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Scotland(and the whole UK) (peak)

BEN NEVIS 1,344 METRES

(peak) Wales=

SNOWDON 1.085 METRES

(peak) England=

SCAFELL PIKE 978 METRES

Northern Ireland (peak)

SLIEVE DONARD 852 METRES

lowest point of the UK

THE FENS 4 metres below sea

IN UK= river (wales and england)

RIVER SEVERN 354 KM

England river

THE THAMES 346 KM

Scotland river

THE TAY 188 KM

Northern Ireland river

THE BANN 122 KM

Wales= river

THE TYWI 103 KM

Northern Ireland (and whole UK lake

LOUGH NEAGH

Scotland= lake

LOCH LOMOND

England= lake

WINDERMERE

Wales lake

BALA LAKE

deepest lake in UK is

LOCH MORAR SCOTLAND (309M)

3 IN WALES national park

Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast, Brecon Beacons.

10 IN ENGLAND= national park

Lake District, Park Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, Dartmoor, Exmoor, New Forest, South Downs, Northumberland, Norfolk Broads

2 IN SCOTLAND park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms

10 Largest cities in the UK

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:

1. Australia 2. US 3. Canada 4. Spain 5. Ireland 6. New Zealand 7. France 8. South Africa 9. Germany 10. Italy

Commonwealth

founded in 1926

15 commonwealth countries

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

self-governing possessions of the Crown - not integrated part of the UK

Crown dependencies

The Channel Islands- Jersey, Guernsey The Isle of Man

THE PATRON SAINTS

St George- 23 April St Andrew -30 November St David- 1 March St Patrick -17 March

commonwealth

free association of the uk and 55 states which were british empire

King Charles III

head of state of 15 commonwealth

1536

england and wales union

1666 first flag

wales were already united so no welsh dragon

deepest lake

loch morar scotland 309 metres

england population

67.1milion

earnings and house prices and political influence

higher in south

worse in the north

unemployment transport education health conditions

english dominating numerically

56.5 milion

uk constitution is

uncodified, flexible, no judicial review, written and unwritten

The Equal Franchise Act

1928 full voting rights to girls

european union law

brexit 2020

The European Convention on Human Rights

1953)

the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland

2023)

he British monarch is head of state of:

he British monarch is head of state of:

HOUSE OF COMMONS

533 parliamentary seats for England, 40 for Wales, 59 for Scotland and 18 for Northern Ireland.

THE SPEAKER-

SIR LINDSAY HOYLE

THE SERJEANT AT ARMS

UGBANA OYET

since 1954

The Conservative and Labour Parties continue to dominate

THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY (DUP)

a unionist political party in Northern Ireland favouring British identity - founded in 1971 - leader: JEFFREY DONALDSON

SINN FEIN

ounded in 1905 - leader: Mary Lou McDonald - leader in Northern Ireland: Michelle O'Neill

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS (LIB DEMS)

ounded in 1988 - leader: Ed Davey

THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP)

cottish nationalist and social-democratic political party - founded in 1934 - leader: Humza Yousaf

THE LABOUR PARTY

centre-left political party - founded in 1900 -leader: Keir Starmer

THE CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY (THE TORIES)

a centre-right political party - founded in 1834 - leader: Rishi Sunak

summary only offences triable

only in the Magistrates' Court

either way offences triable

either in Magistrates or Crown Courts

indictable only offences

only in Crown Court

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

Created in 1986

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)-

the government department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the Police in England and Wales

September 1829

the METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT was passed by Parliament, this led to founding of the London Metropolitan Police

the Book of Common Prayer

1662) a compilation of the Church's liturgical forms, along with The Thirty- Nine Articles

-Winchester

1382

-Eton

1440

ST. Paul's

1509

Shrewsbury

1552

Westminster

1560

Merchant Taylors

1561

Rugby

1567

Harrow

1571

Charterhouse

1611

The Clarendon Commission- a Royal Commission

estabilished in 1861

Public School Act

1868

Oxbridge

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:

Glasgow, Edinburgh. Aberdeen and St Andrews -St Andrews resembles Oxbridge

The early 19-th century English universities

Durham University, The University of London - each college is almost a separate university - colleges are non-residential

XFORD COLLEGES

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

the oldest, founded in 1788

THE INDEPENDENT

the newest, founded in 1986

THE FINANCIAL TIMES-

mainly business and economic news

Broadsheet/quality

600x380 mm

Berliner or midi

470x315 mm

Tabloid:

380x300 mm

GUGLIELMO MARCONI

1874-1937

By 1897 Marconi was

transmitting Morse code

UK TV transmission was made by the BBC

in 1936

ITV established itself as the second British broadcaster

in 1955

Channel 4 began transmission

in 1982

Channel 5 was launched

in 1997

Sky is the UK's largest pay-TV

established in 1990

S4C is a Welsh-language

channel founded in 1982

The major mountain ranges in Scotland

Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, Southern Uplands, Grampian Mountains.

6 officially recognized cities

Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Stirling

BEST SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES

. University of Edinburgh 2. University of Glasgow 3. University of St Andrews