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aa-asterisk.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014 – patterns for checking which area codes and prefixes are valid and patterns for formatting each number type, archived in 2014 "The first 25 years of UK STD code changes summarised" (PDF). Sam Hallas. May 2014. – detailed information and explanation
This is a list of geographic UK dialling codes covering Wales that are currently in use. Some exchanges cover both sides of the Wales-England border. All geographic telephone numbers in Wales are in the format (01xxx) xxxxxx, with the exception of Cardiff and the surrounding area which has been (029) xxxx xxxx since the "Big Number Change" in 2000.
Blaenau Gwent. 51°44′N 3°08′W / . 51.73°N 3.13°W. / 51.73; -3.13. Abertillery ( / ˌæbərtɪˈlɛəri /; Welsh: Abertyleri) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative ...
1974 Oct: Democratic Labour (1 seat) 1974 Feb: Unity (2 seats) 1955: Sinn Féin (2 seats), Irish Labour (1 seat) 1950: Communist Party of Great Britain (2 seats), Irish Labour (1 seat) S. S: Formed by a party split over the course of that parliament. B: Seat won at a by-election, not the previous general election.
"Green" in these tables refers to combined totals for the green parties in the United Kingdom, namely the Green Party of England and Wales, the Scottish Greens, and, for polls of the entire UK, the Green Party Northern Ireland. The three parties share a commitment to environmental policies, but are independent of one another, with each ...
The National Lottery. The National Lottery is the state- franchised national lottery established in 1994 in the United Kingdom. It is regulated by the Gambling Commission, and is currently operated by Allwyn Entertainment Ltd, who took over from Camelot Group (who had been running the National Lottery since its inception) on 1 February 2024.
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory .
Sales of The Times were around 40,000, and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market, but Sunday papers were more popular, some boasting sales of more than 100,000. Later in the century, the Daily News came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, [1] while by 1890, The Daily Telegraph had a circulation of 300,000.