]
- The England cricket team defeat Australia to win their first overseas One-Day International trophy since 1997.[27]
- 23 February – Grayrigg rail crash: A Virgin Trains Pendolino train derails in Cumbria, killing one person and injuring dozens more.[28]
March
The DUP and Sinn Féin make gains, while their respective more moderate counterparts, the UUP and the SDLP, suffer falls in support. The election is conducted using the single transferable vote applied to six seater constituencies, each of which corresponds to a UK parliamentary seat.[33]
A majority of MPs express support for a fully elected House of Lords in a House of Commons vote. A smaller majority support an 80% elected, 20% appointed chamber. Other options with a lower elected component are rejected. The proposals were put forward by Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw, who describes the votes as "a historic step forward".[34] [35]
April
- 2 April – A smoking ban comes into effect in all enclosed public places in Wales.[54]
- 4 April
- 5 April – Four British soldiers are killed in a bomb blast near the Iraqi city of Basra.[56]
- 12 April – The anchor handling tug supply vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsizes in the North Sea. Three people die and four are missing.[57]
- 15 April – Two UK military helicopters collide near the town of Taji near Baghdad, killing two soldiers.[58]
- 17 April – Inflation at an annual rate of 3% falls outside government target range, causing for the first time, the Governor of the Bank of England to have to write a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as required by Monetary Policy Committee rules, explaining the reasons for this.[59]
- 24 April – British anti-terrorism police arrest five people in London and one in Luton for alleged breaches of the Terrorism Act.[60]
- 28 April – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the richter scale strikes Kent, injuring one and causing damage to buildings.
- 30 April – A smoking ban comes into effect in all enclosed public places in Northern Ireland.[54]
May
- May – The new Ford Mondeo goes on sale in the UK with a range of saloons, hatchbacks and estates.
- 3 May
- Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old Leicestershire girl, was reported missing in Algarve, Portugal.[61]
- 2007 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP make big gains, a net gain of 20 seats to bring their total to 47, overtaking Labour as the largest party who go down 4 seats, bringing them to 46. The Conservatives win 17 seats, losing 1 in total; the Liberal Democrats win 16, also losing 1 in total; the Greens win 2 seats, losing 5 in total; and the Scottish Socialist Party lose all of their 6 seats. The SNP eventually form a minority government, with the Greens agreeing to supply the numbers to vote, and SNP leader Alex Salmond as First Minister.
- 2007 National Assembly for Wales election: Labour's hopes of obtaining a full majority in the assembly are dashed when they are dealt a net loss of 4 seats, bringing them down to 26. Plaid Cymru win 15 seats, up 3; the Conservatives win 12, up 1; and the Liberal Democrats win 6, exactly level with their last result. A coalition is eventually agreed between Labour and Plaid Cymru.
- 2007 local elections: Local elections are held in most of England and all of Scotland. The Conservatives have an overall increase of councils, councillors and vote share; while both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have an overall decrease in councils and councillors, but a slight increase in vote share. These are also the first local elections since the age of candidacy was lowered from 21 to 18, meaning this is the first time that 18, 19, and 20-year-olds can stand as candidates in council seats.
- 4 May – Peter Tobin is convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh of murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk, whose body he hid at St Patrick's Church, Anderston, where he worked as a church handyman, before fleeing to London.[62]
- 6 May – Manchester United win their ninth Premier League title.[63]
- 8 May – The power sharing executive in the Northern Ireland Assembly is formed.[64]
- 9 May – The Ministry of Justice is established, reorganised from the Department for Constitutional Affairs and taking over some responsibilities from the Home Office.[65]
- 10 May – Tony Blair announces he will step down as Prime Minister on 27 June, a move expected for some time. He asks Labour's National Executive Committee to seek a new party leader, triggering the 2007 Labour Party leadership election.
- 12 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2007: The UK entry comes joint second last in the final.[66]
- 16 May
- 18 May – Prince William officially opens the new Wembley Stadium.[69]
- 19 May – Chelsea FC wins the FA Cup with Didier Drogba's goal giving them a 1–0 win over Manchester United FC in the first club game to be played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium.[70]
- 21 May – A fire damages the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.[19]
- 23 May – HM Government announces a carbon emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Reduction Commitment, that will apply to hotel chains, supermarkets, banks, and other large organisations.[71]
- 24 May – Jenny Bailey becomes the first transgender mayor in the United Kingdom.
