2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
The #67 Honda takes the Class 3 lead from Team Thrush as they frantically try to fix the car to make the finish. Greensall, in an effort to catch the Mosler, sets the fastest lap but in doing so picks up two separate punctures. The drops him out of any contention for third in GT3 and into the clutches of the charging #26 GTS BMW. The Chad Motorsport team struggle to remove a wheel during the pit stop, causing them to drop behind GTS Motorsport, 911virgin.com Porsche and TJH Motorsport Honda, falling to 9th place.


2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
After a tedious repair job, which lost them the Class 3 lead, Team Thrush are finally able to send their functional Honda Integra Type-R, rejoining in Class 3. With half an hour to go, Campbell-Walter brings in the BMW, 29 laps clear of the next car, the win already in their hands. Chad Motorsport still struggle with their #15 car as the 964 Porsche takes 9th place. The Saxon Motorsport team hit trouble during their battle with Team Top Gear, relieving.


2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
Finally, the Chad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup leaves the pit lane just as the Apex Motorsport Jaguar does after a pit stop longer than usual. Jamie Campbell-Walter takes a relatively easy second consecutive win for the Duller Motorsport team. The Rollcentre Mosler takes 2nd place, having maintained its 3 lap advantage on the Paragon Porsche which ends up in a very good 3rd place overall, and the GTC class win, in a 2002 Carrera Cup car. All three Moslers, as well as the Chad Porsche, cross the line in unison.


2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
After a hard second half of the race, the #32 Duller Motorsport BMW M3 GTR takes fourth ahead of the Eclipse Mosler. GTS Motorsport, after some highs and lows, end the race in 6th position and third in GTC ahead of the 911virgin.com crew in their 996 GT3 Cup car. TJH Motorsport take the Class 2 win in 8th overall after a relatively calm race with Simply Racing's Porsche 964 taking a well-earned Class 1 victory in such a vintage car.


2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
The Chad Motorsport team just manage to claim 10th ahead of Colin White's CWS Racing BMW M3 E46, which is second in Class 1. TH Motorsport's race was free of any trouble, a quiet race for the little Volkswagen Golf Diesel. After being practically gifted the Class 3 by Team Thrush's troubles, Pete Daniels Motorsport take the Class 3 win, with both cars crossing the line next to each other. Meanwhile, in third in Class 4, the remarkable Team Top Gear BMW 330d of Jeremy Clarkson practically begging the car to make the finish.


2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report
He eventually crossed the line 39th overall, 3rd in class, a notable achievement for such an inexperienced group of drivers, bar The Stig (Ben Collins) who had raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans prior, having huge accident damage, among other setbacks, to come home with a class podium in the Top Gear trio's first ever 24-hour race. Clarkson shouting "Yes! You brilliant little car! God, this is just brilliant. That's absolutely epic!" after crossing the line. Out of the 60 starters, 46 were classified at the end of the race, the last car being 286 laps behind the winner, being the #72 OJP Sport Racing Honda Civic.


2007 British Academy Television Awards
The 2007 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 20 May at the London Palladium Theatre in London. They were broadcast live on BBC One in the UK. The nominations were announced on 11 April 2007.


2007 British Academy Television Awards, Controversy
When presenting Ricky Gervais with the award for best comedy performance Joan Rivers referred to her cousin as a "Jew with a harelip". Gareth Davies, the Chief Executive of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) wrote to BAFTA to express his "serious disappointment" at the incident and said that "many people found the old-fashioned term "harelip" highly offensive and that "making the condition the subject of a cheap joke was simply hurtful"


2007 British Academy Television Awards, Controversy
Rivers later said that she was extremely sorry for any offence caused and this had certainly not been her intention. Amanda Berry, BAFTA Chief Executive, stated that the Academy would "never set out to offend nor make fun of anyone". CLAPA said they were pleased to receive the apologies but is also aware that too many people are still ill-informed about what cleft lip and palate is and what it is not. They added that this ignorance can often feed into prejudice and the media and those in the public eye have a key role in helping the association to de-stigmatise the condition.


2007 British Academy Television Craft Awards
The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2007 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 22 April 2007 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Snow.


2007 British Athletics Championships
The 2007 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 27 to 29 July at Manchester Regional Arena in Manchester. It was first time that the event was organised by UK Athletics and it incorporated the AAA Championships (the principal national competition organised separately by the Amateur Athletic Association of England until 2006). The national championships served as a selection meeting for Great Britain at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.


2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 24-28 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia. The winning team of Kelley Law represented British Columbia at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge, Alberta, finishing with a 5-6 record in round robin play.


2007 British Formula 3 International Series
The 2007 British Formula 3 International Series was the 57th British Formula 3 International Series season. It commenced on 9 April 2007 and ended on 30 September after twenty two races, with Estonian driver Marko Asmer crowned champion.


2007 British GT Championship
The 2007 British GT season consisted of a fourteen-round series of sports car racing in the British GT Championship. Each race meeting consisted of two one-hour endurance races, except for those at Snetterton and Silverstone, which were both single two-hour races. All of the races took place in England in 2007. Two classes raced: the more powerful GT3 and the less powerful GTC class. This was the last time the GTC class raced, before the inception of the FIA GT4 class takes over in 2008.


2007 British GT Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championships, GT3
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2007 British Grand Prix
The 2007 British Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was the ninth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 8 July 2007 at the Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Kimi Räikkönen after overtaking pole position driver Lewis Hamilton during the first round of pit stops. Second place was taken by Fernando Alonso and Hamilton was third.


2007 British Grand Prix
Following British driver Lewis Hamilton's win at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, circuit director Richard Phillips reported that ticket sales had "gone through the roof". Phillips added, "we haven't seen this level of interest since Mansell-mania in the late 80s and early 90s".


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the run up to the race Ferrari presented a legal case against English engineer Nigel Stepney and a McLaren employee, after a search warrant revealed evidence of theft of technical information from the Italian team. McLaren indicated that they would fully cooperate with the investigation, and after a thorough internal investigation the team concluded that "no Ferrari intellectual property has been passed to any other members of the team or incorporated into its cars." The FIA are launching their own investigation into the matter, but stress that their investigation will only involve matters of the Formula One rules and regulations.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
In another element of the pre-race activities, the Red Bull cars of David Coulthard and Mark Webber sported a livery of fan-submitted images as part of a one-off event for the charity Wings for Life. More than 30,000 fans pledged money and uploaded images to the team's website, and each fan has selected a spot on either car to have their image placed. The goal was to raise €1 million. This would be repeated again at the 2012 British Grand Prix, but the number would be reduced to 25,000 fans.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Preparations for the race began on 19 June, when the teams began testing at Silverstone. During the first day's testing Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time, focusing on his race setup for the Grand Prix. In contrast the two top constructors, McLaren and Ferrari, set about testing new parts and developments on their cars. This testing was undertaken by their respective test drivers, Pedro de la Rosa and Luca Badoer. Spyker brought a new chassis to the test and raced it for the first time, with Adrián Vallés and Giedo van der Garde taking the car around the track for 64 laps. Nick Heidfeld ended his test session early after complaining of back problems.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
In day two of testing it was Jarno Trulli's turn to take the Toyota car around Silverstone, and managed to set the fastest time before the session was slowed down by showers. While Ferrari continued to test new parts to their car, this time with Kimi Räikkönen taking to the seat, McLaren stuck with Pedro de la Rosa and worked on the race set up and aerodynamics.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Day three saw Toyota drop down from taking the fastest times to take the fifth fastest time on a moderately damp track. Felipe Massa was the fastest man on the track after 87 laps of the British circuit testing various aerodynamic and mechanical adjustments to the car. Although delayed through an oil system problem Alonso finished off aerodynamics work and continued to set up the car for the coming British Grand Prix, finishing with a time slower than second placed Williams driver Nico Rosberg. The leading GP2 driver Timo Glock took to the circuit with BMW Sauber up against ex-rival Nelson Piquet Jr. who was driving with Renault. Piquet Jr. made the fourth fastest time, more than a second faster than Glock.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
The first Friday practice was dominated as per many of the previous Grand Prix of the season, with Ferrari and McLaren taking the top 4 times. Lewis Hamilton took the top time at his home Grand Prix, and the two Ferraris split Alonso from his team mate. Both McLaren drivers spun their cars at different parts of the test, and they were not the only to do so. Other such drivers included Robert Kubica, David Coulthard, Adrian Sutil, Trulli and Massa; who all spun their vehicles on the greasy, but dry track.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
In the end Rosberg managed to set a faster time than the two competitive BMWs, and Trulli - who boasted a fastest time at Silverstone during testing in the last month - only just managed to set a faster time than Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguri. Davidson outpaced his British counterpart Jenson Button in the works Honda by half a second. Button, who suffered a minor back injury in a shunt in the United States Grand Prix, decided not to partake in the second Friday practice session in order to avoid aggravating the injury.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
Toyota returned to previous testing form in the second session, putting their drivers in with the McLaren drivers, both of them outpacing Alonso. Schumacher even managed to run exactly the same time as Hamilton. Ferrari meanwhile got the two fastest times of the session, with Räikkönen a full half a second faster than his Brazilian team-mate. Williams were close up behind Alonso, as BMW were running lower in the field than usual. Although Kubica was not complaining, Nick Heidfeld said that "[the car] was difficult to drive, so we have to figure out why."


