Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This was the first UK murder trial held behind closed doors. The UK press were prohibited from speculating as to the reasons for this order. [166] [167] In 2008, the poem Education for Leisure was removed from the AQA Anthology, after complaints were received. The poem explores the mind of a person who is planning to commit a murder. [168]
Prior to 1844, companies could only be incorporated through grant of a royal charter, by private act of Parliament, [6] or, from 1834, by letters patent.Few companies were incorporated, with only approximately 100 companies being incorporated by private act between 1801 and 1844. [7]
The origins of Scoot began in March 1993 when businessman Nigel Robertson bought the freephone number 0800 192 192 from British Telecommunications for an estimated value of just £100.
Some people misunderstand the subtitle "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", often because of the different meanings of the word "free" in the English language. Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales said the following about the ambiguity of the English word "free":
The 1 July changes also saw ‘freephone numbers’ 0800 and 0808 become free to call from both mobiles and landlines. 0500 numbers remained chargeable as previously from mobiles (free from landlines, also as previously), but these numbers were migrated to a new 0808 5 number range in June 2017, and are free from mobiles.
Entrance to The National Archives is free. [21] Anybody aged 16 or over can access the original documents at the Kew site, after producing two acceptable proofs of identity and being issued a free reader's ticket. [22] The reading room has terminals from which documents can be ordered up from secure storage areas by their reference number.
The UK became a member of the European Communities in 1973, which later became the EU and Euratom. [11] Since then, the UK contributed to making and was subject to EU law, whose application was governed by the European Court of Justice. After the UK decided in a 2016 referendum to leave the EU ("Brexit"), it did so on 31 January 2020. [12]
x. AOL works best with the latest versions of browsers. You're using an out-of-date or unsupported browser and some AOL features may not work properly.