- 28 May – The Foreign Office submits a formal request to the Russian Government for the extradition of ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi to face charges over the murder of his former colleague Alexander Litvinenko in London.[72]
- 29 May – The Longbridge car factory in Birmingham reopens, two years after the bankruptcy of MG Rover. The reopened factory is a scaled down operation which will initially just produce the MG TF sports car, though there are plans by the Chinese owners Nanjing Automobile to build other cars there in the future.
- 30 May – A fire at a Magnox nuclear power station in Oldbury, South Gloucestershire, forces its indefinite closure. British Nuclear Group announces that the fire had not damaged the reactor and was in a "non-nuclear" area.[73]
June
- 1 June – England play their first match at the new Wembley Stadium, against Brazil. This game occurred when Beckham was recalled, after 11 months in the international wilderness. It also heralds Michael Owen's return, from his injury at the 2006 World Cup. The match ends 1–1.[74]
- 13 June – The Queen awards Sir Tim Berners-Lee the Order of Merit for his pioneering work on the World Wide Web.[75] Salman Rushdie receives a knighthood, sparking protests in Iran and Pakistan.[76] [77]
- 14 June – The final MORI opinion poll of Tony Blair's 10-year reign as Prime Minister shows his Labour government 3 points ahead of the Tories on 39%.[78]
- 20 June – Scarborough F.C., who were members of the Football League from 1987 to 1999, go out of business with debts of £2.5million. The North Yorkshire side has just suffered a second successive relegation which placed them in the Northern Premier League had they managed to stay afloat.[79]
- 24 June – At a special Labour Party conference, Gordon Brown becomes leader of the party and Prime Minister–designate, and Harriet Harman is elected deputy leader.[80]
- 25 June – Heavy flooding devastates Sheffield and Hull, causing at least three deaths.
- 27 June – Tony Blair officially tenders his resignation as Prime Minister to The Queen, and is succeeded by Chancellor Gordon Brown.[81] Blair becomes an envoy to the Middle East on behalf of the "Quartet" of the United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia.[82]
- 28 June – Gordon Brown announces his new government. Jacqui Smith becomes the first female Home Secretary.[83]
- 29 June – Two car bombs are uncovered in central London but are defused before they could explode.
- 30 June
July
- 1 July
- 2 July
- Michael Mullen, 21, of Leeds, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of his two-year-old niece Casey Leigh Mullen, who died at her home in the city on 11 February. The trial judge recommends that Mullen should serve a minimum of 35 years before being considered for parole.
- Demolition work begins on the historic HP Sauce factory in Birmingham, which closed in May with the loss of 125 jobs and the end of more than 100 years of manufacturing when the production facility was transferred to the Netherlands.
- 6–8 July – The 2007 British Grand Prix is held at the Silverstone Circuit, and is won by Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen with home hero Lewis Hamilton finishing third behind McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso.
- 7 July – Live Earth takes place at the new Wembley Stadium.
- 12 July – The first MORI opinion poll of Gordon Brown's premiership shows the Labour government 6 points ahead of the Tories on 41%.[84]
- 18 July – Stadium mk, a 22,000-seat multi purpose stadium, is opened in Milton Keynes. Its main tenants are Milton Keynes Dons F.C.[85]
- 19 July
- 22 July – Floods cause chaos in many areas of the UK, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, and leave hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.[19]
- 27 July – The Nigerian-born boxer James Oyebola is shot dead in a nightclub in London; four people are charged with his murder.
August
September
- 1 September
- 6 September – Murder victim Rhys Jones is buried following a funeral service at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
- 10 September – Television entertainer Michael Barrymore is told that he will not face charges in connection with the death of Stuart Lubbock, the man who was found dead in a swimming pool at his house more than six years ago.
