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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[7 January]] [[2005]]==
* The [[BBC]] receives over 30,000 complaints and its offices are picketed by religious groups protesting tomorrow night's planned transmission of ''[[Jerry Springer
]]: - The Opera]]'', ([[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 if the transmission 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)]
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* 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)]

==Past British and Irish events by month==

[[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)''