Articles tagged with "uk"
Pet Travel
By Chris | October 9th, 2007 |
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If you’re coming to the UK for more than a couple of weeks and can’t bare to leave your dog or cat behind, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural... [Read this entry]
Embassies
By Chris | October 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re unfortunate enough to have an accident, get into trouble with the law or be the victim of a crime in a foreign country, the first place you might... [Read this entry]
Public Holidays
By Chris | October 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Visitors to London should be aware that the UK has eight statutory public holidays, known as Bank Holidays, because by tradition banks aren’t allowed to open on these days.... [Read this entry]
Health Care
By Chris | October 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Britain has had a National Health Service(NHS) since 1948 and if you’re unfortunate enough to have an accident, emergency treatment is free for everybody. Non-emergency treatment is available to people... [Read this entry]
Money
By Chris | October 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re visiting the UK money will be important because the exchange rate means you’ll be spending a lot of it. While twelve of the European Union countries have switched... [Read this entry]
In London somebody will be watching you
By Chris | March 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Evening Standard has a pretty revealing story about the number of cctv cameras in the UK. It turns out we have 1% of the world’s population but 20% of... [Read this entry]
The UK’s not the best country in the world to move to
By Chris | January 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
US travel magazine International Living has published its annual quality of life list naming the best place in the world to live. They use seven criteria, 1.Cost of Living, 2.Culture... [Read this entry]
What’s in a name
By Chris | December 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Office of National Statistics has released the top 100 names for new born boys and girls in the UK in 2006. Jack is the favourite boys name for British... [Read this entry]
Health care in the UK
By Chris | October 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Britain has had a National Health Service(NHS) since 1948 and if you’re unfortunate enough to have an accident, emergency treatment is free for everybody. Non-emergency treatment is available to people... [Read this entry]
