|
June 2005 in Britain and Ireland
|
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →
This page deals with current events in the English-speaking places of Europe. These are England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.
- Garda Siochána (Irish police) dig up a garden in a Dublin suburb to search for the remains of a baby murdered in the 1970s. The child's mother states that she became pregnant twice, aged 11 and 15, as a result of incest. On both occasions her family murdered her newborn child. One of the two murdered children was found dumped on a Dún Laoghaire street in 1973. (RTÉ)
- In the Solent, Queen Elizabeth II conducts a Fleet Review of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from Britain and 35 other nations to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Ironically, the largest ship in attendance is the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle. Naval vessels from as far away as Japan and South Korea are in attendance. The tall ships will conduct a re-enactment of a Napoleonic War naval battle later in the day. (BBC)
- Tennis: Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport and Amélie Mauresmo are all in the Wimbledon semi-finals after they saw off stiff competition respectively in today's Quarter Finals. (BBC Sport)
- Cricket: Rain stopped play six overs into England's run-chase in the NatWest Series match against Australia. Play was stopped a couple of times before that as well, but eventually - with England 37-1 - the match was declared a no-result. England's bowling restricted the Australian score to 261-9. Darren Gough claimed three late wickets among five falling for 30 runs. Andrew Symonds had the top-score with 74, putting on 101 with Mike Hussey (45). (BBC Sport)
- Rugby union: The British and Irish Lions score the first truly convincing win of their current tour of New Zealand, destroying National Provincial Championship Division Two team Manawatu 109-6. Wales international Shane Williams equals a Lions record with five tries. (BBC)
- Politics: The Identity Cards Bill passes its second reading in the House of Commons, although with a reduced majority of 31. (BBC)
- The Irish Republican Army apologises unreservedly to the family of 14-year old Kathleen Feeney, whom it shot dead in Derry in November 1973. The IRA had previously blamed the British Army for the killing. (BBC), (RTE)
- At Stonehenge in England, some 19,000 people gather to celebrate the rising sun on the summer solstice.
- Clearup operation continues in North Yorkshire after the serious flash flooding on Sunday Night / Monday Morning. The towns of Thirsk, Helmsley and Hawnby were seriously affected, as were several villages when the rivers Swale and Rye burst their banks.
- In Manchester, UK, 30 police raid a house at 5 a.m. and arrest a 40-year old man on suspicion of involvement in suicide bombings in Iraq. Another man resident in the same house is believed to have gone to Iraq in February to carry out a bombing. Last week, police in Spain and Germany also made arrests in connection with bombings in Iraq, but it is not known if the cases are related. (BBC)
- Cricket: England (391-4, Paul Collingwood 112 not out and 6-31, Andrew Strauss 152) beat Bangladesh (223 all out) by 168 runs, as England set the second highest One-day International score ever, and Collingwood became the first to score a century and take a six-wicket-haul in the same match. BBC
- 2005 English cricket season:
- Bangladesh Tour, 2nd Test:
- England (447 for 3 declared, Ian Bell 162*, Marcus Trescothick 151, Graham Thorpe 66*) beat Bangladesh (104, Steve Harmison 5/38, and 316, Aftab Ahmed 82*, Javed Omar 71, Habibul Bashar 63, Matthew Hoggard 5 for 73) by an innings and 27 runs to win the second Test at Riverside, Chester-le-Street. England win the two-Test series 2-0 to cement their ranking as the second-best Test team in the world. Bangladesh remain tenth.
- Australian Tour of England:
- National League, Division One:
- National League, Division Two:
- Boxing:
- Football (soccer):
- Football:
- An independent commission charged by the English Premier League with investigating the alleged "tapping up" of Arsenal defender Ashley Cole by Chelsea issues its findings. Cole, Chelsea, and Chelsea manager José Mourinho are all found guilty. Cole is fined £100,000, Mourinho £200,000, and Chelsea £300,000. Chelsea also receive a suspended three-point deduction for 2005-06, which will be assessed if they commit another tapping-up offense in the 2005-06 season. (BBC)
British and Irish events by month
(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see November 2004 and preceding months)
|