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
Christian Klien got a drive during the practice to replace Button in the car and help set it up. Both of the works Hondas were beaten by both of the Super Aguri cars and Davidson improved on his time and position to tenth. Drivers from many different teams were running off the Copse corner, with eight drivers running off eleven times. The only incident of the afternoon was at the Copse, where Adrian Sutil ran his car onto the tarmac, then spun into the tyre barrier. He was unharmed and the damage to the car was insignificant.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
On the Saturday practice before the qualifying, the top drivers broke the 1 minute 20 barrier, with Massa, Alonso and Räikkönen all setting fastest laps in the high 1 minute 19s. Räikkönen took the fastest time, faster than rival Alonso who had set a very similar time to Massa. Hamilton's final time on low fuel was disrupted by Alexander Wurz sending his Williams off the track, resulting in a yellow flag. Toyota and Williams were the closest to the top of the pack - as BMW continued their bad run.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice
Nick Heidfeld improved from his bad run from the day before to take a joint eighth fastest time, but team-mate Kubica found himself only able to achieve a sixteenth fastest time. Davidson out paced his team-mate for the third time of the weekend, and he achieved a tenth fastest time - something he has never converted to a qualifying session.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The first qualifying session was disrupted near the end by Anthony Davidson, who spun his Super Aguri while attempting to warm the tyres, bringing out the yellow flags. This also meant that he could not complete a good hot lap and left him near the back of the grid. This also forced Sato and Button to slow down on their hot laps, and the three drivers could not improve on their previous times in the closing stages of the session. The six drivers eliminated in the first round were Albers, Sato, Sutil, Davidson, Button and Rosberg (for the first time this season, but due to an engine issue). The fastest time of the session was taking by Alonso.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The second session was quite uneventful, with Alonso taking the fastest time again. Near the end of the session the six fastest drivers decided not to set any more times. This was a gamble for the two BMW drivers, as by the end of the session Heidfeld had been pushed down to tenth position. The six drivers who were eliminated from the final session were Liuzzi, Speed, Barrichello, Wurz, Coulthard and Webber.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The two McLaren drivers were the first two drivers out on the track for the initial fuel burning phase, and initially, Alonso was the fastest on the track. After the first set of pit stops it looked like Alonso was going to take the pole. On the last set of laps, Alonso was on a faster time than he was before, but Räikkönen was on a faster. Both of them completed their laps and Räikkönen came out on top, despite an error coming out of the final corner.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Hamilton who had been sitting in fourth did not look like he was very competitive during qualifying. In the last few seconds of the session he set the fastest lap and put himself on pole position, and he was the only one to break into the 1 minute 19 second margin.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Felipe Massa stalled on the grid, leading to a second formation lap and causing the Brazilian to start from the pit lane, joining Takuma Sato, who also started from the pits. Hamilton led from the start with Räikkönen closely following and Alonso a few seconds behind them. Hamilton led the race until lap sixteen, when he made his stop and rejoined in fifth; his car briefly lurched forward with the fuel hose attached when Hamilton reacted to the 'lollipop' board being turned over. Räikkönen stopped three laps later and came out of the pit in front of Hamilton to take the race lead. Another three laps later Alonso took a good pit stop and came out in front of both of the previous race leaders.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
As Alonso was short-fuelled in the first set of pit stops in order to jump into the race lead, it meant that he had to stop quite early compared to his rival. McLaren's plan was to use the superior pace of a lighter car to build up a large gap between him and Räikkönen before the second set of pit stops, but the traffic played into Räikkönen's hands and when Alonso had to pit Räikkönen resumed the race lead. He was able to make his final stop and rejoined without losing first position.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Behind the leaders, Massa was forcing his way through the pack to make up as many places as possible from the back, and finished in fifth behind a defensive Robert Kubica. Nick Heidfeld took sixth, while Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella brought the two Renaults home in seventh and eighth. Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button were taking advantage of being quite far back by investing in a one stop strategy and they finished ninth and tenth respectively.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Nico Rosberg had a good race taking back quite a few places from the start - with points a possibility, but after a bad first pit stop he had to fight back to gain twelfth. His team-mate, Wurz, finished one place behind him in thirteenth after having tried to overtake Scott Speed and putting the American out of the race with broken suspension.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
David Coulthard took a good eleventh position; his team-mate, Webber, retired due to a full hydraulics failure. Adrian Sutil retired after a large engine failure going towards the Stowe corner. Toyota suffered the worst problems as both of their cars went out of the race, Ralf Schumacher retiring with a wheel fixation problem, and his team mate, Trulli retiring with handling problems. Anthony Davidson, after a good weekend of practice and an unlucky qualifying session, had to retire his Super Aguri car when he felt vibrations from the underside of the car. Liuzzi retired his car with gearbox failure but was ultimately still classified in 16th place.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen continued from the second stint of pit stops to take the win a couple of seconds ahead of Alonso. It was Räikkönen's second straight win after being victorious at the French Grand Prix the week before. Alonso, finishing second, told the Spanish press that he was adamant that he would catch up with Hamilton in the drivers championship saying that, "With normal races, sooner or later I will close the gap. I must always be one step higher than him on the podium." The British driver finished third to lose two points in the championship to the chasing Alonso, but also achieving his ninth podium out of nine race starts, equalling Jim Clark's record.


2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Following the race Ferrari chief Luca di Montezemolo complained that although Räikkönen had now won more races than any other driver in 2007, he was not leading the championship. Di Montezemolo said: "This is unsporting, it’s wrong: F1 shouldn’t be a sport for calculators, it should be for winners."


2007 British Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2007 British Indoor Athletics Championships was the 1st edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. It replaced the AAA Indoor Championships run by the Amateur Athletic Association of England, which had been the de facto national indoor championship since 1935. It was held from 10–11 February at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England. A total of 24 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.


2007 British National Track Championships
The 2007 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 2–6 October 2007 at the Manchester Velodrome. They are organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists.>


2007 British Rowing Championships
The 2007 British Rowing Championships were the 36th edition of the National Championships, held from 20–22 July 2007 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.


2007 British Speedway Championship
The 2007 British Speedway Championship was the 47th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 4 June at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by Chris Harris, who beat David Howe, Scott Nicholls and Edward Kennett in the final heat.


2007 British Superbike Championship
The Bennetts 2007 British Superbike Championship season started on 7 April and ended on 14 October.


