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Religion in the United Kingdom is mainly expressed in Christianity, which dominated the land since the 7th century.Results of the 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though makes up less than half of the population), followed by the non-religious, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
St Botolph's Church is the Anglican parish church of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.It has been referred to as "Boston Stump" [1] since it was constructed.Its tower is 266 feet 9 inches (81.31 m) tall, [a] and was long used as a landmark for the Boston fishermen; on a clear day it can be seen from Norfolk.
Boston, with the spire of St Botolph’s Church (the ‘Boston Stump’) in the background The centre of Skegness with its clock-tower . The market town of Boston is an important administrative centre for rural Lincolnshire, and its modernised port, which brings thousands of tonnes of steel, timber and paper into the constituency, a key employer.
Research by the UK's Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) in 2016 found that global rankings fundamentally measure research performance, with research-related measures accounting for over 85 percent of the weighting for both the Times Higher Education and QS rankings and 100 percent of the weighting for the ARWU ranking.
The international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom is UK. [2] Prior to 28 September 2021, it was GB. [3] The specification of plates incorporating the UK code was created by the British Number Plate Manufacturers Association, and is seen as the default design by the Department for Transport. [4]
Ernst van Dyk has won the Boston Marathon ten times, more than any other athlete.. The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897, making it the oldest annual marathon in the world.
In 2005, Primark bought UK retailer Littlewoods's retail stores for £409 million, retaining 40 of the 119 shops and selling the rest. [14] In May 2006, the first Primark shop in mainland Europe opened in Madrid, Spain. In December 2008, Primark opened in the Netherlands, followed by Portugal, Germany and Belgium in 2009, Austria in 2012 ...
Iceland Foods Limited, trading as Iceland, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales. [3] It mainly sells frozen foods, including prepared meals and vegetables, alongside non-frozen grocery items such as produce, meat, dairy and dry goods.