Village Longest Name in Britain
People in Llanfynydd in Carmarthenshire are changing signs to read Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole the longest name in Britain. Their village was renamed in protest at plans for a nearby windfarm. It means "a quiet beautiful village, an historic place with rare kite under threat from wretched blades". Scroll mouse over links below to see three part picture.

Butler Report
Lord Butler publishes his report at a news conference in central London, July 14, 2004. Butler's report concluded that Britain's pre-war intelligence about Iraq's weaponry was seriously flawed and a notorious government dossier about the threat Baghdad posed went to the "outer limits" of information available. "Sexed Up" sounds familiar?

BBC Sport Relief 2004
HRH Prince William takes part in a mile run for the Sport Relief charity in London, July 10, 2004. Sport Relief was set up by Comic Relief and BBC Sport as a charity to tackle poverty and disadvantaged people both in the UK and in some of the most needy countries around the globe. Armchair sport fans enjoyed a five-hour television spectacular for Sport Relief raising over £11,078,359 on the night.

British Summer 2004
"Cool and rather cloudy with frequent heavy downpours. A few sunny intervals - if you're lucky!" What a weather forecast for mid July 2004. It is a complete contrast to the hot spells we were experiencing 12 months ago. Spare a thought also for the unseasonal summer cold which brought 10 centimeters of overnight snow to the Zugspitze -- Germany's highest mountain. Brrrrr!

Greece is the Word
Greece players led by Traianos Dellas celebrate with the cup after winning the Euro 2004 final in Lisbon, July 4, 2004. Greece defeated host Portugal 1-0. Against all the odds, as much as 150-1 to win Euro 2004 before the tournament — completed the greatest three weeks in the country’s football history. The odd thing, the final was repeat of the Euro 2004 opening match three weeks earlier.

Maria Sharapova Wimbledon Champion 2004
3rd July 2004 - Martina Navratilova hailed the emergence of Maria Sharapova as "the best thing" that could have happened to women's tennis. The 17-year-old beauty dropped to her knees and buried her head in her hands after storming to victory on centre court, as her victory was confirmed and then climbed to the players' box to hug her father. The number 13 seed, the first Russian woman, defeated top seed Serena Williams 6-1 6-4 on Wimbledon Centre Court to claim her first Grand Slam title.