June 2007 in Britain and Ireland

This page deals with current events in most English-speaking places of Europe. These are England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.

July 1, 2007 (Sunday)

One day after London is threatened with a major car bombing terrorist plot, security in Scotland is called into question after Glasgow International Airport is attacked:
- A car on fire crashes into the main terminal building of Glasgow Airport. Two people are arrested at the scene by police, with one man reportedly on fire when arrested.
- The airport closes, with all plane flights cancelled and the airport evacuated.
- COBRA conducts an emergency meeting, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes a statement following it in which he thanks emergency services after the attack today and the London car bombs plot yesterday.
- Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces that the national security threat level is elevated from "severe" to "critical", the highest possible, meaning "further attacks are imminent" and everyone should be on "high alert". (BBC)
- Police treat the incident as a terrorist attack, and linked to yesterday's London car bombs plot. (BBC)
- Police arrest two men in Cheshire in relation to the bombings. (Reuters via Canada.com)
Archbishop Pius Ncube, the head of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, calls on the British government to invade Zimbabwe and overthrow President Robert Mugabe. (Times Online)

June 29, 2007 (Friday)

A major terror plot is foiled in Central London as British police defused a large car bomb found outside a nightclub followed by another bomb a little later as the situation escalated out of control. (Sky)

June 19, 2007 (Tuesday)

England 400 & 111/3 (21.4 overs) beat West Indies 287 & 222 by 7 wickets and win the Test Series 3-0. [1]

June 14, 2007 (Thursday)

Bertie Ahern, of Fianna Fáil, is elected as Ireland's Taoiseach for a record third term upon the opening of the 30th Dáil today. The Taoiseach then announces his new cabinet with ministries. (RTÉ)
Entertainer Michael Barrymore has been arrested along with two others over the murder of Stuart Lubbock, who in 2001 was found dead in Barrymore's swimming pool. (Sky)

June 13, 2007 (Wednesday)

Ireland's Green Party (Comhaontas Glas) agree to go into government with Fianna Fáil as part of Ireland's 30th Dáil, when it opens on 14 June 2007. (RTÉ)
Queen Elizabeth II awards Sir Tim Berners-Lee the Order of Merit for his pioneering work on the world wide web. (BBC)
A landmark ruling by the UK's highest appeal court, the Law Lords, allows the family of an Iraqi who died in UK military custody to sue the British Government and demand a public inquiry into the circumstances of his death. (The Times)

June 12, 2007 (Tuesday)

Jamaican police declare that former Pakistani cricket team coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, ending a murder investigation. (Radio Jamaica)
Severe rain causes flash flooding throughout Ireland, particularly in Ulster, where places have been flooded after just 30 minutes of rain. This brings to an end a period of very warm temperatures of up to 29° C (84° F) on the island. The town of Omagh and parts of Belfast are worst hit. (RTÉ) (Irish Independent) (UTV) (BBC)
Structural failure is suspected after the top two floors of a five-storey building collapse in central London's Dean Farrar Street. (BBC)

June 8, 2007 (Friday)

Britons have been advised to leave the Niger Delta in Nigeria over kidnap fears.(Sky)

June 5, 2007 (Tuesday)

A woman has been arrested over allegations of her collecting money for a bogus fund to find missing Madeleine McCann. (Sky News)

June 4, 2007 (Monday)

Events
Upcoming European Parliament election, 2009 United Kingdom general election, 2010 Recent Oxegen 2007 Live Earth Concert for Diana Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2007 Irish general election, 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 Scottish Parliament election, 2007 United Kingdom local elections, 2007 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 Ongoing Cash for Peerages scandal Litvinenko murder investigation Operation Telic (British military operations in Iraq) International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan 2012 Summer Olympic development

Recent deaths
July 1 Joe Rea, 69, Irish leader of the Irish Farmers Association (1984–1988), after short illness. [2]

Sport
Featured seasons 2006-07 in English football 2006-07 in Scottish football 2006-07 Guinness Premiership Current sport events All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 FAI League of Ireland 2007 season Upcoming sport events

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