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  2. Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    On 31 December 1996, prior to the large-calibre handgun ban, there were 133,600 FACs on issue in England and Wales; by 31 December 1997 it had fallen to 131,900. On 31 December 2001, five years after the large calibre ban, the number had fallen to 119,600 and 117,700 the following year. [29] This represents a net drop of 24,200 certificates.

  3. Number sign - Wikipedia

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    The symbol # is known variously in English-speaking regions as the number sign, [1] hash, [2] or pound sign. [3] The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and as a ligatured abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois – having been derived from the now-rare ℔. [4]

  4. List of political parties in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Party Description Labour Party: A social democratic party that has its roots in the trade union movement. The party has several internal factions, which include: Progressive Britain, which promotes a continuation of New Labour policies and is considered to be on the right of the party; the soft-left Open Labour; Momentum, which represents the party's left-wing, democratic socialist grouping ...

  5. List of mobile telephone prefixes by country - Wikipedia

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    Users can switch carriers while keeping number and prefix (so prefixes are not tightly coupled to a specific carrier). If there is only 32.. followed by any other, shorter number, like 32 51 724859, this is the number of a normal phone, not a mobile. 46x: Join (discontinued mobile phone service provider) [3] 47x: Proximus (or other) 48x

  6. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon websites are country-specific (for example, amazon.com for the US and amazon.co.uk for UK) though some offer international shipping. [48] Visits to amazon.com grew from 615 million annual visitors in 2008, [49] to more than 2 billion per month in 2022. [citation needed] The e-commerce platform is the 14th most visited website in the ...

  7. Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The material of UK number plates must either comply with British Standard BS AU 145e, [14] which states BSI number plates must be marked on the plate with the BSI logo and the name and postcode of the manufacturer and the supplier of the plates or

  8. List of songs banned by the BBC - Wikipedia

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    This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.

  9. Aviator sunglasses - Wikipedia

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    F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, with AN 6531 sunglasses (1942) Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses.