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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2007 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 2 January - A survey finds that eight of the top ten "unhealthiest places to live" in the UK are in Wales, with Merthyr Tydfil leading the list.[1]
  • 12 January - Welsh actor Michael Sheen is nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film (for his performance as Tony Blair in The Queen).[2]
  • 16 January - It is announced that a £14 billion training academy for all three armed forces is to be built at St Athan in south Wales.
  • 30 January - Connie Fisher wins the Critics' Circle Most Promising Newcomer Award.[3]
  • 1 February - Travel Magazine names Oxwich beach the most beautiful in Britain.[4]
  • 7 February - A letter bomb is sent to the main Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency centre in Swansea, south Wales.[5] Four workers are taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, including a woman with cuts to her hands and body.
  • 9 February - Unpredicted snow storms wreak havoc across the country. 602 schools and many more business forced to close. Traffic is heavily disrupted. Parts of the M4 motorway temporary close and 500 people are trapped in cars on the A48 between Carmarthen and Cross Hands.
  • 12 February - A report by the National Trust reveals that more than 70% of the coastline in Wales, including 143 miles of coastline, is under threat from coastal erosion and flooding.
  • 22 February - It is confirmed that Prince Harry, the son of the Prince of Wales, will be serving with his regiment in Iraq.
  • February - A lightning strike severely damages Llandaff Cathedral organ.
  • March - Llwynywermod estate in the Brecon Beacons is purchased by the Duchy of Cornwall to provide a residence for Charles, Prince of Wales.
  • 1 April - Prescription charges are abolished for NHS patients in Wales.
  • 2 April - Smoking ban comes into force in all enclosed public places.
  • 4 May - In the elections for the National Assembly for Wales, Labour suffer a net loss of three seats, Plaid Cymru make a net gain of three seats, and all other parties retain the same number of seats as before the election. Labour no longer have an overall majority. Alun Pugh becomes the only Assembly minister to lose his seat, defeated by Conservative Darren Millar. Labour defector John Marek loses his seat to his former constituency secretary, Lesley Griffiths. Plaid Cymru's Mohammad Asghar becomes the first Assembly member from an ethnic minority.
  • 8 May - First public flight on the publicly subsidised air service between the new Anglesey Airport and Cardiff International Airport.
  • 16 May - It is announced that Prince Harry will not, after all, be serving with his regiment in Iraq.
  • 26 May - It is announced that the Military Cross awarded to Siegfried Sassoon will go on display at the Royal Welch Fusiliers museum in Caernarfon.
  • 4 June - Claire Jones is appointed official harpist to the Prince of Wales[6]
  • 17 June - Paul Potts, from Port Talbot, wins the national final of Britain's Got Talent.
  • 27 June - One Wales agreement between Welsh Labour Party and Plaid Cymru.
  • July - The International Eisteddfod at Llangollen is the best-attended since the event began, with ticket sales up 11% on the previous year.
  • 26 July - Efforts to save the life of Shambo, a black Friesian bull living at the Hindu Skanda Vale Temple near Llanpumsaint, finally fail and the bull is put down after testing positive for tuberculosis.
  • 4–11 August - The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire.
  • 14 September - Ioan Gruffudd marries Alice Evans.
  • 17 September - Five people are killed in a two-car collision on the M4 motorway at Newport.
  • 30 September - Unveiling of the first Welsh national memorial to the Falklands war takes place in Cardiff.[7]
  • 16 October - Houses are evacuated when part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal's bank collapses at Gilwern.[8]

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

New books[]

Welsh language[]

English language[]

Music[]

Albums[]

Film[]

Broadcasting[]

  • 3 January - Ian Watkins, better known as "H" from Steps, becomes an entrant in the fifth UK series of Celebrity Big Brother. On the same day, he announces he is gay.
  • 18 January - S4C introduces a new corporate logo and brand.[15]
  • 14 July - Radio Tircoed begins broadcasting on a permanent basis as a community radio station.
  • 8 October - BBC Radio Cymru relaunches its youth and music output.
  • 29 November - XFM South Wales launches.

Welsh-language television[]

  • Codi Canu

English-language television[]

Sport[]

  • 17 January - ISPAL (Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure) is officially launched.
  • 17 March - Wales defeat England in their final match of the 2007 Six Nations Championship, to finish fifth in the final table (beating Scotland only on overall points difference).
  • 10 May - The James Bevan Trophy is launched, to commemorate the Australian-born Welsh-raised man who was the first ever captain of the Wales rugby team.
  • 3 June - Wales reach the semi-finals of the World Sevens (rugby union) tournament at Murrayfield.
  • 19 June - Darren Morgan wins the European Masters snooker championship.
  • July - The Welsh Super Cup (football) is scheduled to be held at Aberystwyth.
  • 3 August - Wales are defeated 62-5 by England in a warm-up match for the Rugby World Cup.
  • 29 September - Wales lose to Fiji in their decisive Group B match, and thus fail to reach the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
  • 29 September - Wales wins the gold medal at the European Mixed Curling Championships in Madrid, Spain. The Welsh team of Adrian Meikle (skip), Lesley Carol (third), Andrew Tanner (second), Blair Hughes (lead) and Chris Wells (alternate) took the Gold Medal in a thrilling Final against Denmark.
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Joe Calzaghe[17]

Births[]

  • 20 September - Ruby Megan Henson, to Wales' celebrity couple, Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson[18]
  • 17 December - James, Viscount Severn, son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The child takes his father's subsidiary title of "Viscount Severn" as a courtesy title, in recognition of his mother's Welsh ancestry.[19]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ "Gower beach named Britain's best". BBC News. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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  6. ^ "Royal harpist prepares for debut". 4 June 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Memorial unveiled for Falklands". BBC. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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  15. ^ Oatts, Joanne (2007-01-09). "S4C gets a rebrand". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 11 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  16. ^ BFI: Glyn's Virgin Voters (2007). Accessed 24 September 2015
  17. ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Singer Charlotte Church names baby girl Ruby". The Telegraph. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Wessex titles for Edward and Sophie". BBC News. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  20. ^ "Iconic newspaper cartoonist dies". BBC News. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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  22. ^ "Obituary:Peter Prendergast". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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  26. ^ "Sir Gareth Roberts". 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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  28. ^ "Colin Fletcher, 85, a Trailblazer of Modern Backpacking, Dies". The New York Times. 19 June 2007.
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  30. ^ "Welsh hero Tasker dies at 88". icWales.co.uk. 9 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.
  31. ^ Rees, Paul (2 November 2007). "Obituary: Ray Gravell". The Guardian.
  32. ^ Meic Stephens (20 November 2007). "W. S. Jones". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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