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February 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[9 February]] [[2005]]==
*Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] issues a public apology to the 11 members of the Conlon and McGuire families who were wrongly convicted for the Guildford and Woolwich [[Provisional IRA|IRA]] pub bombings of [[1974]] when seven people were killed. the surviving members of the families were released in [[1989]] when the scientific evidence against them was discredited. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4249175.stm (BBC)]
*[[Ofcom]] issues a proposed timetable for ending analogue terrestrial television transmissions, as part of the switchover to [[digital television]]. By [[ITV]] region, these are: 2008:- [[Border Television|Border]], [[Westcountry Television|Westcountry]], [[HTV|HTV Wales]]; 2009:- [[Granada television|Granada]], [[HTV|HTV West]], [[Scottish Television|Scottish TV]], [[Grampian Television|Grampian TV]]; 2010:- [[Central Independent Television|Central TV]], [[Yorkshire Television|Yorkshire TV]], [[Anglia Television|Anglia TV]]; 2011:- [[Meridian Broadcasting|Meridian]], [[Carlton]]/[[London Weekend Television|LWT]], [[Tyne Tees Television|Tyne Tees]], [[Ulster Television|Ulster TV]]; 2012:- [[Channel Television|Channel TV]]. [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/dsoind/smup/ (Ofcom)]⏎
==[[2 February]] [[2005]]==
*The [[Provisional IRA]] issue a statement to the [[Irish Republican|Republican]] newspaper [[An Phoblacht]] withdrawing from its commitment to the decommissioning of weapons and other deals related to the [[Northern Ireland peace process]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4231237.stm (BBC)] [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4083056 (The Scotsman)]
*Two [[firefighter]]s and a member of the public die in a fire on the 14th and 15th floors of a 17-storey tower block in [[Stevenage]], [[Hertfordshire]]. Seven other people are hospitalised, one in serious condition, and 70 people are evacuated from the block. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4228737.stm (BBC)].
*[[Robert Kilroy-Silk]] offically launches the [[Veritas (political party)|Veritas]] political party, on an anti-[[immigration]] platform, after quitting the [[eurosceptic]] [[UK Independence Party]] after a failed leadership bid. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4227921.stm (BBC)] [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/16311399?source=PA&ct=5 (ThisIsLondon)] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/otherparties/story/0,9061,1404085,00.html (Guardian)]

==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]]
*[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''