2007 British Touring Car Championship
The 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 50th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi with 10 race wins and 17 podiums. Going into the final race, Fabrizio Giovanardi was one point behind Jason Plato but a second place for Giovanardi and a fourth place for Plato resulted in Giovanardi taking the championship by 3 points. The Teams' championship was won by SEAT Sport UK, the Manufacturers' championship was won by Vauxhall, the Independents' Trophy was won by Colin Turkington and the Independent Teams' championship was won by Team RAC.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
After two unhappy seasons with the Astra Sport Hatch, the Triple 8-run works Vauxhall team switched two an all-new chassis based on the Vectra built to the now-prevalent Super 2000 rules, retaining Italian veteran Fabrizio Giovanardi and young Englishman Tom Chilton as they sought to reassert their supremacy from the first half of the decade.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Reigning Manufacturers champions SEAT were again their only works opposition. Jason Plato remained on board as team leader and GT racer Darren Turner, who had shared the second Leon with James Thompson during 2006, stepped into the second seat full-time. With their Manufacturers title fight going down to the final rounds at Thruxton, both Vauxhall and SEAT added third cars to their line-ups for the closing meeting.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Double champion Alain Menu, who had been racing for Vauxhall's sister marque Chevrolet in the World Touring Car Championship, returned to the British series for the first time since 2000 to drive the Vectra, while Dutchman Tom Coronel, fresh from claiming the WTCC Independents title at the wheel of a Leon, bolstered the SEAT charge.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
After winning the Teams, Drivers and Independents titles for two straight years with their Integra, Team Dynamics (again under the Team Halfords banner) switched to another self-developed Honda chassis, this time built to Super 2000 specifications and based on the Civic. Reigning double champion Matt Neal stayed with his family team, with Gordon Shedden partnering him for a second year. The Dynamics cars were no longer eligible for Independents points due to their dominance of that championship in the previous two years.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Also changing machinery were West Surrey Racing (once again entered as Team RAC), who traded their venerable MGs for a pair of Super 2000-spec BMW 320si's acquired from BMW's works WTCC squads. Long-time collaborator Colin Turkington again headed the line-up, joined by reigning Renault Clio Cup champion Tom Onslow-Cole. Also running a 320si was former Production class race winner and reigning SEAT Cupra Cup champion Mat Jackson, making his debut in the top class of the BTCC with his family Jacksons M.Sport team.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Team Eurotech continued to run their ex-Dynamics Integra for team boss Mike Jordan for a second season, while Motorbase Performance abandoned their Integra and expanded to two ex-works Super 2000 SEAT Toledos, having run one in the closing rounds of 2006. Gareth Howell, who had raced a third Dynamics Integra in the latter stages of both 2005 and 2006, joined the team alongside former Clio Cup and British GT race-winner Matt Allison. Howell ran out of budget mid-season and was replaced first by Tom Ferrier, who had driven the car in 2006, and for the final round by ex-Vauxhall works driver Paul O'Neill.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
WTCC Independent squad GR Asia also ran a Toledo for their expansion into the British championship, missing two rounds when their WTCC commitments left them unable to attend. The car was piloted by Adam Jones who had an impressive debut season in the BTCC aboard Xero Competition's Lexus the previous year. The team then added a Leon to their stable for the final three meetings. Former works Vauxhall driver Gavin Smith was behind the wheel for the first two, being replaced in the final round by the returning Rob Collard, who had abandoned his planned switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain earlier in the season after a handful of races.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Quest Racing returned to the championship for a full campaign having joined the field in the second half of 2006, again fielding Irish youngster Eoin Murray in an ex-WTCC Alfa Romeo 156. The 156 was also the vehicle of choice for the brand-new A-Tech squad, with veteranDavid Pinkney joining the team from Motorbase alongside Richard Marsh, who had appeared in a Peugeot 307 for Team Griffin Racing the previous year.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Other returning independents included Kartworld Racing, who expanded a second ex-WSR MG ZS, with Fiona Leggate joining the team to partner team boss Jason Hughes after two years in a bio-ethanol powered Vauxhall Astra Coupe with Tech-Speed Motorsport, and BTC Racing, who took in a full season with their Lexus IS200s after debuting in the final two rounds of 2006. Chris Stockton remained from the previous year, and was joined by Nick Leason, who initially planned to run an Astra Coupe for Daniels Motorsport as he had done in the latter stages of 2006. Leason left the team after the first three meetings with the team cutting down to one car for Stockton.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
Tech-Speed swapped the Astra Coupe for a newer Sport Hatch driven by former Turkish touring car champion Erkut Kizilirmak, who had trialed the car through two appearances for the works Vauxhall squad the previous year, while the list of returnees was completed by Geoff Steel Racing, who again ran Martyn Bell in their older-spec BMW 320i. A 320i was also purchased by former Dutch Supercar Challenge racer Jim Pocklington to race with his own J Team Motorsport squad in the first half of the year.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
John George returned to the series for the first time since 2004 in an ex-Dynamics Integra run by former Production class entrant TH Motorsport, with club saloon driver Simon Blanckley also plumping for an Integra in his debut season in the category, running for his own Sibsport team with support from touring car preparation expert Graham Hathaway. Another Integra was entered for the final two rounds by Robertshaw Racing for Alan Taylor, with both team and driver stepping up from the Clio Cup.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers
The most ambitious of the year's new entries came from the tiny Team AFM Racing outfit, who fielded a self-built BMW 120d, the championship's first ever diesel-powered car, for team boss and long-time production BMW racer Rick Kerry.


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Entry list
The official entry list was published on 13 March 2007 following Media Day at Rockingham


2007 British Touring Car Championship, Race results
All races were held in the United Kingdom. The 2007 season again had ten race weekends with three BTCC rounds at each.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 20 August 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) over the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP).


2007 British Virgin Islands general election
The VIP took 7 of the 9 district seats (of the remaining district seats, only 1 was taking by the NDP; the other was taken by Alvin Christopher, an independent candidate endorsed by the VIP). The VIP also took 3 out of the 4 territorial at-large seats. The only two NDP candidates to retain their seats were former Chief Minister Orlando Smith and seventh district representative Kedrick Pickering. VIP at-large candidate Zoë McMillan-Walcott had initially asked for a recount of her vote against Orlando Smith for the fourth at-large seat (the initial count indicated her to have received only 18 fewer votes), but she subsequently withdrew the request.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election
The victory gave the VIP an unprecedented 10 elected seats out of the 13 available in the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, despite receiving only a mere 5.6% greater share of the votes than the NDP (45.2% to 39.6%).


2007 British Virgin Islands general election
Voter turnout was relatively high, with approximately 62.3% of registered voters casting votes; although this was some way lower than the 72.2% voter turnout for the 2003 election. The lowest turnout was in the fifth district, where only 49.3% of voters cast votes; the highest was the eighth district, where 76.2% turnout was recorded.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election
The Supervisor of elections reported that the elections passed off "without incident".


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results
Because of the NDP's high dependence upon At-large seats, a relatively small shift in voter sentiment turned a defeat into a massacre. After winning all four At-large seats in the previous election, in 2007 the NDP could barely cling onto one with Orlando Smith eclipsing Zoë Walcott-McMillan by just 18 votes out of a total of ballots cast. Dr Smith's election was the only thing that went right for the NDP on election day, with seemingly every other close race falling into the laps of the VIP, in each case snatching close victories in the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Districts.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results
A variety of circumstances combined to convert the VIP's 45.2% of the electoral votes into 84.6% (11 out of 13) of the available seats once Alvin Christopher (who won as an independent) formally decided to rejoin his former party.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
The results of the voting for the district seats was as follows:


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Winning candidates are highlighted in blue. Previously incumbent candidates are marked in bold.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,277Total number of votes cast: 825 (64.6% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,143 Total number of votes cast: 638 (55.9% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,235 Total number of votes cast: 847 (68.6% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,226Total number of votes cast: 798 (65.1% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,403Total number of votes cast: 908 (64.7% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,363Total number of votes cast: 873 (64.0% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,025Total number of votes cast: 665 (64.9% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,125Total number of votes cast: 864 (76.8% turnout)


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Total number of registered voters: 1,378Total number of votes cast: 1,011 (73.4% turnout)The ninth electoral district was the only district to undergo a recount.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
(IND) = Independent candidate(IPM) = Independent People's Movement(NDP) = National Democratic Party candidate(VIP) = Virgin Islands Party candidate


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
The closest races were in the fourth district (where only 27 votes separated the candidates), the fifth district (23 votes separated the leading candidates, and 87 votes went to independent candidates) and the ninth where a mere 9 votes separated the candidates (46 votes having gone to the independent candidate) and a recount was conducted.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats
Alvin Christopher received the highest percentage of votes for a territorial candidate (75.9%), whilst Andrew Fahie received the highest number of total votes. Hubert O'Neal had the unhappy distinction of having the highest number of votes (467 votes, higher than 5 successful candidates) and the highest percentage of the vote (46.9%) for a losing territorial candidate. Elvis "Jughead" Harrigan had the lowest number of votes (309) and percentage of vote (44.7%) for any successful territorial candidate.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, Territorial At-Large Seats
The top four vote receiving candidates are elected to the at-large seats.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, Territorial At-Large Seats
(IND) = Independent candidate(IPM) = Independent People's Movement(NDP) = National Democratic Party candidate(VIP) = Virgin Islands Party candidate


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath
On 22 August 2007, the Governor, Mr David Pearey officially appointed Ralph O'Neal as the first Premier (as the position of Chief Minister will be called) under section 52(1) the new constitution. He became only the second person in BVI political history (after Lavity Stoutt) to serve two non-consecutive terms of office as Chief Minister/Premier, and only the third (Lavity Stoutt and Willard Wheatley) to win more than one general election as party leader (both since matched by Orlando Smith). Both were considered remarkable achievements for a politician who was written off by some as a "spent force" after he lost the previous election at the age of 69.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath
Despite questions over how long Ralph O'Neal expects to serve as Premier, starting his term at the age of 73, he served the full term. Rumours abounded prior to the election that a backroom deal may have been struck with Dancia Penn that she would take over the premiership when he stepped down, mid-term; a move that may presumably cause some internal consternation in the party. Those rumours were further fuelled when Dancia Penn was appointed as Deputy Premier shortly after the election.


