May 2007 in Britain and Ireland
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- 2006-07 in English football
- 2006-07 in Scottish football
- 2006-07 Guinness Premiership
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- United Kingdom Portal
- Ireland Portal
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- The Foreign Office of the British Government 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. (BBC)
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- The British Government proposes the introduction of potentially controversial "stop and question" powers for the police, as part of plans to modify anti-terrorism legislation. (BBC)
- A second farm in North Wales is suspected of harbouring the H7N2 strain of 'bird flu', and 11 farm workers are found to be showing flu-like symptoms. (BBC)
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- Thirty chickens at a farm near Corwen in North Wales are slaughtered after being found to have Avian Influenza or 'bird flu'. They are found to have been the H7N2 low pathogenic variant, not the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain which has caused several human deaths worldwide. (DEFRA)
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- The British Government announce a carbon emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Reduction Commitment, that will apply to hotel chains, supermarkets, banks, and other large organisations. (DEFRA)
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British and Irish events by month
(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see November 2004 and preceding months)