22 August 2005 (Monday)
- Baron Lane, Lord Chief Justice of England during the 1980s and early 1990s, dies. (BBC)
- Jean Charles de Menezes shooting: Wagner Goncalves, of Brazil's federal prosecutor's office, and Marcio Pereira Pinto Garcia, of its ministry of justice have visited Scotland Yard for discussions, with a view "to understand a little bit better how the system works, how the IPCC works and what's the legislation that's going to be applied", it is announced. (BBC)
- The cockney accent, associated with the East End of London, is reported to be 'fading', according to research by the BBC. (BBC)
- Bird flu: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announces it has no plans to introduce legislation to protect against bird flu in the wake of the Netherlands announcing that free range chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and other birds will have to be kept inside as a preventative measure. (BBC)
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