- 14 September
- 15 September – Rally driver Colin McRae and three other people are killed when their helicopter crashes near Lanark.[89]
- 26 September – The appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister and the manner in which he subsequently deals with the various crises over July and August (the discovery of two car bombs in London, Glasgow Airport attack, floods, foot and mouth, etc.) appears to have been well received with voters, as an Ipsos MORI opinion poll puts Labour at 48% with a 20-point lead over the Conservatives, sparking media reports that Brown will call an early general election within the next few weeks, which would form a term of parliament until the end of 2012.[90]
October
November
- 1 November – London's Metropolitan Police Service is found guilty of endangering the public following the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent Brazilian who officers mistook for a suicide bomber.
- 2 November – Four firefighters are killed in the Atherstone fire disaster.
- 4 November – Nigel Hastilow, the Tory candidate selected to stand in Halesowen and Rowley Regis at the next general election, resigns after coming under heavy criticism for comments in the Express and Star newspaper in which he said that Enoch Powell was "right" about his fears over immigration.[92]
- 7 November – An inquest in Essex hears that Sally Clark died of "acute alcohol intoxication".[93]
- 8–9 November – Cyclone Tilo / North Sea flood of 2007: Flood warnings are issued for the east coast of the UK as the waves are expected to overwhelm sea defences and cause extensive flooding. The storm surge however turns out to be less extreme than forecast.[94]
- 13 November – Waterloo International closes after 13 years in service. The last Eurostar trains are the 18:09 to Paris Gare du Nord & the 18:12 to Brussels-South railway station.
- 14 November
- 16 November – Police searching a former home in Margate, Kent, of convicted murderer Peter Tobin find a body, believed to be that of Dinah McNicol, aged 18, who disappeared in 1991. It follows the discovery earlier this week of the remains of Vicky Hamilton, aged 15, who also disappeared in 1991, in a sandpit at the same property.[95]
- 19 November – Ebbsfleet International is opened on High Speed 1, this was later than St Pancras International because the ticketing and security equipment was transferred from Waterloo International and installed there.
- 20 November – Child benefit data scandal: HM Revenue and Customs admits that it has misplaced two computer discs which contained the records of child benefit claimants data, including bank details and National Insurance numbers, leaving up to 7.25 million households susceptible to identity theft.
- 21 November – Steve McClaren is fired as manager of the England national football team, due to England failing to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008 after being defeated 2–3 by Croatia in their qualifying group.[96]
- 26 November – Donorgate: Labour Party official Peter Watt resigns over loans received by the party from David Abrahams.[97]
- 29 November – Following a cold case review by West Midlands Police, a 70-year-old man is remanded in custody charged with the 1961 murder of Birmingham teenager Jacqueline Thomas.[98]
December
Undated
Publications
Births
- 21 January – Luke Littler, darts player
- 5 March – Roman Griffin Davis, actor
- 12 March – Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden, elder child of the Earl and Countess of Ulster
- 17 December – James (then Viscount Severn, now Earl of Wessex), son of Prince Edward and Sophie (then Earl and Countess of Wessex, now Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh)
- 15 October – Raja Daniel Petra, Malaysian footballer
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast (1983–2001) (born 1924)
- 4 January
- 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, journalist and broadcaster (Mastermind) (born 1929)
- 8 January
- 11 January – Bryan Pearce, painter (born 1929)
- 12 January – Stephen Gilbert, painter (born 1910)
- 15 January
- 17 January – Ralph Henstock, mathematician (born 1923)
- 22 January – Victoria Hopper, Canadian-born actress (born 1909)
- 23 January – Wally Ridley, record producer and songwriter (born 1913)
- 27 January – Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon, politician, President of the Board of Trade (1986–1987) and Secretary of State for Transport (1987–1989) (born 1935)
- 30 January – Griffith Jones, actor (born 1910)
February
March
- 3 March – Zdeňka Pokorná, exiled dissident (born 1905, Austria-Hungary)
- 4 March – Ian Wooldridge, sports journalist (born 1932)
- 7 March – Lady Thorneycroft, philanthropist (born 1914)
- 8 March – John Inman, actor (born 1935)
- 13 March – John McHardy Sinclair, linguist (born 1933)
- 14 March
- 16 March
- Sally Clark, lawyer and victim of a miscarriage of justice (born 1964)
- Sir Arthur Marshall, aviation pioneer and businessman (born 1903)
- 17 March – Freddie Francis, cinematographer and film director (born 1917)
