On 22 November 1990, British Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned after serving as Prime Minister for over 11 years. She had been a quintessential leader and her policies had promoted a free market economy, privatised industries and public servi...
The UK Corporate Games is an annual multi-sports festival taking place to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace and to engage with employees to get them fit for business! The Games is the ultimate mix of sport, business and tourism - bringing businesses of all sizes toget...
UK Junior Gliding is the young people's arm of the British Gliding Association. It was founded in 2000, and is a nationwide society which helps facilitate gliding events for people aged up to 26. It organises the Junior National Championships, Winter Series, and helps coach pilot...
UK Kindness Movement is a non-monetary, independent organisation that promotes kindness campaigns, initiatives, and resources. It also serves as a think tank on kindness research.HistoryIt was founded in 2005 by Louise Burfitt-Dons as an associate campaign of children’s...
Note: although these are UK terms, those marked * are also used in the US. For instance there is a 'Shambles' in Chicago.; Almshouse : A charitable home for those in need. *; Bastion : A defense work projecting from the line of a curtain wall in a fortification, particularly one ...
The United Kingdom National Defence Medal (NDM) is a proposal to the UK Government to recognise and honour military service wherever undertaken from 1945 onwards. The NDM should not be confused with the 1939-1945 Defence Medal, a campaign medal. The Medal, if adopted, would be aw...
Hundreds of thousands of homes suffered power cuts after a fault caused by the near-simultaneous failure of the Sizewell B nuclear power station and the Longannet 1 coal-fired power station in Fife, both of which "tripped" within a couple of minutes of each other at around 11.30a...
This article will provide information on UK price comparison of major chains. This will show research from prices, and show what is cheapest, where. There will also be an overview of many products, Stores, regions and other compainies.SupermarketsSupermarkets are large stores off...
This article evaluates the government’s teenage pregnancy policy since 1999. There is an evaluation of the recent guidance papers published by the DfEF, in 2006 Teenage Pregnancy Next Steps Guidance for Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts on Effective Delivery of Loca...
UK Toremet Limited is a UK registered charity which encourages and simplifies donations to UK, Israeli and other overseas charities.UK Toremet was founded in 2010 and received its charitable status in 2011. Its founder is Englishman Jonny Cline who also runs Amuta21C - Israel&...
UK Watch is a left-wing web based media project, based on the model of Z Net. It is produced by the voluntary UKWatch Collective on a non-profit basis. It is linked to from Znet as their ‘UK Watch Site’.It was updated daily with selected comment, analysis and ...
There are many webcams situated in the UK, but often they are operational for a limited time so maintaining an accurate list of their locations is difficult. There are a number of online directories and maps that perform this function with dedicated people keeping them up to date...
The United Kingdom Collaboration for a Digital Repository (UKCDR) was a software design project.AimsTo research and define functional requirements for a tool to support storage, exchange and analysis of high-stakes assessment items. UKCDR set out to scope a tool suitable for use ...
An early 1990s ukulele punk band, Uke til U Puke has been credited with pioneering a form of punk rock ukulele playing. Founded by John Derevlany and Robert Moritz, the band achieved a cult following for their efforts to over-amplify tiny four-stringed ukuleles, and then smash th...
The UK eInformation Group (UKeiG) is a professional body for all information professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources. Its aims are to promote and advance the effective exploitation and management of electronic information in all formats. UKeiG has ...
UKM Futsal Teknokrat (Unit Kerja Mahasiswa Perguruan Tinggi Teknokrat; English: Student Work Unit of Teknokrat College) is a Lampung futsal club based in Teknokrat, Lampung (province), Indonesia. They play in the Kejuaraan Daerah Mahasiswa Lampung . Their home stadium is Gelangga...
ukphonebook.com was the first free online telephone directory to use the official British Telecom (BT) data. Created in 1999, the site now has over 2 million registered users from 28 countries. History The site was founded by John Lewis, who envisaged a free online service as an ...
The Ukrainian corruption conspiracy theory is a sprawling conspiracy theory promoted since 2017 by President Donald Trump and his allies which seeks to blame Ukraine, instead of Russia, as supported by all reliable sources, for interference in the 2016 United States presidential ...
Ukrainian dance refers to dance as part of Ukrainian culture in Australia. After the first main wave of Ukrainian immigrants came to Australia after World War II, the Ukrainian community in Australia became active in the formation of a variety of cultural organizations, including...
Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic or the Zelenyy Klyn State, or Green Ukraine, is a self-proclaimed Ukrainian colonial entity formed on the territory of the former Russian Empire in the areas of the Zelenyy Klyn (Amur region, Primorsk region along with the Ussuri region, Transbaikal...