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Slave Trade

Should we apologise? We abolished the trade over 200 years ago, and our navy were rigorous in intercepting slave ships after we had abolished the trade, so should we still apologise? Personally I...

suffragette

This sort of thing never happens in the movies! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6171 600.stm It may seem a very minor incident, but I bet the real terrorists are analysing this situation as...

curryman

holiday pay

i have been working a night shift for a while now and when i take a shift or a week off the company only pay me the same holiday pay as i would get on day shift. i heard they are supposed to pay a...

cesco

the sun

where does the sun go at night

fox_008

gsoh

what does GSOH mean?

lulu123

Working in a shop if your under 16

I'm 14 and i really want a job to get some extra money. Is it against the law to work in a shop if your under 16?

Bev2007

Industrial revolution

Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in England? Why not France, or China, or USA, or the Phillippines, or........

D Sellings

archived newspaper articles

Hi - can anybody point me in the right direction please. I want to find an article that is very likely to have been in the papers (albeit local). I don't know what area I'm looking at and can only...

SCOTS_FLLIC

sp50

Following on from my previous question about being clocked at 88 mph on the motorway.... I have received the conditional offer of ?60 fine and 3 points. My question is: Do I just pay this or do I wait...

samuel23

Can I be fined

or cautioned by the police for not wearing my seatbelt in a supermarket car park?

Dee-M-See

France

The french are on the verge of electing a woman Preident which is all well and good in these days of equal oppurtunities But I just hope she isn't suffering from PMT when her finger is on Nuclear...

Gothgirl101

assets

How long do an unmarried couple have to be living together before the partner is entitled to half of the assets,as in a common-law marriage?

lynbrown

Small boys at hangings

What is the expression derived from small boys who used to pull on a hanging mans feet, to ensure he dies quickly?

Mrs W

Xmas Quiz

What did a QC steal on Xmas Day, 1950 and return 4 mths later?

chelsea_girl

police

What do police say to you when they arrest you?

badlands

Rossers

When or where did the word "Rossers" come from as in " Quick scarper here comes the rossers" i know its slang for police but when did it first appear?

cameroon

Answer contains a colour

A useless or troublesome thing

loukr

rough as a badgers bum..?

where did this saying come from?? and is a badgers bum really rough..???

sharkymoran

London Parking Fine

Received a parking fine the other day which landed on my windscreen a full 3 minutes after my ticket had expired! Furthermore the car registration number on the ticket is a letter out from my own...

DaSwede

in measured pace

If somebody walks "in measured pace"...? I'm guessing it means at an even pace, but does the expression also say something about whether that person walks slowly or quickly / whether the steps are...

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