- 18 March – Bob Woolmer, cricketer and cricket coach (born 1948); died suddenly in Jamaica
- 24 March – Maurice Flitcroft, golfer (born 1929)
- 28 March – Sir Thomas Hetherington, barrister (born 1926)
- 30 March
- 31 March – Phil Cordell, musician (born 1947)
April
May
- 1 May – Winifred Pennington, limnologist (born 1915)
- 5 May – John Zamet, periodontist (born 1932)
- 6 May
- 7 May – Isabella Blow, fashion journalist (suicide) (born 1958)
- 10 May – Sir Oliver Millar, art historian, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures (1972–1988) and Director of the Royal Collection (1987–1988) (born 1923)
- 14 May – Sir Colin St John Wilson, architect, designer of the British Library (born 1922)
- 15 May – Angus McBride, illustrator (born 1931)
- 16 May – Dame Mary Douglas, social anthropologist (born 1921)
- 19 May – Derek Cooper, Army officer and campaigner for refugees (born 1912)
- 24 May – David Renton, Baron Renton, politician and life peer (born 1908)
- 26 May – Phyllis Sellick, pianist (born 1911)
- 28 May – John Macquarrie, theologian and Anglican priest (born 1919)
- 29 May – Michael John Seaton, astronomer (born 1923)
June
July
August
- 3 August – John Gardner, writer of thrillers (born 1926)
- 5 August – Peter Graham Scott, film producer (born 1923)
- 9 August – Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, RAF pilot and politician (born 1944)
- 10 August – Tony Wilson, broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (born 1950)
- 14 August – John Biffen, Baron Biffen, politician (born 1930)
- 15 August – Richard Bradshaw, orchestral conductor, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company (born 1944)
- 16 August
- 17 August
- 18 August
- 21 August – Siobhan Dowd, writer and activist (born 1960)
- 25 August – Ray Jones, footballer (born 1988)
- 30 August – Michael Jackson, beer writer (born 1942)[106]
- 31 August – James Brian Tait, RAF pilot (born 1916)
September
- 1 September – Abraham Goldberg, doctor (born 1923)
- 3 September – Jane Tomlinson, athlete and cancer activist (born 1960)
- 4 September – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, peer and politician (born 1923)
- 6 September
- 8 September – Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell, peer, historian of Eastern and Central Europe and human rights campaigner (born 1938)
- 9 September – Sir Tasker Watkins, major-general, jurist and businessman, Lord Justice of Appeal and President of the WRU (1993–2004) (born 1918)
- 10 September
- 11 September – Ian Porterfield, footballer and football manager (born 1946)
- 13 September – Bill Griffiths, poet (born 1948)
- 15 September
- 21 September – Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, peer, baronet and politician (born 1926)
- 26 September – Angela Lambert, journalist and writer (born 1940)
- 30 September – Joe Mitty, entrepreneur and co-founder of Oxfam (born 1919)
October
- 1 October
- 2 October – Christopher Derrick, writer (born 1921)
- 6 October
- 8 October – Nicky James, singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (born 1943)
- 11 October – John H. Edwards, geneticist (born 1928)
- 16 October
- Deborah Kerr, actress (born 1921)
- Barbara West, 2nd to last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (born 1911)
- 18 October – Alan Coren, columnist (born 1938)
- 21 October – Peter Moffatt, television director (born 1922)
- 23 October
- 24 October – Peter Harding, rock climber (born 1924)
- 25 October – Richard Rougier, judge (born 1932)
- 27 October – Leslie Orgel, chemist (born 1927)
- 28 October – Graham Chadwick, bishop and anti-apartheid campaigner (born 1923)
November
- 2 November
- 6 November – Hilda Braid, actress (born 1929)
- 7 November – Sir Arthur Hezlet, Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and historian (born 1914)
- 8 November – Chad Varah, Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (born 1911)
- 10 November – Sir John Wilfred Stanier, Army field marshal (born 1925)
- 13 November – John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
- 17 November – Vernon Scannell, poet (born 1922)
- 19 November
- 22 November
- 25 November
- 26 November
- 28 November – Tony Holland, television producer and writer (born 1940)
December
See also
Notes and References
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6232673.stm Coach crash firm withdraw buses, BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6230555.stm Big Brother launch watched by 7m, BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6231701.stm Australia complete series whitewash, BBC Sport
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6235279.stm Cartoons protester found guilty, BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6238311.stm Bristol runway shut in safety row, BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6240443.stm First Deal or No Deal jackpot won, BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243323.stm Gay rights laws challenge fails, BBC News
- News: Reid seeks to reassure. 10 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010. Nick. Assinder.
