11 August 2005 (Thursday)
- British Airways grounds all flights as baggage handlers, loaders and bus drivers strike in support of 800 workers sacked by flight catering company Gate Gourmet. The strike is also affecting other airlines, causing chaos at Heathrow airport. (BBC)
- Cricket: Michael Vaughan scores 166 before being caught as England finish the first day of the third Ashes Test on 341-5. (BBC)
- Ten foreign nationals, said to be a threat to UK security, are arrested in London, Luton, Leicestershire and the West Midlands, pending deportation. Among those arrested is the radical Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada (BBC)
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