January 2007 in Britain and Ireland

• Nine people are arrested under the [...] Act in raids in Birmingham. Security forces claim they were part of a plot to kidnap a Muslim member of the British armed forces. (BBC)
• Archaeologists announce the excavation of the apparent village of the builders of Stonehenge, the largest Neolithic settlement discovered in Britain. (BBC) (Wikinews)

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• Police investigating the Cash for Peerages scandal arrest Labour's chief fundraiser Lord Levy a second time. (BBC)
• Manchester is chosen to become the site of the UK's first "SUPER casino", beating favourites Blackpool and The O₂ (the former Millennium Dome). (BBC)

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• At an ard fheis (party conference) in Dublin, Sinn Féin votes to accept the Police Service of Northern Ireland. (BBC) (The Irish Times) (Wikinews)

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• Home Secretary John Reid suggests that his department, the Home Office, could be split into two departments, one covering justice and the other covering security. (BBC)

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• Nine people are killed across the UK as the European windstorm Kyrill hits, with winds reaching 99 miles per hour. Thousands are left without power and travel is severely disrupted. (BBC)

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• Inflation jumps to 11-year high of 3% (BBC)
• Tony Blair dismisses calls for a devolved English parliament as unnecessary and unworkable. (BBC) (Guardian)

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• 'Casino Royale' and 'The Queen' lead this year's Bafta film award nominations. (BBC)
• Compulsory school leaving age to be increased to 18 by 2013. (BBC)
• LÉ Emer co-ordinates rescue operations as seven fishermen are feared drowned as two trawlers sink in heavy seas off County Wexford, south-east Ireland. (Irish Examiner), (BBC)

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• The Bank of England raise interest rates to 5.25% (BBC) (Times Online) (Wikinews)
• A man has been killed and thousands of people are without power throughout the UK due to severe rain and wind (BBC)
• Body of girl mauled to death by pitbull on New Year's Day is laid to rest (BBC)
• Ex-Manchester United star David Beckham signs for US Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in five-year contract (BBC)

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• Two Squirrel helicopters collide at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire, UK, [...] one and injuring two others. (BBC News)

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• The Principality of Sealand, a micronation off the English coast, is put up for sale. (The Times)

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• Magnus Magnusson, British television personality, best known as the presenter of Mastermind, died this evening at his home in Glasgow. He had been suffering with pancreatic cancer since October last year. He was 77. (BBC News), (ITN)

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• Polonium-210 found in second restaurant in London. (BBC-News)
• Second victim of National Express Coach crash still not Identified, Appeal made. (BBC-News)
• Coach crash in the French Alps, Several British citizens injured. (BBC-News)

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• Two Dead, and more seriously injured after coach overturned on Motorway, just outside London. Driver Arrested. (BBC News), (BBC News), (BBC News)

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• UK entertainment retail store Music Zone goes into administration. (Telegraph)

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• A British father of two has been found hanged in a remote jungle area near Mumbai, India. (The Times)

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