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118 800 - to be removed from the list |
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Details of the 118800 mobile phone connection service, and how to have your details removed |
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Adviceguide |
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The Citizen's Advice Bureau have reproduced their excellent notes in abbreviated form. |
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Advicenow |
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Advicenow provides an easy introduction to common legal problems, setting out the key issues and explaining where to go and what to do. |
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BBC Essentials |
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Provides impartial information on sex, drugs and relationships, travel, work health and money as well as college and university details.
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Citizen's Advice Bureau - volunteer project |
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This is the homepage of Medway's Citizen's Advice Bureau Volunteer development project |
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Community Legal Service Direct |
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Government service for when you need help with a legal problem. Also available by telephone at 0845 345 4 345. |
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Contact a family |
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The only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their health condition. We also enable parents to get in contact with other families, both on a local and national basis. |
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Just Ask |
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Now renamed "Community Legal Service Direct". |
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Medway Carers Centre |
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Offering free help, support, and training to carers. |
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On Divorce |
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Practical help for people who need to deal with divorce. |
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Real help now |
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Where to find help with homes, jobs and finances when you need it |
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Relate |
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Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website. |
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Samaritans |
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If you need someone to talk to, and don't know where to turn, the samaritans are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. |
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Self Help UK |
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Search a database of self-help organisations and support groups by keyword or location. Full contact details are provided. |
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Survivors of bereavement by suicide |
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A helpful site for those who have been bereaved by suicide |
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The truth about Rape |
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Advice and contacts for women who have been raped. Campaigns to dispel myths and affect legal change. |
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Timeshare Consumers Association |
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This website has information on all matters related to timeshare accommodation. |
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Electronic Zoo |
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Gives a great deal of information about all kinds of animals, put together by Washington University. |
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Insects |
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The Invertebrate Conservation Trust site: what they are doing to conserve insects, as well as interesting facts about bugs themselves. |
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People's Dispensary for Sick Animals |
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Lots of information about keeping pets, and about pet ailments. |
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RSPCA |
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The web site of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Easy to use with fun and information for adults and children. |
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The Cats Protection League |
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A nice mix of information on cat welfare, homing etc and fun pictures, games and competitions. Young people should check out the Cool Cats Club. |
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The Kennel Club |
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Want to know about dog breeds? This is the site for you. |
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Access to Archives |
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National portal for archive collections |
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Archive collections in academic institutions |
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A gateway to descriptions of archives in UK colleges and universities |
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Archives Awareness Campaign |
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Includes an events directory searchable by region and date |
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CityArk: Medway's Archive database |
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Searchable catalogue of the archive collections at Medway Archives including Imagebase of digitised documents and parish registers |
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History Matters: One day in history |
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A MASS BLOG for the national record, for October 17 2006. A snapshot of an ordinary day. |
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The National Archives |
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Guide to the National Archives in Kew and the Family Record Centre in Islington |
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Access Art |
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Access Art offers excellent interactive online workshops and learning resources exploring the visual arts. |
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ADAM |
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A UK gateway to Arts, Design, Architecture and Media information on the Internet. Searchable by keyword. |
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Art on the Net |
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An international site for artists to get together and share their work digitally. Currently features over 100 artists. |
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BBC Arts |
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All the latest news and events in the arts world plus radio and TV listings. Features books, reviews, poetry, Tate@BBC, digital arts and much more. |
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British Arts |
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An excellent overview of the arts in Britain. Includes a list of arts competitions across the country with details of how to enter. |
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Kent Indie |
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For independent, non-mainstream artistic creations |
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Medway Arts |
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Site listing local artists. |
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National Gallery |
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Including virtual tours of the famous London gallery's collections and exhibitions. |
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Royal Academy of Arts |
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A comprehensive guide to the Royal Academy's exhibitions, collections, artists, archives and picture library. |