2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath
On 23 August 2007 the first cabinet was sworn in under Ralph O'Neal.


2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2007 at Donington Park in Castle Donington, Great Britain.


2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal
The 2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, sometimes referred to in the press as simply the phone-in scandal relates to a series of controversies regarding the use of premium-rate telephone numbers (or PRS) by several British television and radio broadcasters. The first revelations began in February 2007, regarding the Channel 4 television programme Richard & Judy. However, over the following weeks, more allegations emerged regarding misconduct by major British broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The programmes affected included phone-in competitions and public votes conducted over a period of several years, dating back to 2001. As a result, adjudicators Ofcom and ICSTIS (now known as Phone-paid Services Authority) conducted several investigations, resulting in millions of pounds worth of fines and a reform in the use of PRS by broadcasters.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, Pre-2007
There had been some investigations into the use of PRS in television programmes in the years leading up to 2007. In 2005, Ofcom found two broadcasters to be in breach of their licencing conditions for failure to maintain recordings of quiz programmes, following complaints about their handling of competitions. In October 2006, ICSTIS received 2635 complaints regarding the seventh series of Channel 4's reality television show Big Brother, after a contestant that had been voted off the show by paying viewers was then allowed back onto the programme, resulting in fines of almost £50,000 for the phone service providers.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, Pre-2007
Between late 2006 and early 2007, Ofcom recorded breaches against broadcasters regarding the fairness of television quiz shows and competitions, including TWC, Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5. In January 2007, Gamecast UK was issued a fine of £100,000 for its broadcast of pre-recorded competitions inviting viewers to call a premium rate number when they had no chance of winning, in addition to other serious code breaches regarding the broadcast of pornographic material and other unauthorised broadcasts. Gamecast's licence was ultimately revoked in April 2007 after failing to pay the fine.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007
On 18 February 2007, the Mail on Sunday reported that it had received leaked emails regarding the television programme Richard & Judy, which was broadcast nightly. In each programme, a competition named You Say We Pay ran, in which viewers were invited to call a premium-rate phone number for the chance of being randomly selected to play a game with the presenters. On 14 February 2007 at 5:09pm, nine minutes into the programme, Eckoh (the telephone service provider) emailed Cactus TV (the production company) a list of 24 potential winners, from which one winner would be chosen.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007
However, ten minutes later, a second message was broadcast inviting viewers to continue to call in, even though nobody calling after Eckoh's email was sent had any chance of being entered. The report also clarified that it had no evidence that the show's presenters, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, had any knowledge of the issues. On 22 February, following Channel 4's admittance that several series of the programme could have been affected and a claim from a contestant that the problems existed in 2002, ICSTIS announced their intention to conduct an inquiry into the programme. On 28 February, Eckoh pulled out of its contract with Cactus TV.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007
Following the allegations regarding Richard & Judy, ICSTIS began to investigate the BBC's cookery show Saturday Kitchen - also produced by Cactus TV - after it was alleged that nine editions of the programme had invited viewers to call a PRS - also provided by Eckoh - even though the broadcasts were pre-recorded and viewers' calls had no chance of being put through.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007
On 28 February, it was also reported that ITV had admitted to overcharging viewers via its "red button" voting service during the third series of The X Factor - resulting in £200,000 in extra charges to viewers - and had reported their findings to ICSTIS.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
On 1 March, ICSTIS chairman Sir Alistair Graham invited senior executives of the UK's leading broadcasters to a meeting to discuss the emerging allegations, stating: "My concern is that these problems are resulting in a loss of viewer trust in participation TV and in the premium-rate payment mechanism." On 6 March, ITV suspended all premium-rate telephone services, though certain services resumed on 13 March.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
Though the BBC and Channel 5 initially stated that they had no plans to suspend PRS, Channel 5 did so on 8 March, reporting that on five separate occasions, after their programme Brainteaser had failed to find a winning contestant to their competitions, broadcast fictitious names as "winners", including one incident where a member of the production team posed as a "winner". Channel 4 suspended PRS following revelations of a "glitch" preventing callers from being entered into a competition on the racing programme The Morning Line.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
The first radio stations were named in the controversy on 12 March, after Virgin Radio admitted to inviting viewers to call a pre-recorded programme, and LBC being investigated for allegedly not revealing the price of phone calls to listeners.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
On 13 March, Eckoh announced that they were referring the scandal to the police, following allegations that it mishandled votes relating to the sixth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
The BBC revealed that two of its children's programmes were affected: Blue Peter had faked a competition winner after a technical fault prevented callers from getting through; and pre-recorded repeats of Smile had invited viewers to call in when they had no chance of getting through.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
Other ITV programmes that were named as being investigated included Soapstar Superstar, Dancing On Ice, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Gameshow Marathon and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007
In March 2007, ITV appointed Deloitte to conduct a "comprehensive review" into the broadcaster's use of PRS in its programming.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, April 2007
On 23 April, BBC's Panorama broadcast a show which investigated the use of PRS in multiple programmes, including GMTV and its competitions, which were provided by Opera Telecom.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, September 2007
It was revealed by The Observer that a crisis meeting had taken place on 26 September by the heads of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Mark Thompson, Michael Grade, Andy Duncan and Jane Lighting were all in attendance, to discuss their attempt to "restore public trust in broadcasting".


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, October 2007
The results of the Deloitte review were published in a report on 18 October. Described as "the most comprehensive review carried out into the use of PRS by any UK broadcaster", the report identified "serious or concerning issues in a limited number of ITV programmes". The report stated, regarding the various issues:


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, October 2007
ITV has taken specialist legal advice in respect of each of the specific issues set out in this document and is advised that the evidence does not support any allegation of criminal behaviour. ITV has identified and will take appropriate action in relation to each aspect of the findings of the review.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation
Ofcom revealed that they had 23 open investigations against broadcasters, while ICSTIS had a further 15. On 22 March, Ofcom announced its intention to investigate the use of PRS on television, with an inquiry led by Richard Ayre. In a statement, Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards said:


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation
"Widespread concern about the use of premium rate telephone lines by broadcasters and editorial standards in those programmes has raised serious questions about trust between broadcasters and viewers. Ofcom has been monitoring the issue closely and has launched a number of individual investigations since the start of the year. However it is clear from the number of cases underway that a broader set of issues need to be examined as a matter of priority. This inquiry will seek to establish the root cause of the compliance issues which have emerged over recent weeks, and inform key decisions about protecting consumers."


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation
Though it was reported in October 2007 that the Serious Fraud Office would be investigating the scandal, they later announced that the cases did not "meet the SFO criterion for acceptance for investigation".


