July 2005 in Britain and Ireland - 13 July 2005 (Wednesday)

13 July 2005 (Wednesday)

• In the UEFA Champions League 2005-06 - First Qualifying Round, first leg, Liverpool beat TNS 3-0, with Steven Gerrard scoring all three goals.(UEFA.com)
• Police and Anti-Terrorist Squad raid a house in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in connection with the terrorist attacks in London. (Sky)
• The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, unveils an etching by Picasso. Weeping Woman I is thought to be amongst the greatest prints of the last century, and was acquired by the state in lieu of the inheritance tax payable on the estate of Joanna Drew. (BBC)
• The General Medical Council finds Sir Roy Meadow guilty of giving erroneous and misleading evidence in the Sally Clark case. (BBC)
• British American Tobacco is moving manufacturing abroad from Southampton to Poland, Romania, Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland. 530 jobs are expected to be lost when the factory closes. (BBC)
• Energy Regulator Douglas McIldoon alleges electricity consumers in Northern Ireland have paid £1 bn more for power than elsewhere in the UK due to the contracts drawn up at the time the industry was privatised. (BBC)
• Police confirm baton rounds were fired during yesterday's rioting in North Belfast. (BBC)
• DIY: A man dies after using a shower he had installed incorrectly. (BBC)
• The Forum of Private Business has called for a six month suspension of the London congestion charge to allow the capital's economy to recover from the recent bombings. (BBC)
• Police in Strathclyde today criticise Orange Order organisers after trouble flared at a march yesterday. (BBC)
• Ofcom reports a rise in the usage of digital technology within the UK (BBC)
• Prime Minister's Question Time: Political leaders of all three main parties condemn the terrorist attacks, and Tony Blair promised consultation over laws to "combat the incitement and the instigation of terrorism as well as the acts of terrorism themselves". Michael Howard warned against the resenting of British Muslims, noting those that do are the "enemy of all of us because they would be behaving in the way that terrorists want them to". Charles Kennedy remarked: "It is incumbent upon all of us to keep stressing the fact that the vast majority of British Muslims totally condemn the bombings." (BBC)
• Unemployment figures are falling, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics. The figures also show that the number of claimants of unemployment benefit has risen. (BBC)
• Cricket - 2005 ICC Trophy: Scotland (324 for 8) beat Ireland (277 for 9) by 47 runs in both teams' first final of the ICC Trophy. Despite the return of Ed Joyce, and home advantage in Dublin, the Irish could not complete what has been a good tournament for them. (Cricinfo)