Those who saw the last one can see the latest international comparison list here (2016 statistics) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/tl-tlg052118.php. At no.23, with quite a few...
Is there any way to, on the UK mainland, trade in Jersey bank notes for mainland Sterling at parity rather than at a mark-down ? Only a few notes are involved including some £1 ones....
Does anyone have any experience of "Company rental", i.e. where private accommodation (house or flat) is let to a company which then places people in as residents over varying lengths of time. The...
I made a booking on the site which was confirmed by them and then I promptly received a message from the hotel saying the price on the site had been wrong (probably too low, although that was not...
How does one save a particular image on its own from a string of images in the same location in Dropbox ? I want to save it as a simple stand alone .jpg file, not as an html one.
Does anyone know the height of the bodyshell, assuming wheels and suspension have been removed and the car's floor is on the ground ? I have in mind the original British Leyland mini of 55-60 years...
The google satellite images (Maps and Earth) are extremely interesting, even though they are usually at least a year out of date, they seem to update these every four years or so, based on many of...
A study has been published in the Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext but in the summary the UK is not mentioned among the best performers. Could...
I received a message into my Thunderbird (Ububtu) inbox, opened and read it and then replied to it. Now it is not listed among the e-mails in the inbox, yet when I search for it it is reported as...
I am getting conflicting advice regarding this. If on Monday I tell both the existing supplier and the intended new supplier I want to switch as of that date, I understand that it takes the two of...
When trying to access our online banking at two different UK banks we get a message to say we don't have access - one is a supposed error message, the other a flat denial. We are abroad at the moment...
Many on here will no doubt be pleased to be able to refer to reliable statistics when discussing the NHS, the government and the UK in general - the OECD has just released a wide reaching comparison...
What people expect varies and one variously sees people praise the NHS or complain of its failings. Also, some people insist it is the best in the world so it is perhaps worth watching what goes on...
This machine has a clockwork programmer (thankfully). Last night the machine went through the whole cycle as far as pumping out and drying, there was rinse water still left in it. Now, although it has...
Having been one of a handful of men who are taken to have been the ultimate decision makers in WW2, just over a year after the war finished the experience must have been fresh in his mind. The "bottom...
Churchill, indisputably a strong leader, is widely regarded as having led the UK to eventual victory in WW2 by having a clear, principled vision. Was he truly wise before that and, particularly, also...
Yet again the UK can be proud of (nearly) being world leaders. Gatwick airport is rated the second worst airport in the world, pipped to THE worst spot by Kuwait (so nearly the outstandingly most...