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation
Between June 2007 and October 2009, Ofcom published the findings of their investigations into breaches of its Broadcasting Code with relation to the use of PRS. This resulted in over £11 million of fines and statutory sanctions placed on networks.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation
In September 2007, ICSTIS found service provider Opera Telecom to be in breach of its code, in relation to its provision of competitions for GMTV.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made
Over the course of several years, broadcasters, service providers and programme producers breached Ofcom's Broadcasting Code in various different ways. Some were foreseeable errors, and others were deliberate interventions made to alter results.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Fake competition winners
One of the most prolific methods used by programmes during this period was the use of fake winners of competitions. Between 25 July 2005 and 17 March 2007, ten different programmes announced fictitious names and winners of their contests. This included eight BBC programmes, Channel 5's BrainTeaser, and GCap's Secret Sound, which was broadcast on 30 different radio stations. Some of the entries to the competition were fabricated by the production team and, in a few instances, members of the production staff appeared on the programme posing as winners. On one occasion, during the broadcast of Blue Peter, a child visiting the studio was asked by a researcher to pretend to be a competition winner, which they did. This resulted in an additional recorded breach against the BBC for failing to protect the welfare of children.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes
The 2004 and 2005 British Comedy Awards both featured two pre-recorded half-hour segments inviting viewers to vote for the recipient of the People's Choice Award. On both occasions, in real-time, the award had already presented, and viewers were still being asked to vote. During the 2005 awards, a decision was taken to override the public vote for the People's Choice Award. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was named the winner, whereas the show with the highest number of votes was actually The Catherine Tate Show.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes
The reason for the switch has never been identified, though two theories were investigated by Ofcom. The first theory was that Robbie Williams, who presented the award, would appear on the programme only if he could present it to Ant and Dec; the second theory was that employees of ITV instructed the switch (Takeaway was an ITV show, whereas Catherine Tate was broadcast on BBC One). Ofcom expressed its "[disappointment] at the lack of cooperation it received" from members of the production.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes
Similar breaches were also recorded against the programme Soapstar Superstar. On 5 January 2007, senior producers finalised the vote two minutes before the lines had closed, while presenter Zoe Ball was still inviting viewers to vote. After the vote closed, the last (11th) placed contestant in the vote was eliminated. However, instead of the 9th and 10th placed contestants being put forward to the overnight vote to evict, the actual results were disregarded, and the 7th and 8th placed contestants were put forward for the vote instead.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes
Another aspect of voting for the show involved the public voting for which song they would like the contestants to sing. On at least eight occasions, the production team overrode the vote and decided for themselves which songs the contestants would sing. ITV acknowledged that junior members of staff who objected to these actions were "firmly sat upon" by senior producers. Ofcom opined that the programme makers "showed their total contempt for ITV1’s audience" in manipulating the votes in this way, and described their behaviour as "absolutely reprehensible".


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes
Ofcom also recorded a breach against ITV relating to the programme I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! after it emerged that, on 30 November 2006, voting had closed three and a half minutes early, meaning that over 20,000 votes cast during this period were not counted. On this occasion, however, no statutory sanction was imposed.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Unfair selection of competition finalists
Ofcom described in their reports a number of unfair methods used to select competition winners in certain programmes, overriding the requirements for "random" selection. These included:


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Inclusion of competitions in pre-recorded programmes
On a number of occasions, Ofcom sanctioned broadcasters for broadcasting competitions and other services "as live", whereas the programmes were actually pre-recorded, and anyone who called to use the services offered had no chance of doing so. These included five editions of Tony Blackburn, eight editions of Dermot O'Leary and 31 different broadcasts on ITV2's timeshift service, ITV2+1, broadcast an hour later. Though a breach was recorded against ITV regarding a similar incident during a repeat of People's Court, no saction was issued on this occasion.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Inclusion of competitions in pre-recorded programmes
The BBC were sanctioned for repeating a falsified competition from Blue Peter (see above) on CBBC.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Non-inclusion of SMS entrants
In the case of Gameshow Marathon, ITV were sanctioned for their "lack of clarity" as to whether people entering competitions via SMS had been included.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Flawed logic competitions
In two of ITV2's competitions - The Mint and Glitterball - incorrect answers had been announced as correct. In The Mint, the answer to a wordsearch-style game was announced as "TUNA", despite the grid not containing the letter U. In a Glitterball word-making game, the answer "HATCH" had been derived from the word "ENCHANTED", despite rules stating that letters could only be used once, and there was only one letter H available. Though breaches were recorded by Ofcom, no sanctions were issued.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, List of breaches recorded by Ofcom
Below is a table containing a list of breaches and, where relevant, sanctions imposed by Ofcom, including the name of the broadcaster and the programme it related to.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, presenters of the first identified problematic programme, apologised to their viewers on their programme, while denying any knowledge of wrongdoing on their programme. Finnigan stated: "Richard and I knew nothing about this until late on Friday afternoon - we were very shocked and also angry on your behalf. We're very sorry."


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters
After the Deloitte report was published in October 2007, Ant and Dec, who presented two of the affected programmes, expressed "disappointment" at the findings of the investigations, making it clear that they had "no idea" that compliance failures were occurring. This was seconded by director of ITV Michael Grade, describing the pair's credits as executive producers as "kind of a vanity credit". Ant and Dec confirmed in a statement that any profits from the next series of Saturday Night Takeaway would be donated to charity.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters
Later, in May 2008, they stated that they would be returning their wrongfully awarded British Comedy Award from 2005. Catherine Tate, whose comedy sketch show was the rightful winner, explained on an episode of The Graham Norton Show that she had finally received her award, and joked about confronting Declan Donnolly in a supermarket.


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Ofcom
As a result of the scandal, and the subsequent investigations and sanctions that followed, Ofcom announced their intention to raise the maximum fine that they could impose on ITV and its regional networks, stating that the current guidelines did not "provide sufficient incentives for the licensees to maintain broadcasting standards for the protection of members of the public from the inclusion of offensive and harmful material".


2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Further incidents
In December 2020, Ofcom found ITV to be in breach of the Broadcasting Code and their licensing conditions regarding competitions. ITV made Ofcom aware that, following mandatory third-party verification of its competitions, 40,000 postal entries into six competitions between 2016 and 2019 had failed to be included. Postal entries are free-to-enter (excluding delivery costs). Ofcom opined that: "ITV failed to properly implement and execute procedures that are fundamental to ensuring compliance with rules regarding the operation of its broadcast competitions and the relevant licence conditions." On this occasion, no sanction was imposed.


2007 Brno Superbike World Championship round
The 2007 Brno Superbike World Championship round was the ninth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of July 20–22, 2007, at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike
2007 Broadway Stagehands Strike was a strike action by stagehands represented by Theatrical Protective Union Number One (Local One) of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) against the Shubert, Jujamcyn, and Nederlander theaters (represented by League of American Theatres and Producers). The strike (the first in the union's 121-year history) commenced on November 10, 2007, at 10:00 A.M. in New York City. It was the second strike on Broadway in five years (the other was the 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike).


2007 Broadway stagehand strike
On November 28, 2007, at 10:30 pm, the two sides announced a settlement to end the strike, with shows beginning the evening of November 29. This was the longest strike to hit Broadway since a 25-day musicians' strike in 1975.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background
IATSE Local One engages in collective bargaining with the League of American Theatres and Producers (the League), an association of Broadway theater owners and producers.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background
IATSE Local One was formed in 1886, and represents about 7,000 stagehands and other theater workers in the New York City area. Roughly 450 to 700 of its members work for Broadway theaters, building, installing and operating scenery and sound and lighting equipment.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background
The League includes nearly every one of the 93 theaters on Broadway. The Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation owns five theaters, The Shubert Organization 17 theaters, and the Nederlander Organization nine theaters. The remaining members of the League (Disney Theatrical, Live Nation and six nonprofits) each own a single theater. Generally, Jujamcyn and the Shubert Organization are the only owners represented by the League in negotiations. The Nederlander Organization has a separate contract, but a clause in the contract guarantees that its terms and conditions reflect the contract reached with the League. The remaining members engage in individual contract negotiations with IATSE Local One.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events
The collective bargaining agreement between Local One and the League expired in the summer of 2007. Members of Local One agreed to work without a contract and promised other unions in the entertainment industry that they would not strike until an agreement was reached. In late summer, Local One and the League, representing the Shubert and Jujamcyn theaters with the Nederlander Organization observing, entered into negotiations.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Contract issues
Contract negotiations generally focused on work rules. Broadway shows offer a standard eight performances per week ("performance calls"), each of which lasts three to four hours. Additionally, there are "load-ins" (periods during which a show moves into a theater), rehearsals, "maintenance calls" (during which scenery, lighting and sound equipment are serviced, repaired and maintained), and opportunities for overtime. The League has accused the union of using its contract to secure featherbedding, a practice made illegal by the federal Taft-Hartley Act. Among the work rule changes sought by the League were:


