February 2007 in Britain and Ireland

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Wednesday 28 February 2007
  • An investigation is launched into possible contamination of petrol supplies in South East England, following hundreds of reports of vehicle problems. (BBC)
  • Airbus announces it is cutting 1600 jobs in the UK, as part of 10,000 job cuts across Europe.[1]
Monday 26 February 2007
Saturday 24 February 2007
Friday 23 February 2007
Wednesday 21 February 2007
Tuesday 20 February 2007
Monday 19 February 2007
Thursday 15 February 2007
  • A judge rules that plans to build a new generation of nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom are unlawful because elements of the 2006 Energy Review were 'seriously flawed', 'inadequate', or 'misleading'.[10]
Wednesday 14 February 2007
  • Five British soldiers are cleared of abusing Iraqi civilians in Basra. [11]
  • A fifteen-year-old boy is shot and killed in his home in Clapham, South London. [12]
Sunday 11 February 2007
Wednesday 7 February 2007
  • Police release two of the nine men arrested during last week's terrorism raids in Birmingham without charge.[15]
  • A letter bomb, the third in as many days, has injured a woman working at the main DVLA centre in south Wales. Today's attack follows two others, at other road transport agencies in the UK.[16][17][18]
Monday 5 February 2007
  • The Sun newspaper has obtained a video tape of a US pilot shooting a UK convoy in a friendly fire incident during the Iraq War, killing one British soldier and injuring four. The pilot, and others, are said to have made a series of crucial mistakes.[19]
  • Three people in the United Kingdom have been jailed after plotting over internet chatrooms to abduct and rape two teenage girls. [20]
  • Global spread of bird flu: UK authorities incinerate more than 50,000 turkeys as they are working to contain the bird flu. [21]
Saturday 3 February 2007

British and Irish events by month

(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see November 2004 and preceding months)

References

  1. "Business | Airbus confirms 10,000 job cuts". BBC News. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  2. "Entertainment | Dame Helen crowned best actress". BBC News. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. "UK | Rail crash report blames points". BBC News. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  4. "Train Derailment at Grayrigg, Cumbria – 23 February 2007" (PDF). Rail Accident Investigation Branch via BBC News.
  5. "UK | Crash inquiry to focus on points". BBC News. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  6. "UK | One dead in Cumbria train crash". BBC News. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  7. "UK | UK Politics | Blair announces Iraq troops cut". BBC News. 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  8. "UK | Scotland | Orkney to get 'biggest' wave farm". BBC News. 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  9. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1405614.ece
  10. "UK | UK Politics | Nuclear review 'was misleading'". BBC News. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  11. "UK | UK soldiers cleared of Iraq abuse". BBC News. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  12. "UK | England | London | Teenage boy shot dead in his home". BBC News. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  13. "Royalty triumphs at BAFTAs - Oscars 2007 - Film - Entertainment". smh.com.au. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  14. "Entertainment | Mirren adds Bafta to awards haul". BBC News. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  15. "UK | Police free two in terror inquiry". BBC News. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  16. "UK | Letter bomb injures DVLA worker". BBC News. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  17. "UK | England | Berkshire | Two hurt in 'mail bomb' explosion". BBC News. 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  18. "UK | England | London | Woman hurt in 'letter bomb' blast". BBC News. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  19. "US allows 'friendly fire' tape in court". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 6 February 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  20. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1336929.ece
  21. "UK | Vets working to contain bird flu". BBC News. 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  22. "UK | England | Suffolk | Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus". BBC News. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  23. "UK | UK Politics | Blair urges calm during 'storm'". BBC News. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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