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''This page deals with current events in the English-speaking nations of Europe. These are [[England]], [[Wales]], [[Scotland]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Isle of Man]], [[Jersey]], [[Guernsey]] and [[Gibraltar]].''
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===Deaths in February===
* [[February 9|9]] [[Kate Peyton]]

''[[Recent deaths|Other recent deaths]]''

===Ongoing events===

===Future events===
[[2005]]: [[UK general election, 2005]]<br>

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===Upcoming sports events===
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====[[Football]]====
[[FA Cup]] &ndash; 5th Round, [[19 February]]

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[[2005 in the United Kingdom|2005 in the UK]]<br>
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==[[15 February]] [[2005]]==
* Yusuf Islam, formerly known as [[Cat Stevens]], receives substantial damages from two British newspapers, ''The Sun'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which alleged that the United States was correct to ban him from the country. The papers now acknowledge that he is not, and never has been, involved in or supported terrorism, and that he abhors all such activities. They also highlight that Islam was recently presented with the Man for Peace award by a group of Nobel Peace Laureates. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4268651.stm (BBC)]

==[[14 February]] [[2005]]==
*Hare-coursing: As the final Waterloo Cup event in England starts in Altcar, four anti-coursing protesters are arrested. The event is expected to attract up to 10,000 spectators over its 3 days. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4262065.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4265251.stm (BBC)]⏎
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==[[10 February]] [[2005]]==
*[[British House of Commons|The House of Commons]] passes the [[Identity Cards Bill]] at its third reading by 224 votes to 64, with a majority of 160.  Most of the Conservative Party's MPs abstain.  19 Labour MPs and 11 Conservative MPs defy the whip and vote against the bill, which now moves on to the [[House of Lords]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4252919.stm (BBC)]
*[[Clarence House]] announces that [[Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]] is to marry [[Camilla Parker Bowles]] on Friday [[8 April]] in a civil ceremony at [[Windsor Castle]]. She will be styled "HRH The Duchess of Cornwall", and when Charles becomes king, "HRH The Princess Consort". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4252795.stm (BBC)]

==[[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)''