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Contract issues
Many labor relations experts said that the negotiations were not about work rules or economics, but the relative power of the two sides. Producers, who pay the theater owners, are also part of the League, and for the first time they took a vocal and active role in pushing for contract changes in order to break the union's control over theater management. Subsequently the League established a $20 million "defense fund" to help theaters weather a strike. In response, the union established a $4 million fund to help its members during a possible job action.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike
Contract negotiations stalled between the two parties and the league threatened Local One with a lockout if it would not comply with their demands. On October 21, Local One held a special meeting and its membership voted to authorize the executive board of the union to take any action deemed necessary, including but not limited to a strike, in order to reach an agreement between the two parties.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike
In late October 2007, talks between Local One and the League again ended in a stalemate. On October 16, the League imposed a portion of its final offer (primarily, the proposals regarding new work rules) on the union. For two weeks Local One worked under these rules before talks with the League resumed. The following day, the Nederlander Organization announced it would not join the Jujamcyn or Schubert owners in imposing the final offer on the union.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike
On November 8, talks with the League resumed, this time including Thomas C. Short, international president of IATSE, for part of the negotiation session. After seeing progress being made, President Short left the talks early to assist members affected by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. After his departure, the negotiations once more ground to a halt. On the evening of November 9, Local One President James Claffey, Jr. was directed by International President Short to begin a strike on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 10:00 AM Eastern time.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike
Negotiations resumed between both sides on November 17, 2007 but broke off the following day. All performances of the affected Broadway shows were canceled through November 25. Negotiations between the League and Local One resumed on November 25.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike
Negotiations continued November 26 and November 27. The first bargaining session began November 25, and lasted 20 hours. It recessed at dawn on November 26, and resumed later that evening. A 13-hour bargaining session lasted through the night into the early morning hours of November 27. The two sides agreed on work rules regarding "load-in"—the period when productions are moved into theaters. Talks concerning work rules governing rehearsals and other kinds of work progressed only slowly and incrementally. Economic issues, such as wages, had yet to be seriously discussed. Although producers canceled all shows through Wednesday, November 28, observers noted that the talks had only taken a break and had not appeared to actually break off.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Strike's end
Both sides applauded the agreement. The union and League agreed to flexibility in the ability to dismiss stagehands during load-in, so long as there was a daily minimum of 17 stagehands on duty at all times. The parties also agreed to extend the continuity call to two hours before or after a performance. However, employees who work the post-performance continuity call earn double pay for the first hour of the two-hour continuity call. Union members also won raises significantly higher than the 3.5 percent increase the League had publicly offered.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Strike's end
The strike was a costly one. At least one estimate placed losses by theater owners and producers at $34.8 million through Sunday, November 25. The New York City comptroller's office said the city had lost another $40 million in revenue through November 28.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Unions Honoring the Strike
Below is a list of unions and IATSE Locals honoring Local One's strike:


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike
The first show to be affected by the strike was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical at the St. James Theatre. Stagehands reported to work at their normal time, and after one hour of working left the building and formed picket lines outside. However, because the controlling contract fell outside the union dispute, pickets in front of the theater ended.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike
The strike halted business for all other affected shows. However, unaffected Broadway shows, various Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, and other live entertainment such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Wintuk, all experienced a boom in sales and attendance.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike
The impact of the strike was severe. The New York City Comptroller estimated that the city had lost $2 million a day in tax revenue because of the strike. Many businesses in and around Times Square also suffered significant financial losses. The charity group Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS saw a dramatic drop in donations due to the strike, because it normally relies on donations from theater patrons after performances. BC/EFA launched an internet donation campaign called "Team Raiser" to offset losses.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike
Below is a list of shows affected and unaffected by the strike. All Off- and Off-Off-Broadway shows were unaffected.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike, Affected shows that resolved their dispute
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical was originally part of the strike, and shut down on November 10 like the other affected shows. The producers of this show were not members of the League, and because of the show's special schedule they had negotiated a separate contract with Local One that was not in dispute. On November 19, the union authorized its members return to work on the show. However, the owners of the St. James Theater, Jujamcyn Theatres, locked out both producers and stagehands, keeping the show closed.


2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike, Affected shows that resolved their dispute
The producers then sought an injunction in the Manhattan Supreme Court to force the owners to reopen the theater, and on November 21 the judge granted the injunction, allowing the show to re-open on Friday, November 23 at 11:00 AM. Jujamcyn Theatres had planned to appeal the ruling, but dropped the case, allowing Grinch to play its entire run.


2007 Brooklyn tornado
The 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City. It formed in the early morning hours of August 8, 2007, skipping along an approximately 9 miles (14 km)-long path, from Staten Island across The Narrows to Brooklyn. The worst damage was in and around Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, in Brooklyn. The U.S. National Weather Service estimated its strength there as an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.


2007 Brooklyn tornado
No serious injuries or fatalities were reported as a result of the tornado, but several people were treated at area hospitals for flying glass injuries. At least 40 buildings and 100 cars were damaged. New York State Senator Martin Golden’s office estimated damage in the tens of millions of U.S. dollars.


2007 Brooklyn tornado
The storm system produced severe street flooding, and disrupted all modes of transportation throughout the city. Service was delayed or suspended on all 24 New York City Subway services during the morning rush hour, and nine services were still not running by the evening rush.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline
The typical summer storm system that spawned the tornado gathered strength over Pennsylvania, caused heavy rain over New Jersey and continued its eastward movement, reaching New York City at sunrise.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline
According to the National Weather Service, the first tornado first touched down in Staten Island at approximately 6:22 am EDT (1022 UTC) in the vicinity of St. Austins Place in the Livingston - Randall Manor area, before moving east, with additional damage occurring in the Tompkinsville area, probably from a subsequent tornado that formed from a new area of circulation just north of the first tornado. Most of the damage on Staten Island was to trees, and was rated EF1 intensity with estimated winds of 86–100 miles per hour (138–161 km/h).


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline
The circulation intensified, and headed east across The Narrows tidal strait, just north of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the tornado re-developed and touched down again in Brooklyn, at Bay Ridge at  6:32 am EDT. It continued on an east-northeast path across 68th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, damaging the roofs of 11 homes. The storm continued to move east-northeast into Leif Ericson Park Square, where severe damage to trees occurred, and where winds blew out a 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) stained glass window valued at $300,000 at the nearby Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church. It then crossed the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The tornado touched down farther northeast with scattered tree damage along Sixth Avenue. Based on the assessed damage this stage of the tornado was classified EF2 with wind speeds of 111 to 135 mph (161 to 215 km/h).


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline
The tornado returned to the ground with another pocket of significant damage on 58th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Roofs were ripped off of 5 homes, with tree damage indicating strong EF1 damage. The tornado then headed east and touched down again in Kensington and the Flatbush neighborhood of Prospect Park South at approximately 6:40 am EDT. Approximately 30 trees were uprooted along Ocean Parkway.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline
The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn at 6:28 am. Tornado warnings were also briefly issued for eastern Brooklyn and Southern Queens and Nassau County on Long Island, but no tornadoes were reported in those areas.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage
New York media coverage of the event focused on the novelty of the event and its disruption of subway service (this was the third time in 2007 when heavy rain had caused disruptions in subway service).


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids
The New York Post and New York Daily News tabloids both ran the front-page headline “Twister!”


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids
The main article in the Daily News was headlined “Brooklyn becomes Tornado Alley!” with a subheading of  “First twister to rip through boro since 1889; S.I. driver dies”.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids
The main article inside the Post read: “Brooklyn Cyclone” (playing on the pun of the famous Coney Island Cyclone in Brooklyn and the baseball team of the same name). The teaser on the front page depicted Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz proclaiming “This ain't Kansas”. An inside side bar in the Post had eyewitness accounts headlined “Wet & Wild”.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids
The Long Island based Newsday front-page headline was "What’s Up With the Weather? – LI Drenched Again – Tornado in City – Subways Swamped."


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets
The New York Times front page main headline was “Subways to Rooftops, a Storm Brings Havoc to New York”  The three front-page stories were headlined “Transportation Paralysis”, "Déjà vu Down Under", "Yes a Tornado in Brooklyn."


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets
The New York Times quoted an eyewitness, who said, "It was a funnel shape... It looked kind of black and blue...it was way up high and came right down on the roof of (a department store)...Pieces of the roof were all over the place. It was a big bang."