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Tate Gallery |
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Home page of the Tate Gallery, includes links to Tate Modern and regional Tate galleries. |
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Theatre Monkey |
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What box office staff won't tell you: Independent venue guide to concert and theatre venues |
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Universal Leonardo |
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Find out more about Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, interactive site and very detailed. |
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Voluntary Arts Network |
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Arts events across the country, compiled by the Voluntary Arts Network. |
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World Wide Arts Resources |
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a gateway to an astonishing number of arts resources across the Internet. Searchable by keyword. |
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Budgerigar Society |
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This is a site which gives the history of the society and keeps you up to date on the news and shows you can become a member. There's a photo gallery and a useful links page. |
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
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This organisation is a British charity for the protection of birds. It includes everything you could wish to know about birds of the British Isles. |
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RSPB Medway Group |
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Local branch of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Details of events, meetings and contacts. |
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ABE Sleuth |
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Looking for a book but all you can remember is a character, or a plot, or even just the cover? Post a message to ABE Sleuth and somebody somewhere will recognise it. |
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Abebooks.com |
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Excellent source for second-hand books. |
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Achuka |
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Children's book information with loads of great links |
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Amazon |
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Said to be the biggest bookseller on the Internet, it is useful for searching both for in-print and out-of-print books. Also useful to see what other people think about the book you just read! |
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Author Trail |
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A guide to places of interest in the lives of authors with connections in Medway, East Sussex and the Somme |
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Blackwells bookshop |
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Bookshop with many good links, including students' reading lists and books in the media |
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Book Group Information |
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Lots of information on starting a group and suggestions on what books to choose |
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BookBrain |
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Scans 14 online bookshops to find you the best price and availability of the book you want and then link directly to the site. |
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Bookcase |
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The BBC's website about books. |
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Bookcrossing.com |
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Release a book into the wild! This website will tell you how. |
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Books Unlimited |
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Guardian newspaper site. Critiques, reviews, discussion. |
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Bookseller |
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The magazine for the book trade. Great links to publishers. |
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Booktrust |
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Booktrust runs book prizes and brilliant projects to encourage readers of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy books. |
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Contemporary authors |
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This unique, searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers |
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Fantastic Fiction |
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Bibiliographies and information on authors, very good for finding out about series. |
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First Choice Books |
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Good reads for new readers - an excellent place for new adult readers to find a book that will get them hooked. |
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Google Book Search |
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Google is digitising thousands of books, all searchable. If the book is out of copyright, you get the whole thing. If the book is in copyright, you just see a fraction. Try it out! |
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Guardian Books |
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Guardian book site. Very useful for information on books, authors - mini biographies, current reviews and a searchable archive of reviews and a discussion list. |
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International Children's Digital Library |
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Digitised children's books. A huge collection, beautifully presented. But bear in mind that they are all out of copyright, so they're pretty elderly. You won't find Harry Potter here! |
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Internet Book List |
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A useful site for searching out books by series and genre, as well as the usual author, titles ,etc. It also includes discussion forums for booklovers. |
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Lulu.com |
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A do-it-yourself site which enables you to create and publish digital content. No set up fee and you set your own royalty. |
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Mills and Boon |
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If you are interested in romantic fiction, this is the site for you. |
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Murder One |
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Crime and mystery site, useful for its links to other websites. |
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Murder One Bookshop |
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Lots of links to Crime Writers and other interesting sites |
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Open Library |
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A catalogue of 16 million books - including 300 000 that you can read online. |
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Opening the Book |
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A website for reader development. "The best book in the world is quite simply the one you like best and that is something you can discover for yourself, but we are here to help you find it." |
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Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction |
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Find all about this prestigious women's book prize |
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Overbooked |
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A website for ravenous readers. |
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Penguin Readers Group |
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A truly magnificent site for any reader with advice for using the internet to find book information |
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Publishers |
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Publishers' websites are a valuable method of finding out about new books |
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Reader2Reader |
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This site allows readers to exchange views on books. You can 'Bin a Book' if it's very bad or try to tempt someone to read a book they might not have chosen for themselves. |
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Romance sequels |
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The lists are arranged in three sections: single title, category and publisher series. A brief description is included with each set of links, as well as a breakdown of how the books are listed. |
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Sunday Times |
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Click on Books to see reviews in the latest edition |
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Tangled Web |
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Crime, mystery and fantastic fiction. |
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The Bookcase |
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BBC website with news about books, and a bookclub. |
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Transita Publishing House |
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Great Books for Grown Women, Contemporary Women's Fiction. An exciting new publishing house. |
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W.H.Smith |
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Website of the bookseller, with plenty of links |
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Waterstones Bookshop |
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A quick way of checking full details of books in print |
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Which Book? |
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This site will tell you what books you might enjoy: all you have to do is tell it whether you like your books happy or sad, safe or disturbing. |
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biz/ed |
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A website for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism. |
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British Brands Group |
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Information about business brands. Contains case studies which may be of use to marketing students - but also makes entertaining general reading! |
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Carol.co.uk - annual company reports |
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CAROL is an on-line service offering direct links to the financial pages of listed companies in Europe and the USA. |
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Companies House Webcheck |
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Search for basic details on over 2 million registered companies. |
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Europages, The European Business Directory |
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Looking for a product in Europe, including Eastern Europe? Includes 500,000 companies covering all market sectors with consultation in 6 languages, and lists company catalogues available on the web. Includes links to Yellow Pages across Europe. |
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Northcote |
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Northcote Internet Ltd have traced listed company annual reports on the Internet, which are accessible via the Northcote search engine. |
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Scoot |
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A business service also available via an 0800 number and Vodaphone, this lists around 2 million businesses in the UK and can be searched by type and location. |
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Survey Monkey |
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Create a professional online survey quickly, easily, and free of charge. |
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Thomweb |
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Calls itself "the ultimate search on the Net for over 2 million UK businesses". Run by Thomson Directories. |
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Trade partners |
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This is the government's website with free information to help you export successfully. |
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UPS Europe Business Monitor |
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Annual survey of 1,500 directors from Europe's top 15,000 companies, showing business trends. |
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Charities Direct |
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Listings of charities, also done by income / funds etc. Compiled by CarisData, a publisher. |
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Charity Choice |
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Lists thousands of UK charities with contact information. |
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Charity Net |
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Put together by the Charities Aid Foundation, this site offers a wide range of information about all charity issues. |
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Intelligent Giving - guide to charities |
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A free, not-for-profit independent guide to charities - to guide people when they're deciding how or whether to give to charity |
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National Trust |
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Lots of information and offers good links to other areas of interest, arts, museums, gardening etc. |
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The Charity Commission |
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Covers England and Wales. Offers a database where you can search for a charity by name or area and gives you contact details. |
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V-Day - until the violence stops |
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V-Day raises funds and awareness for UK and international charities preventing violence towards women and children. |
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VOIS |
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Voluntary Organisations Internet Server. Hosts a number of charity and voluntary organisations' web sites. |
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Women's Aid |
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Englands National charity for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. |
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ACHUKA |
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Britain’s most active and comprehensive specialist children’s book site, updated almost every day. |
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Activity Village |
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US originated site with activities and craft ideas for young children with free downloads and parenting advice. |
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Blue Peter |
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Site of the famous television programme. |
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Bug Club |
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Site for young insect lovers put together by the Amateur Entomologist's Society. |
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ChildcareLink |
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Find a childminder or playgroup all across the country. (Includes Medway's database.) |
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Children's Literature Web Guide |
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Produced by the University of Calgary in Canada, this site has a wide range of information on children's literature. |
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Cool Reads |
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Books for 10-15 year olds reviewed by 10-15 year olds. |
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Discovery Channel |
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Plenty of text, pictures, films and sound about the natural world. |
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Edventure Learning |
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Far too much fun to be educational. Try the Science Station. |
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Grand Illusions |
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Fascinating puzzles and illusions. |
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I am dyslexic.com |
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A Yahoo Pick of the Year site. Put together by a dyslexic teenager for dyslexic children. |
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International Children's Digital Library |
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Digitised children's books. A huge collection, beautifully presented. But bear in mind that they are all out of copyright, so they're pretty elderly. You won't find Harry Potter here! |
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Jeremy Strong |
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The popular author's site with lots of info about his books, a biography and the Krazy Kow game. |
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Kids Days Out |
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Ideas of places to visit and activities available for children around Britain. |
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My Home Library |
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All kinds of stuff for children who enjoy reading, including bookplates by famous cartoonists to print off and use. |
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Net mums |
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Netmums is a unique local network for Mums (or Dads), offering a wealth of information on both a national and local level. |
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Show me! |
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Museums for children: play games, download information and get ideas for activities to do at home. Worth it just for the "Taste or Tat" game alone! |
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Starchild |
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A learning centre for young astronomers, provided by NASA. |
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Stories from the Web |
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Reviews of books, online stories, games and author interviews. |
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Thomas the Tank Engine website |
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Great fun for small children. |
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Treasure Island |
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Children's activity site. "Find out about the author, the characters of the book, tropical islands, pirates, buried treasure and lots more! On top of this you can contribute by sending in your reviews of the book and descriptions of dastardly pirates." |
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UK Children's Books |
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Loads of links to author sites, illustrator sites and more. |
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Under Fives |
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An excellent pre-school site for parents and teachers. Part of the National Grid for Learning. |
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Women's Aid |
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Englands National charity for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. |
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Yahooligans |
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Children's search engine from Yahoo!A good range of categories, both for educational and leisure topics. |
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Yucky |
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Yucky facts about lots of things. |
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BBC Key Stage 2 ReviseWise |
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Castles |
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castles all over the UK |
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Encyclopedia Mythica |
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An encyclopedia on Myths, folklore and legend |
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Encyclopedia Mythica |
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An encyclopedia on Myths, folklore and legend |
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GCSE Nuclear Radiation |
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Very useful topic information provided by a science teacher. |
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Homework Elephant |
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"Your first stop for internet resources to help complete your homework assignments. Over 5000 carefully selected resources to assist with your homework problems!" Includes subject help, 'Ask an Elephant', hints and tips and lots more. |
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Learn.co.uk |
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Run by the Guardian newspaper, it provides materials for Key Stage Four students. |
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Savage Earth |
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Excellent animations which make geography even more interesting. Includes earthquake, tsunami attack and volcanic eruption. |
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World Flag Database |
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Flags for every country along with other information such as capital city, currency, population and languages. |
Comics and graphic novels |
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Comic-Con International |
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DC Comics |
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Will Eisner official website |
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100 great black britons |
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Reflects the history of the black community over the past 1000 years and celebrates those who helped change and shape the political, social and cultural landscape of Britain |
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Black and Asian History Map |
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A gateway to websites about Black and Asian history across Britain. |
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Black history month |
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The official Black history month website |
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Every generation |
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community resource to the black community to facilitate the personal development and empowerment of young people and to bridge the gap with the older generation through history, family genealogy and heritage. |
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Kentish Villages |
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Links to Kentish communities that have their own web sites |
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Moving here |
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Provides an extensive archive detailing the history of 200 years of migration to England |
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BBC Absolute Beginners |
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An excellent, detailed course for people who are absolute beginners with computers. |
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Computer Tutor |
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Excellent beginner's guide to computers. |
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Computer tutorials |
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Directory of links to sites offering instructional information on a vast range of software and hardware matters. |
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Free Online Dictionary of Computing |
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Dictionary of computing terms put together by Imperial College. Gives definitions in plain English. |
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Games! |
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An assortment of games to help you improve your mouse skills. |
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IT Safe |
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Provides simple information to help protect your PC from malicious attack. |
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Jigzone |
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Jigsaws online - useful for improving your mouse skills. |
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Mouse Exercises |
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Rather fun exercises to improve your mouse skills. |
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Mouserobics |
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Introduction to using the mouse, for beginners; text also in Danish, French, Spanish, Hmong, Italian, andTagalog. |
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PC fix zone |
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If you know a little about your computer and want to find out more, this forum is a good place to drop in. You can read about other people's problems or you can post your own. |
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PC help for free |
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If you want to find out more about your computer and what it can do, there's plenty of information here. |
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Freecycle |
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A grassroots and community non-profit gifting community. Recycle & re-use locally. |
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Protection of the countryside |
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The Campaign to Protect Rural England: aims to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country. |
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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
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Established by WIlliam Morris, this society is dedicated to preserving and restoring old buildings |
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118 800 - to be removed from the list |
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Details of the 118800 mobile phone connection service, and how to have your details removed |
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Alternatives to 08 telephone numbers |
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Lists the geographical telephone numbers of many well known companies, as alternatives to their more expensive 08 numbers. |
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Money-saving information |
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How to save money - credit cards, shopping, banking, insurance, travel, mortgages, etc. |
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The Consumer Gateway |
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A information portal provided by the DTI. Contains links to web sites of government departments and other organisations offering consumer information. Information on cars, food, holidays and travel, e-shopping, money and finance etc |
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Departures |
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Quality links to information about a peculiar range of countries. |
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Undiscovered Scotland |
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Useful holiday guide to Scotland. |
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Access to the countryside |
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The official website for the Countryside Code and maps of Open Access land in England. |
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Butterflies |
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Excellent photographic guide, with flight times for each species. |
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Butterflies |
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Habitats, behaviour and distribution of butterflies and moths, as well as conservation issues. |
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Fungi |
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Comprehensive range of links to sites covering all aspects of fungi. |
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National nature reserves |
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Natural England brings together English Nature, Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Uses interactive maps to locate SSSI's and other protected sites. |
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Plantlife International |
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The Wild-Plant Conservation Charity, joint managers of Ranscombe Farm reserve near Cuxton, with Medway Council. Interactive map easily locates 23 nature reserves in Britain; with a guide to rare and threatened species. |
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Thursday Group |
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A volunteer group helping to manage areas of ancient woodland and chalk grassland for public access and conservation in Medway, Kent |
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Walking World |
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Free walks for all abilities, including directions and maps, which can be printed on A4 |
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Ability - Creative Writing |
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Excellent list of links with tips about writing for all ages and abilities. Links to information about courses and other resources. |
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Authonomy |
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An online community for writers, including professional advice on how to get published |
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Customers' own |
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A space where local writers can have their work published, for free. |
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Excite Directory - Creative Writing |
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List of resources provided by the Excite directory; an excellent list of links with resources for budding writers, from how to write to forums to contact other writers. |
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Lapidus |
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Using writing as a tool for personal development. |
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Learn Direct |
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Can help you find a creative writing course anywhere in the uk. If you can’t find Medway courses, try the Medway Council adult education website. |
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Marion Zimmer bradley |
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Articles written by MZB including tips on writing & getting published, as well as information about MZB and her work. |
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MsLexia |
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The magazine for women who write - debate, analysis, fiction, news, grants competitions and MORE! |
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Poetry Book Society |
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A specialist book club which provides a package of discounts on poetry books, information and guidance designed to suit your needs. |
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Poetry Kit |
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Extensive and comprehensive resource including tips about writing poetry, getting published, competitions, courses and more! |
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Poetry Library |
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Founded by the Arts Council in 1953, the library works to support and promote modern British poetry. They aim to stock all poetry published in the U.K. since about 1912, as well as a wide selection of international work. |
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Poetry London |
