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| Jul.1 |
London |
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Williams sisters reach semifinals
| Jul.2 |
London |
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UK ban for Hezbollah military arm
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London |
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Federer, Safin, Nadal reach semifinals
| Jul.3 |
London |
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Venus reaches seventh Wimbledon final
| Jul.4 |
London |
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Nadal secures final spot against Federer Rafael Nadal defeated Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-1 7-6 6-4 in the semifinals
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London |
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Police arrest man in students' slaying Police have arrested a man in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of two French students
| Jul.5 |
London |
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Venus retains her title in straight sets Defending champion Venus Williams has won her 5th Wimbledon title after beating younger sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a hard-fought final | |
| Jul.6 |
England |
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Hamilton triumphs in British Grand Prix
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London |
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Nadal stuns Federer in Wimbledon final Rafael Nadal has won his first Wimbledon singles title after holding off a stunning fightback from 5-times champion in an epic 5-set final | |
| Jul.7 |
Equatorial Guinea |
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British ex-soldier sentenced for plot Simon Mann, 56, has been sentenced to 34 years and 4 months in jail by an E Guinea court for his role in a 2004 coup plot
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Bermuda |
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Hurricane Bertha gains strength
| Jul.8 |
Bermuda |
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Hurricane Bertha weakens
| Jul.9 |
London |
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Man charged with student murders Nigel Edwards Farmer, 33, has been charged with the murders of two French students, Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23
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United Kingdom |
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Half of UK forces 'ready to quit'
| Jul.12 |
Moscow |
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Russia blasts US, UK over Zimbabwe vote Russia has reacted angrily to comments made by U.S. and UK officials who criticized Moscow's veto of U.N. sanctions against Zimbabwe
| Jul.13 |
London |
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Protest disrupts bishop's sermon Openly gay Gene Robinson was forced to halt a sermon at a west London church after being heckled from the congregation
| Jul.14 |
London |
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UK looks to EU for Zimbabwe sanctions British Prime Minister Brown announced his country will step up sanctions and call on the European Union to do the same
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Bermuda |
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Bertha knocks out power in Bermuda White-capped storm surf thundered against beaches and high winds knocked out power to thousands of Bermudians
| Jul.19 |
Iraq |
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Suicide claim over UK hostage In the video obtained by the Sunday Times: One of the five British hostages held captive by militants in Iraq has killed himself | |
| Jul.20 |
Northern England |
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Brilliant Harrington retains Open Padraig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title with a four-shot victory over Ian Poulter
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Germany |
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Hamilton wins again to lead F1 standings
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West Bank |
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Brown demands end to Israel settlements British Prime Minister demanded that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian eco...
| Jul.21 |
Portugal |
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Madeleine case 'will be shelved' The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is to be shelved | |
| Jul.22 |
London |
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UK troops to start Iraq withdrawal by 2009 British Prime Minister Brown said his country will withdraw some of its 4,100 troops stationed in Iraq by the beginning of next year
| Jul.23 |
London |
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UK move to fight online music piracy 6 of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan, negotiated by the government, with the music industry to tackle piracy online | |
| Jul.24 |
London |
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Mosley wins court case over orgy World motorsport boss has won a legal action against a Sunday newspaper over claims an orgy he took part in had Nazi overtones
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Scotland |
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SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East The Nationalists SNP overturned a Labour majority of 13,507 to win by only 365 votes with a swing of 22.54%
| Jul.25 |
Helmand |
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UK, Danish soldiers killed 6 other soldiers were injured in the fighting, which occurred in one of the major battlegrounds
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Moscow |
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UK warns of damage in TNK-BP row The British embassy has warned of the damage being done by the dispute between TNK-BP's shareholders
| Jul.26 |
Germany |
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Women try to open door mid-flight A plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after 2 drunk British women tried to open a cabin door mid-flight
| Jul.28 |
California |
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Branson unveils space tourism jet The British business tycoon has unveiled an aircraft in the US that will be used for his project to launch tourists into space
| Jul.29 |
Antigua & Barbuda |
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3 held in honeymoon murder case 3 people have been detained in connection with an attack that killed a British doctor and critically wounded her husband
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