July 2005 in Britain and Ireland - 11 July 2005 (Monday)

11 July 2005 (Monday)

• Jury discharged: The retrial of Sion Jenkins for the murder of foster daughter Billie-Jo in February 1997 has ended after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Jenkins is to remain on bail as the Crown Prosecution Service seek a third trial. (BBC) (Channel 4 news)
• The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill has been given a third reading by the House of Commons, passing by 301 votes to 229. The bill is now referred to the House of Lords for scrutiny. (BBC)
• Commanders at the Mildenhall and Lakenheath US airbases in East Anglia issue orders forbidding servicemen from travelling within the M25 motorway until further notice, and strongly discourage family members not subject to their orders from doing so (Cambridge Evening News).
• Two of the victims of the London terrorist bombings are named. (BBC)
• Foreign Secretary Jack Straw apologises on behalf of the international community for their lack of sufficient action in preventing the massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica during a speech given at a ceremony to mark the tenth anniversary of the atrocity. (BBC)
• Northern Ireland: Loyalist paramilitaries are believed to be behind two shootings which have left one man dead and another critically injured. (BBC)
• Home Secretary Charles Clarke calls for greater retention of data related to e-mail transmission in light of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. (BBC)
• The General Synod of the Church of England adopts a resolution "that the process for removing the legal obstacles to the ordination of women to the episcopate should now be set in train"; and schedules debate on the best form of legislation to achieve this for its February 2006 session. (BBC)
• Zimbabwean asylum seekers suspend their hunger strike after being granted a High Court review of the forced deportation of failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe, where it is feared they may be targeted by the government for having attempted to seek asylum. (BBC)
• Visitors to the Merseyside coast are urged to take care when viewing sea sculptures designed by Antony Gormley, after three teenagers were rescued by the coast guard on Sunday. (BBC)