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online magazine. Some free to view. |
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Poetry Society |
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Events, Competitions and More! |
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Quotations |
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A searchable database of quotations, listed by author and subject. |
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Richmond Review Magazine |
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An excellent resource. Includes a Library of fiction & poetry, reviews & essays - how to get yourself published. |
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Richmond Review Magazine |
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The UK's first literary magazine to be published exclusively on the World Wide Web .An excellent resource. Includes a Library of fiction & poetry, reviews & essays - how to get yourself published. |
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Urban Fox Press |
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A Non-profit community arts organisations, which aims to promote writers and artists based in the South East of England, especially Medway. Urban Fox regurarly hold events and workshops. |
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Warehouse Theatre |
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To promote the work of new playwrights; they also stage the International playwriting festival. |
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Women in Publishing |
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Open to all women interetsed in publishing. Offers networking, practical training and regular meetings. |
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Writers circles |
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Directory of Writers' Circles, Courses and Workshops. Find a writers group near you. |
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Parole Board |
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Independent body advising on the release or continued custody of prisoners. With links to other sites useful to both prisoners and victims of crime. |
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Crimestoppers - Most Wanted |
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Help the police track criminals. Includes photos, CCTV footage and descriptions of suspected criminals. Information can be submitted anonymously. |
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Criminal Justice System |
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developed so as to inform members of the public about the Criminal Justice System whilst offering practical advice for any who become involved in it as victims, witnessess etc. |
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Victim Support |
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provides support and assistance to victims and witnesses of crime, their families and friends before, during and after trial |
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Women's Aid |
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Englands National charity for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. |
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Ability Net |
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Ability Net provides free information and advice on any aspect of the use of a computer by someone with a disability, individual assessment of technology needs, adapted computer equipment with full training and technical support. |
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British Dyslexia Association |
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Website of the British Dyslexia Association. Includes news and events. |
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Child Industry Brain Trust |
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CIBT offers information, advice and support to families of children who have an acquired brain injury |
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Disability Net |
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Claims to be one of the world's leading Internet-based disability information and news services. Offers a variety of services such as a job search facility and shopping centre. |
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Disability Uk |
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A gateway to disability help, the site is maintained by disabled people for everyone. |
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Disabled Women - Advice |
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Information for disabled women about getting help to tackle violence and abuse. |
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Dyspraxia Foundation |
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Website of the Dyspraxia Foundation. |
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Family Village |
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Covers all aspects of disability, for disabled people but also for carers. |
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ForDisabledPeople.com |
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Rather thin on content, but useful for its links to other sites. |
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Kent Association for the Blind |
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KAB provides services to people who are visually impaired. This includes a toy library, social, sports and leisure clubs. |
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Kent Information Federation |
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Kent Information Federation offers a confidential impartial information service to disabled people, carers, their family, friends and those working with them. |
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Listening Books |
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Listening Books provides a postal and internet based audiobook library service to people who cannot read. in the usual way |
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Microsoft Accessibility |
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Discover accessibility settings that are already on your PC, and make your computer more comfortable, and easier to see, hear, and use. |
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Royal National Institute for Deaf People |
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Information for people with hearing impairments. A nice feature is a demonstration of fingerspelling. |
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Royal National Institute for the Blind |
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Information on the RNIB and on sight loss. |
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Scope |
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Information for people with cerebral palsy, their families and carers. |
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Sense |
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"The world's largest organisation working with and campaigning for deafblind people, their families and professionals who work with them." |
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Skill |
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The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities offers information and advice about further and higher education, training and employment for disabled people and those who work with them. |
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The Forest Bookshop |
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A specialist bookshop providing resources about deafness and deaf issues. They have a comprehensive catalogue of books, videos and CD Roms. |
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Together IT works. |
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IT training for deaf and hard of hearing people. |
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What would it be worth now? |
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A site that calculates an historical value in today's terms using the Retail Price Index |
Education (see also learning) |
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Channel 4 Education website |