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets
The New York Sun read: “It’s Frustrating, It’s Insanity” with a subhead “Anger Erupts At Subway; Tornado Hits”.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Global warming
The press coverage also examined the link between the storm and global warming, given the tornado's historic nature, and the other recent subway service interruptions caused by torrential rain on July 18 and the previous winter. Official statements alluded to this as well. "We may be dealing with meteorological conditions that are unprecedented," said Metropolitan Transportation Authority Executive Director Elliot G. Sander in the immediate aftermath, and New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said the day after, "This is supposed to be a rainfall event that is a once-in-a-decade occurrence -- we've had three in the past seven months."


2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Global warming
Climate scientist James E. Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University in New York City cautioned against linking any single event with global warming, but did say that the probability of severe weather events is related. "You cannot blame a single specific event, such as this week's storm, on climate change. However, it is fair to ask whether the human changes have altered the likelihood of such events. There the answer seems to be 'yes. ' ", he was quoted as saying.


2007 Brooklyn tornado, See also, Other tornadoes
There were five previous tornadoes in New York City on record, but none as strong as this one. The New York City borough of Staten Island has had the most tornadoes on record of any of the five boroughs, with a total of three, all since 1990. Meteorologists believed this storm produced the first tornado in Brooklyn since 1889, before reliable records were kept. The five previous twisters on record are:


2007 Brown Bears football team
The 2007 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Brown finished third in the Ivy League.


2007 Brown Bears football team
In their 10th season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 312 to 291. Eric Brewer, Dereck Knight and A.J. Tracey were the team captains.


2007 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 4–3 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 205 to 177.


2007 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


2007 Brownlow Medal
The 2007 Brownlow Medal was the 80th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Jimmy Bartel of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-nine votes during the 2007 AFL season.


2007 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters
Jimmy Bartel won by seven votes despite missing the final two games after having an appendectomy. Geelong polled the most votes of all teams with 108 total votes, although Port Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane also had 16 players receive votes. Chris Judd was the early leader, setting the record for polling votes in the most consecutive games with votes in the first eight games, before not receiving another vote for the remainder of the season.


2007 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.


2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure
The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.


2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Controversy
The lack of votes for key forwards and backmen compared to midfielders was widely criticised, with some claiming that it is now only a midfielders medal. The only non-midfielder in the top ten votegetters was Coleman Medalist, Jonathan Brown and pre-count second favourite and key defender, Chad Cornes who only polled 12 votes to finish outside the top 20.


2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Ineligible players
As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes. This caused some confusion, as with the points system in use, a player can be ineligible if they were found guilty, but due to points discounts from a previous good record or guilty plea, they were not actually suspended during the year. In the weeks before the count it was discovered that Brett Kirk was ineligible due to a guilty plea in round 8, but remained active in the betting markets for the remainder of the season.


2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election
The Broxbourne Council election, 2007 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, a local government authority in Hertfordshire, England.


2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
An election was held in all 13 wards on 3 May 2007.


2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The Conservative Party gained 1 seat from the British National Party in the Rosedale Ward - this seat was previously lost to the British National Party in the 2003 Local Government Election.


2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The new make up of the council following this election was:


2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The next Local Government Election will be held on 1 May 2008 when seats will be contested in 12 of the 13 wards. (No election in Rosedale Ward)


2007 Bucknell Bison football team
The 2007 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Bucknell tied for last in the Patriot League.


2007 Bucknell Bison football team
In their fifth year under head coach Tim Landis, the Bison compiled a 3–8 record. Jonathan Grainger and Ryan Slater were the team captains.


2007 Bucknell Bison football team
The Bison were outscored 346 to 231. Bucknell's 1–5 conference record tied with Georgetown for sixth the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2007 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


2007 Budweiser Shootout
The 2007 Budweiser Shootout, was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on February 10, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 70 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the exhibition race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race.


2007 Budweiser Shootout, Background
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) sports car course and a 2.95-mile (4.75 km) motorcycle course. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2007 Budweiser Shootout, Summary
This non-points race, which involves the previous season's pole winners and past Shootout winners, was held on Saturday, February 10, at Daytona International Speedway officially kicking off Speedweeks. Two-time series champion Tony Stewart took the checkered flag, but as he did so, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. made contact with the back bumper of Elliott Sadler, causing a five-car wreck less than 1000 feet from the start/finish line.


2007 Budweiser Shootout, Summary
One of the biggest headlines for the Shootout was that it would be the first Nextel Cup race to feature Toyota, and in the draw for starting spots, Dale Jarrett, a Toyota driver, drew the pole position. However, he slid to the back within four laps of the start, and stayed there for most of the race. Brian Vickers, the other Toyota driver in the event, started fourth, and though he went back-and-forth through the field, finished eighth.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km
The 2007 200 km of Buenos Aires was the fourth edition of this race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
The driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won the fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km, which took place this Sunday in front of seventy-thousand spectators which filled the autodrome's grandstands and thoroughly enjoyed this motor racing festival.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Buenos Aires, October 7, 2007.- The driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won the fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km, which took place this Sunday in front of seventy-thousand spectators which filled the autodrome's grandstands and thoroughly enjoyed this motor racing festival.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Silva/Bosio put the perfect strategy to good use for a special event like this long-distance one, with included driver changes, and went on to claim victory followed by Carlos Bueno/Anthony Reid (Honda Lubrax) and Matías Rossi/Walter Hernández (Chevrolet Elaion).


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
In a race which included several key moments, the fight for the lead took place on the track and also in the pits. With great overtaking manoeuvres and the driver changes which led to the eventual outcome. Also, this special event, which includes additional championship points, meant that Matías Rossi was able to extend his standings lead.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Right from the start, emotions ran high with slow start of Guillermo Ortelli, who was demoted to 5th by the two Ford Focus' of the works YPF-Ford team. Even so, everyone took care at the start, bearing in mind the length of the event. This led to there not being much overtaking during the first laps.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
As the race progressed, the drivers who were doing the first stint (most of them being the cars' usual drivers in the series) began to push. This was the case of Gabriel Ponce de León, who overtook team-mate Martín Basso, while Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet Elaion) got past Emiliano Spataro (Renault TC2000 Team).


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
In the middle of the struggle, the Chevrolet drivers (Rossi and Ledesma) began duelling while reigning champion Rossi was trying to find a way past Basso, until the former's car went wide at a corner and at that moment Ledesma made his move and got alongside his team-mate. That's how they continued until reaching the Esses, with their cars practically making contact. Ledesma came out ahead.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Later, battling concentrated between Spataro and Ledesma on one hand, and Rossi and Basso on the other. That was until the safety car was deployed so that the car of Fabricio Benedetti could be removed to a safer place. The action began again on lap 25, only 4 prior to the beginning of the permitted driver changes.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Race leader Silva was the first to stop at the pits, and he was immediately followed by Rossi, Spataro and José María López. Meanwhile, Cacá Bueno came in on lap 31, and Ponce de León one lap later. After the driver changes, José Ciantini (who had taken over from Ponce de León) led the field, closely followed by Scotland's Anthony Reid, who had taken over from Bueno.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Behind Ponce/Ciantini and Bueno/Reid came Brazil's Hoover Orsi (YPF-Ford), local driver Walter hernández (Chevrolet Elaion) and Brazilians Felipe Maluhy (Renault TC2000 Team) and Ricardo Mauricio (TTA).


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
But more action was to come, and it was referred to the lead. Reid made contact with Ciantini while braking for the Hairpin and lost ground in the process. This allowed Bosio to grab 2nd place, allowing him to go in pursuit of Bocha Ciantini. Soon after, when the engine of the leading Focus called it a day, Bosio inherited the lead.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
Bosio managed to keep Reid at bay, and motored on to his first TC2000 win. This result meant the first time in which the winners of the event also claimed pole.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
All the splendour of the series' most important event fell into the hands of the Silva/Bosio pairing and the Honda Petrobras team. Rossi reaped the benefits in what refers to his standings lead, as his co-driver Hernández climbed to 3rd place by the finish. This, together with the retirement of Ledesma, and Basso's meager reward in what refers to championship points, mean he is now further ahead of his championship pursuers.


2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report
The fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km saw yet another different driver pairing in the winner's circle, plus the exciting sound of a Formula One car lapping the Buenos Aires circuit, added to a tremendous motor racing show.


2007 Buffalo Bandits season
The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 16th season, and was almost a repeat of their 2006 season. After winning the East with an 11-5 record in 2006, the Bandits finished 2nd with a 10-6 record in 2007. Once again they dispatched Minnesota in the division semi-finals, and once again met Rochester in the division finals. This time however, Rochester would take the division on their way to the Championship, beating the Bandits 14-13 in overtime.


