2007 in England

none 2007 Events from 2007 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Tony Blair (until 27 June), Gordon Brown (from 27 June) Events January 1 January – The second of two days of strike action hits Central Trains, affecting many parts of England, especially the East and West Midlands.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6221899.stm Train strike runs into second day BBC News 1 January 2007 23 July 2011 3 January – National Express coach accident: A National Express coach from Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen, Scotland crashes on a slip road between the M4 and the M25, killing two people and injuring thirty-six others.Two dead after M-way coach crash, BBC News 4 January – In response to yesterday's crash, National Express withdraw all 12 of their Neoplan Skyliner double-decker coaches as a precaution.Coach crash firm withdraw buses, BBC News 5 January The England cricket team loses the fifth Ashes test in Sydney, Australia by 10 wickets, resulting in a 5–0 series whitewash, the first time this has occurred since the 1920–1921 Ashes Tour.Australia complete series whitewash, BBC Sport 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 (see Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy).Cartoons protester found guilty, BBC News 7 January – Bristol 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.Bristol runway shut in safety row, BBC News 10 January – Two military helicopters collide in mid-air near Market Drayton, Shropshire, killing one person and injuring three others.One dead as helicopters collide, BBC News 10 January–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 Ordershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6247339.stm Reid seeks to reassure 2007-01-10 BBC News 2010-01-01 Nick Assinderhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6255139.stm Reid hits back in crime files row 2007-01-12 BBC News 2010-01-01https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6269673.stm Missing suspect a threat – Tories 2007-01-10 BBC News 2010-01-01https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6270935.stm Cameron attacks Blair on records 2007-01-17 BBC News 2010-01-01https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6301125.stm Reid hits back in sentencing row 2007-01-26 BBC News 2010-01-01 and missing sex offenders.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6306807.stm Convicted sex offenders 'missing' 2007-01-28 BBC News 2010-01-01 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 were Hugh Laurie in House and Jeremy Irons in Elizabeth I.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6264625.stm Dame Helen is Queen of the Globes BBC News 16 January 2007 23 July 2011 20 January – The MSC Napoli is deliberately grounded to prevent it sinking, leading to concern about environmental damage to Branscombe beach in Devon.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6283455.stm Stricken cargo ship run aground BBC News 21 January 2007 23 July 2011 February 3 February – The presence of the H5N1 virus in the avian flu outbreak at the Holton turkey plant in Suffolk is confirmed.Timeline: Bird flu in the UK BBC News 3 February 2007 11 February – The England cricket team defeat Australia to win their first overseas One-Day International trophy since 1997.Commonwealth Bank Series BBC Sport 11 February 2007 23 February – Grayrigg rail crash: A Virgin Trains Pendolino train derails in Cumbria, killing one person and injuring dozens more.One dead in Cumbria train crash BBC News 23 February 2007 March 2 March – The Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, obtains an injunction from the High Court preventing the BBC from broadcasting an item about investigations into the alleged cash for honours political scandal."Attorney general halts BBC probe", BBC News) 3 March – Contaminated petrol that was causing cars to fail is traced to a fuel depot in Essex."Rogue fuel traced to depot tanks", BBC News 5 March Al-Qaeda has threatened to kidnap or kill Prince Harry during his upcoming tour of duty in Iraq.Wikinews 13 March – Medway Police Station opens in Gillingham, Kent, England, replacing older stations, such as Chatham Police Station.BBC NEWS UK England Kent New police station to open soon http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/6181908.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20250628183211/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/6181908.stm 2025-06-28 2025-11-14 news.bbc.co.uk Officers are expected to move into it by Christmas when the police stations at Chatham, Rochester and Rainham shut. 15 March – Sally Clark, the woman who spent four years in prison before being released in 2003 when the High Court cleared her of killing her two baby sons (victims of cot death), dies at the age of 42. 16 March – Coroner Andrew Walker finds that the death of soldier Matty Hull in the 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals "friendly fire" incident was "unlawful and criminal"."'Friendly fire' killing unlawful", BBC News The U.S. Department of State rejects this ruling."US rejects ruling on UK soldier", BBC News 17 March – The rebuilt Wembley Stadium opens to the public for the first time, more than six years after its predecessor was closed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6459415.stm BBC News Doors finally open at new Wembley 17 March 2007 13 September 2011 30 March – Network Rail (the replacement for Railtrack) is fined £4 million for health and safety breaches leading to the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, in which 31 people died."Network Rail fined £4m for Paddington crash", Guardian April 4 April – Violence erupts during a UEFA Champions League game between Manchester United and AS Roma."Fans in hospital after violence", BBC News 19 April – Foster mother Eunice Spry from Tewkesbury jailed for 14 years, having been convicted of 26 charges of child abuse spanning 19 years.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6571445.stm BBC News 'Sadistic' foster mother jailed 19 April 2007 24 April – Anti-terrorism police arrest five people in London and one in Luton for alleged breaches of the Terrorism Act."Anti-terror raids net 6 suspects", CNN 28 April – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the richter scale strikes in Kent, injuring one and causing damage to buildings. May May – The all-new Ford Mondeo goes on sale in Britain with a range of saloons, hatchbacks and estates. 