September 2006 in Britain and Ireland

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

September 30, 2006 (Saturday)

In Ireland the controversy continues over payments by businessmen friends to Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern in 1993 when he was Minister for Finance; it has come to light that the largest of the payments was drawn on a company cheque. (Irish Times) (RTÉ)

September 29, 2006 (Friday)

September 28, 2006 (Thursday)

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond leaves Leeds General Infirmary for an undisclosed hospital near his home to recuperate after major car crash whilst filming the week before. (AFP via News Limited)

September 27, 2006 (Wednesday)

September 26, 2006 (Tuesday)

Tony Blair makes his final Labour Party conference speech as leader in Manchester. (Sydney Morning Herald)

September 25, 2006 (Monday)

September 24, 2006 (Sunday)

September 23, 2006 (Saturday)

September 22, 2006 (Friday)

BBC TV's Richard Hammond is released from intensive care following a serious crash whilst filming for Top Gear. Hammond has been listed as stable. Doctors are monitoring his progress. (Sky News) (Wikinews)
A Virgin Pendolino train sets a new record for travelling from Glasgow to London in under four hours.(BBC)

September 21, 2006 (Thursday)

September 20, 2006 (Wednesday)

September 19, 2006 (Tuesday)

A corporal in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment becomes the first British soldier to confess to committing a war crime in Iraq, after admitting inhumane treatment of civilians, at a court martial. (BBC)
Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce, and his son Craig are implicated in a BBC Panorama documentary for taking "bungs" (backhanders) from agents for signing certain players. Allardyce denies the allegations. (BBC)

September 18, 2006 (Monday)

New laws come into force across England, Wales and Scotland making the use of child seats in cars compulsory for all children under the age of 12 who are less than 4 ft 5in (135 cm) tall. (BBC)

September 14, 2006 (Thursday)

The fourth Liverpool Biennial international art festival begins, lasting for ten weeks. (Liverpool Daily Post) (Wikinews)

September 13, 2006 (Wednesday)

Hundreds of firearms are seized in raids by Metropolitan Police on three houses in Dartford, Kent. (BBC) (Wikinews)
The charity DrugScope publishes a study of drug abuse in the UK, highlighting an increase in "speedballing" i.e. taking heroin and crack cocaine together. (BBC)

September 11, 2006 (Monday)

Tony Blair faces protests as he visits Beirut to meet with the Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. (Independent) (BBC)

September 9, 2006 (Saturday)

A 15-year-old boy is shot and killed in Moss Side, Manchester. (BBC)
Hinckley United footballer Matt Gadsby, 27, dies after collapsing during a match. (Reuters)
BBC's The Proms 'Last Night at the Proms' took place at Royal Albert Hall in London. The proms were simulcasted to cities across the United Kingdom like Glasgow, Swansea, Belfast, Manchester and London's Hyde Park. More than 100,000 people attended the festival in London and elsewhere. The proms are currently in their 112th season. (BBC)

September 8, 2006 (Friday)

Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke criticises Gordon Brown's recent behaviour as "absolutely stupid", and questions his fitness to become prime minister. (BBC)

September 7, 2006 (Thursday)

Tony Blair announces that he will step down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom within 12 months but declines to give an exact date for his departure. (BBC) (Wikinews)
Mary Harney, Ireland's first female Tánaiste, announces that she is stepping down as leader of the Progressive Democrats. (RTE) (Wikinews)

September 6, 2006 (Wednesday)

Junior defence minister Tom Watson and six Parliamentary Private Secretaries (Khalid Mahmood, Wayne David, Ian Lucas, Mark Tami, Chris Mole and David Wright) resign over Tony Blair's continuing refusal to declare when he will step down. {BBC) (Guardian) (Wikinews)
A British soldier is killed and six others injured by a landmine in Helmand, Afghanistan. (Reuters) (Guardian)

September 5, 2006 (Tuesday)

Ian Huntley, serving two life terms for the Soham murders, is found unconscious in his cell at Wakefield Prison after a suspected drug overdose. (BBC)
Arctic Monkeys win the 2006 Mercury Music Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. (BBC)

September 4, 2006 (Monday)

A British soldier is among those killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. Another soldier is injured. (BBC) (Wikinews)
Two British soldiers are killed in a suicide bomb attack near Basra, Iraq. (BBC) (Wikinews)
A lone gunman shoots and kills a British tourist and wounds six others in Amman, Jordan. The gunman is arrested and police are investigating if the gunman belongs to any groups. (Reuters) (Wikinews)

September 3, 2006 (Sunday)

Artist Banksy replaces 500 copies of Paris Hilton's debut album in 48 different UK record stores with his own parodical remixes and cover art. (BBC)

September 2, 2006 (Saturday)

In Afghanistan, 14 British armed forces personnel are killed after their aircraft crashes in Kandahar. (BBC) (Wikinews)
British police hold 14 men after overnight anti-terrorism raids on locations in south and east London including one restaurant. (Boston Globe), (BBC)

September 1, 2006 (Friday)

The missing Scottish schoolgirl Misbah Rana (also known as Molly Campbell) tells a news conference in Pakistan that she left her home in Scotland of her own free will and that she wishes to remain in Pakistan with her father. (BBC)
Blackpool Illuminations are switched on by Dale Winton. (BBC)

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