Viva Becks USA
The Beckhams' exodus to Los Angeles amid fireworks and ticker-tape, David Beckham was given his first taste of life as an all-American soccer star. 13th July 2007. He was welcomed to the LA Galaxy football club in a bizarre ceremony at the team's ground in Carson, California. The former England captain was forced to make an uncomfortable speech to the crowd of fans and media in which he said: "For me, the most important thing in my life is my family. The second most important is the football." Correcting himself he said: "Oh, the soccer. I'll get used to that, sorry."

Heavy Downpour
The unprecedented weather on Friday 20th July 2007 - the equivalent of a month’s rain in an hour - left tens of thousands of people without clean water or electricity. Thousands of homes filled with water, forcing mass evacuations across central and southern England. The areas hit hardest by flooding were Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Rainfall totals of between 20mm and 40mm were being recorded across the country, soggy Lyneham was one of the wettest with a record breaking 63mm (2.48 inches) rain in a twenty-four period. Pictures of the Lyneham Flood 2007 more..