__NOTOC__ This page deals with events in most English-speaking places of Europe. These are England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.
British anti-[...] police arrest five people in London and one in Luton for alleged breaches of the [...] Act. (CNN)
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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, is required by the Bank of England Act 1998 to write an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, explaining how the inflation reaches 3.1 %, one point beyond the target 2 %, for the first time in 10 years since the bank's Monetary Policy Committee took charge of the interest rate for the pound sterling. (BBC News)
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Two United Kingdom military helicopters collide near the town of Taji near Baghdad [...] two soldiers. (AP/CNN)
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Prince William and long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton have split up. (The Sun)(BBC)
Silver Birch wins the 2007 Grand National. (BBC) (Wikinews)
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The anchor handling tug supply vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsizes in the North Sea. Three people are dead and four are missing. (BBC)(VG)(Aftenposten)
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Cambridge defeat Oxford by 1¼ lengths in the 153rd Boat Race. (BBC) (Wikinews)
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The 15 Royal Navy personnel held by Iran return home to be de-briefed and reunited with their families at Royal Marines Base Chivenor, in Devon. (BBC) (Wikinews)
Four British soldiers are killed in a bomb blast near the Iraqi city of Basra. (BBC)
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Iranian seizure of British Navy personnel
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the 15 British soldiers held captive in Iran are to be freed as a "gift" to Britain. (Sky)
Violence erupts during a UEFA Champions League game between Manchester United and AS Roma. (BBC)
