2007
Top Selling Singles
- Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
- Rihanna featuring Jay-Z – Umbrella
- Leon Jackson – When You Believe
- Mika – Grace Kelly
- Take That – Rule The World
- Sugababes – About You Now
- Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE – The Way I Are
- The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse – Valerie
- Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Christmas No.1: Leon Jackson – When You Believe
Top Selling Albums
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Leona Lewis – Spirit
- Mika Life – In Cartoon Motion
- Take That – Beautiful World
- Westlife – Back Home
- Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
- The Eagles – The Long Road Out Of Eden
- Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
- Timbaland – Shock Value
- Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
At the Box Office
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
- The Simpsons Movie
- Shrek the Third
- Spider-Man 3
- Ratatouille
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Transformers
- Mr. Beans Holiday
- Hot Fuzz
Cost of Living
Average house price | £178,000 |
Average salary | £24,000 |
Average car price | £17,100 |
Petrol | 87p |
Pint of beer | £2.64 |
Packet of 20 Cigarettes | £5.00 |
Pint of milk | 37p |
In the News
- Two Labour Prime Ministers – Tony Blair (until 27 June) Gordon Brown (after)
- The England cricket team loses the fifth Ashes test in Sydney, Australia by 10 wickets, resulting in a 5–0 series whitewash, the first time this has occurred since the 1920–1921 Ashes Tour.
- News International phone hacking scandal: The News of the World’s royal editor Clive Goodman is jailed for four months having pleaded guilty to phone message interception charges.
- H5N1 virus in the bird flu outbreak at the Holton turkey plant in Suffolk is confirmed
- Al-Qaeda threatens to kidnap or kill Prince Harry during his upcoming tour of duty in Iraq
- The rebuilt Wembley Stadium opens, more than six years after its predecessor was closed.
- The UK introduced a smoking ban in enclosed public places and workplaces
- Madeleine McCann, is reported missing in Algarve, Portugal
- The power sharing executive in the Northern Ireland Assembly is formed
- Nick Clegg wins the Liberal Democrats leadership election.
On the Telly
- Protests are held in India and the UK against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O’Meara are alleged to be racially abusive to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty – Shilpa goes on to win
- The final edition of Grandstand, the flagship BBC sports programme, is aired after nearly 50 years on television screens
- Scooch controversially wins the right to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki – it was a shaky start after Terry Wogan wrongly announced the runner-up as the winner
- In the Night Garden… premieres on BBC Two.
- Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101.
- Richard & Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that the winners were already chosen for its premium-rate phone-in quiz, “You Say, We Pay”. This results in the start of the phone-in scandal. The scandal affects shows like Dancing on Ice, The X Factor, British Comedy Awards and even Blue Peter
- Nick Ross announces he is leaving Crimewatch after 23 years
- Patsy Palmer returns to EastEnders to reprise her role as Bianca Jackson
Top Selling Christmas Toys
- PlayStation 3 – £395 (£532.29)
- Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock – £69.70 (£93.93)
- iPod Touch – £141.05 (£190.07)
Gadgets
- 1 Apple iPhone
- 2 Nikon Coolpix S51c
- 3 Netgear SPH200W Wi-Fi Skype Phone