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Scotland(and the whole UK) (peak) start learning		BEN NEVIS 1,344 METRES
(peak) Wales= start learning		SNOWDON 1.085 METRES
(peak) England= start learning		SCAFELL PIKE 978 METRES
Northern Ireland (peak) start learning		SLIEVE DONARD 852 METRES
lowest point of the UK start learning		THE FENS 4 metres below sea
IN UK= river (wales and england) start learning		RIVER SEVERN 354 KM
England river start learning		THE THAMES 346 KM
Scotland river start learning		THE TAY 188 KM
Northern Ireland river start learning		THE BANN 122 KM
Wales= river start learning		THE TYWI 103 KM
Northern Ireland (and whole UK lake start learning		LOUGH NEAGH
Scotland= lake start learning		LOCH LOMOND
England= lake start learning		WINDERMERE
Wales lake start learning		BALA LAKE
deepest lake in UK is start learning		LOCH MORAR SCOTLAND (309M)
3 IN WALES national park start learning		Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast, Brecon Beacons.
10 IN ENGLAND= national park start learning		Lake District, Park Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, Dartmoor, Exmoor, New Forest, South Downs, Northumberland, Norfolk Broads
2 IN SCOTLAND park start learning		Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms
10 Largest cities in the UK start learning		1. London 2. Birmingham 3. Leeds 4. Glasgow 5. Sheffield 6. Manchester 7. Bradford 8. Edinburgh 9. Liverpool 10. Bristol
brits are moving out to: start learning		1. Australia 2. US 3. Canada 4. Spain 5. Ireland 6. New Zealand 7. France 8. South Africa 9. Germany 10. Italy
Commonwealth start learning		founded in 1926
15 commonwealth countries start learning		Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom.
THE CROWN DEPENDENCIES start learning		self-governing possessions of the Crown - not integrated part of the UK
Crown dependencies start learning		The Channel Islands- Jersey, Guernsey The Isle of Man
THE PATRON SAINTS start learning		St George- 23 April St Andrew -30 November St David- 1 March St Patrick -17 March
commonwealth start learning		free association of the uk and 55 states which were british empire
King Charles III start learning		head of state of 15 commonwealth
1536 start learning		england and wales union
1666 first flag start learning		wales were already united so no welsh dragon
deepest lake start learning		loch morar scotland 309 metres
england population start learning		67.1milion
earnings and house prices and political influence start learning		higher in south
worse in the north start learning		unemployment transport education health conditions
english dominating numerically start learning		56.5 milion
uk constitution is start learning		uncodified, flexible, no judicial review, written and unwritten
The Equal Franchise Act start learning		1928 full voting rights to girls
european union law start learning		brexit 2020
The European Convention on Human Rights start learning		1953)
the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland start learning		2023)
he British monarch is head of state of: start learning		he British monarch is head of state of:
HOUSE OF COMMONS start learning		533 parliamentary seats for England, 40 for Wales, 59 for Scotland and 18 for Northern Ireland.
THE SPEAKER- start learning		SIR LINDSAY HOYLE
THE SERJEANT AT ARMS start learning		UGBANA OYET
since 1954 start learning		The Conservative and Labour Parties continue to dominate
THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY (DUP) start learning		a unionist political party in Northern Ireland favouring British identity - founded in 1971 - leader: JEFFREY DONALDSON
SINN FEIN start learning		ounded in 1905 - leader: Mary Lou McDonald - leader in Northern Ireland: Michelle O'Neill
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS (LIB DEMS) start learning		ounded in 1988 - leader: Ed Davey
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP) start learning		cottish nationalist and social-democratic political party - founded in 1934 - leader: Humza Yousaf
THE LABOUR PARTY start learning		centre-left political party - founded in 1900 -leader: Keir Starmer
THE CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY (THE TORIES) start learning		a centre-right political party - founded in 1834 - leader: Rishi Sunak
summary only offences triable start learning		only in the Magistrates' Court
either way offences triable start learning		either in Magistrates or Crown Courts
indictable only offences start learning		only in Crown Court
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) start learning		Created in 1986
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)- start learning		the government department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the Police in England and Wales
September 1829 start learning		the METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT was passed by Parliament, this led to founding of the London Metropolitan Police
the Book of Common Prayer start learning		1662) a compilation of the Church's liturgical forms, along with The Thirty- Nine Articles
-Winchester start learning		1382
-Eton start learning		1440
ST. Paul's start learning		1509
Shrewsbury start learning		1552
Westminster start learning		1560
Merchant Taylors start learning		1561
Rugby start learning		1567
Harrow start learning		1571
Charterhouse start learning		1611
The Clarendon Commission- a Royal Commission start learning		estabilished in 1861
Public School Act start learning		1868
Oxbridge start learning		y are federations of semi-independent colleges - Each college has its own staff known as Fellows - The Fellows teach the student either one-to-one or in small groups
the old Scottish universities: start learning		Glasgow, Edinburgh. Aberdeen and St Andrews -St Andrews resembles Oxbridge
The early 19-th century English universities start learning		Durham University, The University of London - each college is almost a separate university - colleges are non-residential
XFORD COLLEGES start learning		Oxford has 39 colleges each with its own internal structure and activities - Oxford has educated 73 Nobel Prize laureates - 31 British Prime Ministers graduated from Oxf
THE TIMES start learning		the oldest, founded in 1788
THE INDEPENDENT start learning		the newest, founded in 1986
THE FINANCIAL TIMES- start learning		mainly business and economic news
Broadsheet/quality start learning		600x380 mm
Berliner or midi start learning		470x315 mm
Tabloid: start learning		380x300 mm
GUGLIELMO MARCONI start learning		1874-1937
By 1897 Marconi was start learning		transmitting Morse code
UK TV transmission was made by the BBC start learning		in 1936
ITV established itself as the second British broadcaster start learning		in 1955
Channel 4 began transmission start learning		in 1982
Channel 5 was launched start learning		in 1997
Sky is the UK's largest pay-TV start learning		established in 1990
S4C is a Welsh-language start learning		channel founded in 1982
The major mountain ranges in Scotland start learning		Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, Southern Uplands, Grampian Mountains.
6 officially recognized cities start learning		Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Stirling
BEST SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES start learning		. University of Edinburgh 2. University of Glasgow 3. University of St Andrews

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