Difference between revisions 9175764 and 9175795 on enwiki

<!-- NOTE: PLEASE LOG NEW EVENTS IN THE PRESENT TENSE. THANK YOU!

PLEASE PROVIDE LINKS TO NEWS STORIES AFTER EACH ENTRY, NEWS STORIES WITHOUT LINKS MAY BE REMOVED.

NEWS STORIES MUST BE IN ENGLISH.

PLEASE DO NOT LINK TO SUBSCRIPTION-ONLY SITES SUCH AS AOL, WSJ OR THE NYT (except in the unlikely event that a story is covered there substantially better than anywhere else) 
-->
(contracted; show full)7;', ([[BBC2]], 10 p.m.) which they claim to be blasphemous and obscene, with 3,168 "F-words" and 297 "C-words". One group threatents to bring a private prosecution for blasphemy against the BBC is the transmision goes ahead, under laws last used in the 1970s. [http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Andinothernews&ao=177601 (Mail & Guardian, SA)]
* [[Northern Ireland]] [[PSNI|police]] [[Chief Constable]] [[Hugh Orde]] publicly accuses the [[Provisional IRA]] of 
the £22 million pre-Christmaswhat has now been assessed as a £26.5 million robbery of the [[Northern Bank]] in [[Belfast]] before Christmas. Northern Bank announces that it is to recall and reissue all its banknotes in different colours and designs in response to the robbery, making most of the money taken "waste paper". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4154657.stm (BBC)][http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0107/belfast.html (RTÉ)]
(contracted; show full)
* A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of [[pregnant]] teenager Amy Williams in [[Telford]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4137045.stm (BBC)]
* New [[Chip and PIN]] legislation comes into effect today.  It makes retailers liable for fraudulent transactions if they have failed to sign up to the scheme. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4139211.stm (BBC)]

==Earlier British and Irish events==

[[British and Irish December 2004 events]]