February 2007 in the United Kingdom

Events from February of the year 2007 in the United Kingdom. For a list of all events in the UK in 2007, please go to the 2007 in the United Kingdom article.

News events in February 2007

* 3rd - 2,600 turkeys which died at a Bernard Matthews farm in Holton, Suffolk are confirmed to have had the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6327193.stm (BBC)]
* 3rd - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair urges the Labour Party to 'weather the storm' during the current political crisis, stating that 'it should not change our [the party's] course or our confidence'. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6327053.stm (BBC)]
* 5th - "The Sun" newspaper has obtained a video tape of a U.S. pilot shooting a UK convoy in a friendly fire incident during the Iraq War, killing one British soldier and injuring four. The pilot, and others, are said to have made a series of crucial mistakes. [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007060133,00.html ("The Sun")]
* 5th - Three people in the United Kingdom have been jailed after plotting over internet chatrooms to abduct and rape two teenage girls. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1336929.ece ("The Times")]
* 5th - Global spread of bird flu: UK authorities incinerate more than 50,000 turkeys as they are working to contain the bird flu. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6328889.stm (BBC)]
* 7th - Police release two of the nine men arrested during last week's terrorism raids in Birmingham without charge. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6337335.stm (BBC)]
* 7th - A letter bomb, the third in as many days, has injured a woman working at the main DVLA centre in south Wales. Today's attack follows two others, at other road transport agencies in the UK. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6338063.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/6334693.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6331427.stm (BBC)]
* 11th - "The Queen" wins the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Film of 2006 with Helen Mirren winning the award as Best Actress. Forest Whitaker wins the Best Actor award for his role in the "The Last King of Scotland" which won the Best British Film Award. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/oscars-2007/royalty-triumphs-at-baftas/2007/02/12/1171128844111.html?s_cid=rss_smh (Sydney Morning Herald)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6351075.stm (BBC)]
* 14th - Five British soldiers are cleared of abusing Iraqi civilians in Basra. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6360261.stm (BBC)]
* A fifteen year old boy is shot and killed in his home in Clapham, South London. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6363303.stm (BBC)]

Sporting events in the UK or involving Britons

Sporting events that unfold in February 2007 will appear here as they occur.

Scheduled sporting events in the UK

* February 2 - Start of the 2007 Rugby League Super League season.
* February 3 - Start of the 2007 RBS Six Nations
* 7 February - England Vs. Spain (football), non-competitive friendly, Old Trafford, Manchester
* 10 February - 11 February - Norwich Union European Athletics Trials & UK Championships, Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield.
* 11 February - 18 February - Welsh Open, snooker ranking event, The Newport Centre, Newport.
* 17 February - IAAF Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix, Birmingham
* 17 February - 18 February - The FA Cup fifth round - 8 scheduled matches.
* 25 February - Carling Cup final (football), Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Deaths in February 2007

* 9th - Ian Richardson, actor
* 16th - Sheridan Morley, theatre critic

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