- News: Reid hits back in crime files row. 12 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010.
- News: Missing suspect a threat – Tories. 10 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010.
- News: Cameron attacks Blair on records. 17 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010.
- News: Reid hits back in sentencing row. 26 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010.
- News: Convicted sex offenders 'missing'. 28 January 2007. BBC News. 1 January 2010.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/6249259.stm One dead as helicopters collide, BBC News
- News: Shock as UK rates rise to 5.25%. BBC News. 11 January 2007. 11 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113090951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6251963.stm. 13 January 2007. live.
- News: Dame Helen is Queen of the Globes. BBC News. 16 January 2007. 16 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070117133508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6264625.stm. 17 January 2007. live.
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- News: UK | Pair jailed over royal phone taps. BBC News. 26 January 2007. 26 January 2011.
- News: Grandstand on the BBC. BBC Sport. 29 January 2007. 26 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20090308022154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/6271577.stm. 8 March 2009. live.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6317131.stm "Air tax increase comes into force" BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4882824.stm Timeline: Bird flu in the UK
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6351075.stm "Mirren adds Bafta to awards haul"
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6349169.stm Commonwealth Bank Series
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6391633.stm One dead in Cumbria train crash
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6414113.stm "Attorney general halts BBC probe", BBC News)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6416661.stm "UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan", BBC News
- [n:Al-Qaeda threaten to kill British Prince Harry in Iraq|Wikinews]
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6418367.stm "Kidnapped Britons' vehicles found", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/northern_ireland/default.stm "Northern Ireland politics ", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6420965.stm "MPs back all-elected Lords plan", BBC News
- Web site: "MPs back fully elected House of Lords", Telegraph . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070316001744/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F03%2F07%2Fnlord107.xml . 16 March 2007 . 16 March 2007.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6427993.stm "MI5 deputy to take over as head", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6433249.stm "Time 'critical' for NI devolution", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6434773.stm "British Skynet satellite launched", BBC News
- http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=391482007 "Griffiths quits over Trident", The Scotsman
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6442663.stm "Fears for BBC Gaza correspondent", BBC News
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1509988.ece "Five kidnapped Britons freed in Eritrea", The Times
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6444145.stm "'Binding' carbon targets proposed", BBC News
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/14/ntrident614.xml "Labour rebels vote against Blair on Trident", UK Telegraph
- News: Sally Clark dies at family home . BBC News . 16 March 2007.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6449227.stm "'Friendly fire' killing unlawful", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6459895.stm "US rejects ruling on UK soldier", BBC News
- News: Doors finally open at new Wembley. BBC News. 17 March 2007. 23 January 2011.
- News: Brown cuts basic tax rate by 2p . BBC News . 21 March 2007 . 9 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070329024702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6472999.stm . 29 March 2007 . live .
- News: Two sailors killed on submarine. BBC News. 21 March 2007. 9 April 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070328171433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6476959.stm. 28 March 2007. live.
- News: UK sailors captured at gunpoint. BBC. 26 March 2007 . 26 March 2007.
- News: Report reveals Iran seized British sailors in disputed waters. Dominic Kennedy. The Times. 17 April 2008. 18 April 2008 . London. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517172717/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3761058.ece. 17 May 2008 . live.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6494599.stm "NI deal struck in historic talks", BBC News
- http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2046717,00.html "Network Rail fined £4m for Paddington crash", Guardian
- News: England smoke ban to start 1 July . BBC News . 1 December 2006 . 11 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061210054516/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6196910.stm . 10 December 2006 . live .
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6528049.stm "Fans in hospital after violence", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6529081.stm "Four UK soldiers killed in Iraq", BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/6550077.stm "Three dead after vessel capsizes", BBC News
- http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.main/index.html?eref=rss_world "Dozens dead, wounded in bombings across Iraq" AP/CNN
- News: Letter to Brown as inflation passes 3% . Gabriel Rozenberg, Economics Reporter. 18 April 2007 . . London. 11 May 2007 .
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