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  2. History of telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    From the introduction of the telephone in the late 1870s, [5] to the early 1990s, telephone numbers in most of the United Kingdom were usually shown with a written exchange name followed by the subscriber number, e.g. 'Mallaig 10' or 'Aberdeen 43342'. This allowed calls to be placed initially through the operator and later by using local or ...

  3. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    aa-asterisk.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014 – patterns for checking which area codes and prefixes are valid and patterns for formatting each number type, archived in 2014 "The first 25 years of UK STD code changes summarised" (PDF). Sam Hallas. May 2014. – detailed information and explanation

  4. Waterstones - Wikipedia

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    Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British book retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. [5] As of February 2014, it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe. [5] An average-sized Waterstones shop sells a range of approximately ...

  5. List of television channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Channel Name Logo Subsidiary SD HD +1 Streaming Freeview [2] Freesat [3] Sky [4] Virgin TV [5]; BBC One a: BBC Free-to-air - BBC One: Free-to-air Player BBC One Northern Ireland

  6. I moved from the US to Scotland. My social life looks much ...

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    I moved from the US to the UK, and there have been a few surprising changes to my social life. Drinking in pubs is a bigger part of my day in the UK than it was in the US.

  7. List of radio stations in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Also on 99.9–101.9 FM across the UK and on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands: GB News Radio: News channel All Perspectives Ltd. 11D / 12A Audio relay of GB News television channel. Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands. Greatest Hits Radio 60s: Music from the 1960s Bauer Media Group 11A Gold: Oldies Global 11D / 12A 722 0121 923 Heart UK

  8. Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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    Under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, as amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, the number of MPs is now fixed at 650. The Sainte-Laguë formula method is used to form groups of seats split between the four parts of the United Kingdom and the English regions (as defined by the NUTS 1 statistical ...

  9. International vehicle registration code - Wikipedia

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    The country in which a motor vehicle 's vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international vehicle registration code, also called Vehicle Registration Identification code or VRI code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter[1] or International Circulation Mark. [2] It is referred to as the Distinguishing ...