2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2007 Buffalo Bills season
The 2007 Buffalo Bills season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League and their 48th season overall.


2007 Buffalo Bills season
The Bills finished their 2007 season with a record of 7–9 and tied their 7–9 record in 2006, but failed to qualify for the playoffs, and continues a playoff appearance drought since the 1999–2000 season. The 8-year playoff drought became the longest such stretch in team history.


2007 Buffalo Bills season
The opening game of the season was notable in that tight end Kevin Everett was injured on a kickoff. Everett sustained a fracture and dislocation of his cervical spine that his doctors characterized as "life-threatening" the day after the injury, and stated it was likely to leave him with permanent neurological impairment. However, on September 11, 2007, Everett showed significant movement in his arms and legs, which led doctors to speculate that he might eventually be able to walk again. Indeed, Everett walked in public for the first time at Ralph Wilson Stadium before the home finale against the New York Giants on December 23, 2007.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Coaching staff
Head coach Dick Jauron entered second year with the Bills, joined by Offensive Coordinator Steve Fairchild and Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The Bills did experience varying degrees of success with their first three draft picks in the 2007 Draft. Running back Marshawn Lynch made the AFC's Pro Bowl squad in 2008; his career in Buffalo, however, was often marred by off-field issues. Paul Posluzny was a solid defender for the Bills for four seasons. Quarterback Trent Edwards became the Bills' starting quarterback in Week 3 of 2007, when starter J. P. Losman was injured by the New England Patriots' Vince Wilfork. When healthy, Edwards was the Buffalo's starting quarterback, until he was waived early in the 2010 season after a dismal start, in favor of Bills backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos
The Bills began their 2007 campaign at home against the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, the Bills struck first with WR/PR Roscoe Parrish returning a punt 74 yards for a touchdown. Then, near the end of the period, the Broncos got on the board with kicker Jason Elam getting a 21-yard field goal. Denver went on to get the only score of the second quarter, as Elam kicked a 48-yard field goal.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos
On the opening kickoff for the second half, a scary injury occurred to Bills TE Kevin Everett, as he suffered a cervical spine injury. He was carted off the field, and was rushed to Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital for an emergency surgery. It was due to the fastest application of cold ever applied to an injured spine that gave Everett a chance to walk again despite the initial grim prognosis.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos
In the third quarter, Buffalo struck again as rookie RB Marshawn Lynch got a 23-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Broncos pulled within two as QB Jay Cutler completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall (followed by a failed 2-Point Conversion). Near the end of the fourth quarter, Cutler drove his team into field goal range and with no timeouts left, Denver's special teams came on and Elam kicked the game-winning 42-yard field goal with no time left on the clock.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos
With the shocking loss, the Bills began the season at 0–1.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Hoping to rebound from a last-second home loss to the Broncos, the Bills (with TE Kevin Everett on the mind) went to Heinz Field for their Week 2 match-up against the throwback-clad Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first half, the Bills struggled on offense while their defense only allowed three Jeff Reed field goal (a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter, along with a 28-yard and a 39-yard field goal). In the third quarter, Buffalo got their only score of the game as kicker Rian Lindell nailed a 24-yard field goal. For the rest of the game, the Steelers dominated, with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Matt Spaeth later in the period, along with RB Willie Parker getting an 11-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots
Trying to snap a two-game skid, the Bills flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 3 divisional fight with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, QB J. P. Losman was immediately injured on the first offensive play of the game. He finished the series, but ended up on the bench for the rest of the game. After New England took the lead with kicker Stephen Gostkowski's 24-yard field goal, rookie QB Trent Edwards played the rest of the game for Buffalo.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots
The Bills got their only score of the game as RB Marshawn Lynch got an 8-yard TD run, and a Rian Lindell extra point put the Bills ahead surprisingly 7–3. However, in the second quarter, the Patriots were able to open up their running game when Bills rookie standout Paul Posluszny was lost due to a broken arm. This left passing lanes open, and for the rest of the game, the Patriots dominated. QB Tom Brady's 8-yard TD pass to TE Benjamin Watson and a 3-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss made it 17–7 at the half. In the third quarter, New England continued its conquest with Brady's 4-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney and RB Sammy Morris' 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots ended the day with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 45-yard TD pass.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
There were many factors that made the Bills underdogs before Week 4- an 0–3 start coming off of a demoralizing loss to the New England Patriots, a starting quarterback in Trent Edwards who was starting his very first NFL game, numerous defensive injuries of starters, and an opponent in the New York Jets that had just gotten its first win over the Miami Dolphins. Things started off well for the Bills as Edwards led the offense down into Jets territory, but a Robert Royal fumble caused by Jonathan Vilma ended a promising drive. The Jets could not get any sort of momentum from the turnover, and were forced to punt.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
In the second quarter, things heated up as the Bills once again managed to gain several first downs, only to see the Jets force another turnover as a deep ball by Edwards meant for Lee Evans was intercepted by Andre Dyson.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
Three events late in the first half led to a flurry of big plays- Bills safety Donte Whitner tackled Jets RB Leon Washington inbounds to keep the clock running, quarterback Chad Pennington faked a spike and completed a pass to put the Jets in field goal range with a couple of seconds left, and Jets kicker Mike Nugent clanged the ball off the right upright, leaving the game scoreless at the half.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
The second half saw the Bills take the lead on a 10-yard run by Marshawn Lynch, his second of the year. It was all set up by Edwards going 4 for 4 on the drive. The Jets tied it at 7 on an inspired drive by Pennington, who found Laveranues Coles in the end zone for a touchdown.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
The fourth quarter saw the Bills take advantage of the Jets when reserve defensive back Jabari Greer intercepted Pennington. The Bills cashed in as Edwards found reserve tight end Michael Gaines on a bootleg 4th down play at the Jets 1-yard line, and once again the Bills got more points when kicker Rian Lindell kicked a 46-yard field goal to make it 17–7. The Jets came right back with points of their own as Leon Washington rambled in to cut the lead to 17–14.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets
After a Buffalo punt with less than 2 minutes remaining, the Jets failed to score as a forced pass by Pennington with 6 seconds left ended up in the acrobatic arms of Terrence McGee, preserving the 17–14 victory. The Bills took over second place in the AFC East at 1–3 because of the win, while the Jets fell to 1–3.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Coming off their divisional home win over the Jets, the Bills stayed at home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played their first home Monday Night football game in 13 years against the undefeated Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Buffalo got off to a fast start with DB George Wilson returning an interception 25-yard for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Cowboys tied the game with QB Tony Romo completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. Afterwards, Buffalo increased its lead with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 24-yard field goal, along with DE Chris Kelsay intercepting a Romo pass in the endzone for a touchdown. Dallas ended the half with kicker Nick Folk getting a 47-yard field goal.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys
In the third quarter, Dallas drew closer with Folk kicking a 29-yard field goal. The Bills immediately responded with CB Terrence McGee returning a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown. The Bills led 24–13 until 3:46 left in the fourth quarter, when the Cowboys got within 8 points with Folk getting a 37-yard field goal. From there, things began to look grim for Buffalo as a Trent Edwards interception eventually turned into Romo's 4-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. The two-point conversion was no good, but Dallas got a successful onside kick.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With only 3 seconds left, Folk came out for a 53-yard field goal. The first try was good, yet it was negated with Head Coach Dick Jauron calling time out (repeating a move done by both the Denver Broncos in week 2 and the Oakland Raiders in week 3). However, the technique that worked for Denver and Oakland for this year failed as Folk got the game-winning 53-yard field goal as time ran out, despite the Bills defense getting 6 turnovers from Romo (5 interceptions and 1 fumble).


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With the heart-breaking loss, the Bills entered their bye week at 1–4.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Coming off their bye week, the Bills stayed at home for a fierce Week 7 intraconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. This match-up was notable for RB Willis McGahee heading back to Buffalo to play against his former team.


2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens
In the first quarter, the Bills got the first blood with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Buffalo increased its lead with Lindell nailing a 26-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Ravens began to climb back into the game with McGahee getting a 46-yard TD run. The Bills responded with Lindell getting a 41-yard field goal, along with McGahee's successor, RB Marshawn Lynch, getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore drew closer as QB Kyle Boller completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason. Buffalo managed to hold on for the victory.