3 May Parts of the country have elections for local councils. Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old Leicestershire girl, is reported missing in Algarve, Portugal. 6 May – Manchester United win their ninth Premier League title.https://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/may/06manu.htm Man Utd seal title as Chelsea draw at Arsenal 2009-03-24 18 May – Prince William officially opens the new Wembley Stadium. http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/gallery/prince_william_attends_the_fa_cup_final_and_officially_opens_1140755044_1732071033.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070525045251/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/gallery/prince_william_attends_the_fa_cup_final_and_officially_opens_1140755044_1732071033.html 2007-05-25 The Prince of Wales - Prince William attends the FA Cup Final and officially opens the new Wembley Stadium 19 May – Chelsea FC win 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6649815.stm FA Cup final – Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd BBC Sport 2009-03-24 2007-05-19 BBC News Andrew McKenzie 21 May – A fire damages the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.Metro McGuinness Ross March 16, 2009 30 24 May – Jenny Bailey becomes the first transsexual mayor in the United Kingdom. 29 May – The Longbridge car factory in Birmingham re-opens, two years after the bankruptcy of MG Rover. The re-opened factory is a scaled down operation which will initially just produce the MG TF sports car, though there are plans by 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 has not damaged the reactor and was in a "non-nuclear" area.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6705243.stm Fire closes nuclear power station BBC News 30 May 2007 14 September 2011 June 13 June – Rekha Kumari-Baker murders her two daughters in their sleep, stabbing them a total of 69 times. She is later sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum tariff of 33 years.Rekha Kumari-Baker The Queen awards Sir Tim Berners-Lee the Order of Merit for his pioneering work on the World Wide Web."Web inventor gets Queen's honour", BBC News Salman Rushdie receives a knighthood, sparking protests in Iran and Pakistan."Iran condemns Rushdie knighthood", BBC News"Rushdie title 'may spark attacks'", BBC News 20 June – Scarborough F.C., members of the Football League from 1987 to 1999, go out of business with debts of £2.5million.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/6221674.stm BBC News Scarborough FC go out of business 20 June 2007 14 September 2011 25 June – – Heavy flooding devastates the cities of Sheffield and Hull, causing at least three deaths. – Scarborough Athletic F.C. is formed to replace the old Scarborough club.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6237112.stm BBC News Town's fans get new football club 25 June 2007 14 September 2011 29 June – Two car bombs are uncovered in central London but are defused before they can explode. July 1 July A smoking ban comes into effect in all enclosed public places in England.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6196910.stm England smoke ban to start 1 July BBC News 1 December 2006 15 September 2011 Concert for Diana held in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. 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 this year. 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 British Grand Prix is held at the Silverstone Circuit, won by Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen with home hero Lewis Hamilton finishing third behind McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso. 22 July – Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads. August 2 August – First reports of outbreak of foot-and-mouth. 12 August - Gary Newlove dies of his injuries after being attacked by a group of teenage boys in Warrington, Cheshire on 10 August. 18 August - Three people die in the Penhallow Hotel fire in Newquay, Cornwall. 22 August – 11-year-old Rhys Jones is shot dead in Croxteth, Liverpool. His death is believed to have been a random shooting carried out by a local gang. 24 August – Sophie Lancaster dies of her injuries after her and her boyfriend were attacked by a group of teenage boys in Bacup, Lancashire on 11 August. September 1 September – Eurovision Dance Contest held in London. 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. October 20 October – South Africa defeats England at the Rugby World Cup final in Stade de France, Saint-Denis. 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 feared dead in the Atherstone fire disaster. 4 November – Nigel Hastilow, a Tory candidate due 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 claimed that Enoch Powell had been "right" about his fears over immigration.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7077934.stm BBC News Migrant row Tory candidate quits 4 November 2007 16 September 2011 7 November – An inquest in Essex hears that Sally Clark died of "acute alcohol intoxication". 8–9 November – North Sea flood.North Sea flood tide fears recede BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7086175.stm 2007-11-09 9 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071111023643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7086175.stm November 11, 2007 live 14 November High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers. Full rollout of UK digital terrestrial television switchover begins with complete turning off of the analogue signal to the Whitehaven area. 26 November – Donorgate: Labour Party official Peter Watt resigns over loans received by the party from David Abrahams.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7119250.stm Labour donations timeline BBC News 2007-12-23 2007-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20071204131149/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7119250.stm 4 December 2007 live Births 2 January – Eric Pathansali, Malaysian footballer 15 October – Raja Daniel Petra, Malaysian footballer See also 2007 in Northern Ireland 2007 in Scotland 2007 in Wales References collapsed *England Category:Years of the 21st century in England Category:2000s in England Category:2007 in Europe Category:2007 by country England