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Excellent primary and secondary school learning resource |
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Curriculum Online |
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From the Dept for Education and Skills, this website guides teachers and parents through multimedia resources that are free or can be bought with ELCs. |
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Education Otherwise |
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Education otherwise is a UK-based membership organisation which provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school. |
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Education-line |
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The Education-line project is managed on behalf of the University of Leeds Library by the British Education Index (BEI) at the University of Leeds. It exists for educators both to search for papers on their chosen topics, or to deposit papers. |
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Eleven Plus Exams |
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Useful site for parents with children preparing for these exams |
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Guardian Education website |
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Vast range of teaching resources including revision aids and excellent links. |
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Learning Alive |
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Eduational resources and links for teachers and pupils. |
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National Information Services and Systems |
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Plenty of information about further education, including prospectuses and the Directory of Networked Resources (at http://www.niss.ac.uk/subject/index.html) |
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OFSTED School Reports |
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Full text inspection reports from OFSTED, searchable by education authority and school. |
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Open Learn |
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Free higher education for everyone: the Open University is now making its course materials available to everybody. |
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Study Links |
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Amazing Grades is a directory of websites useful for A Level, Scottish Higher, Advanced Higher and IB exams. All sites are rated and reviewed by British teachers. |
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Topmarks |
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An educational search engine providing links to educational websites, aimed at children, parents and teachers covering subjects in all key stages of the curriculum |
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UCAS |
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The University and Colleges Admissions Service for the UK. You can search for courses or institutions, and the site includes course vacancies during the clearing periods. |
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UK Exams |
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One stop shop for students, teachers and parents involved with GCSE and A level exams. Useful links to other sites plus information on obtaining past exam papers |
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Your Choice in Medway |
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Opportunities for learning in Medway, for 14 - 19 year-olds. |
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior - for ages 5-11 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior - for ages 5-11. Free access with a Medway library card, just enter your borrower number into the box. |
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Encyclopedia Mythica |
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An encyclopedia on Myths, folklore and legend |
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Wikipedia |
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"Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia. We started in January 2001 and are currently working on 180425 articles in the English version." |
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Internet for Civil Engineers |
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Covers many aspects of civil engineering including current news and articles, careers information ,exam guide, association and academic department indexes. It also gives links to historic information on engineers and landmarks. |
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The Daphne Jackson Trust |
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Enables scientists, engineers and IT specialists to return to work after career breaks |
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Environment Agency |
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This site offers local and national environmental data. |
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Environmental News Network |
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American site. Usefu for searching for anything environmental - compost to acid rain. |
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Findhorn eco-village |
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The Findhorn Community runs an eco-village in scotland, and has regular workshops and retreats. Its work is based on the values of planetary service, co-creation with nature and attunement to the divinity within all beings. |
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Medwayyourplanet.net |
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Find out about the small changes you can make locally to help tackle global warming |
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Nature's Calendar |
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A partnership between the Woodland Trust and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to monitor and evaluate changes to nature's events. You can register and record your observations of local events on Nature's Calendar. |
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Orange Recycle |
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Dispose of your ole mobile phones by sending them to Orange (you can order an envelope on this site). For every phone that can be re-used they will make a donation to NCH. |
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Recycle More |
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Recycle More is a not-for-profit organisation working for the packaging industry to fulfil a legal requirement to promote recycling to consumers. Includes lots of information about recycling laws, and how you can help. |
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Thames Pilot |
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Images and documents from a number of archives and museums all relating to the River Thames from its source to the sea. |
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The Thursday Group |
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A council led volunteer group helping to manage areas of ancient woodland and chalk grassland for public access and conservation in Medway. |
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Council of Europe, Human Rights homepage |
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Includes many European Conventions on Human Rights, and many useful links. |
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EU Observer |
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A comprehensive source of news on Europe |
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Euro Information |
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This is the Treasury's euro business website, a comprehensive resource for all things relating to the euro. |
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Europe Direct |
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Your direct line to the European Union. For your questions on the European Union. |
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EuropeAid co-operation office |
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The website includes information about EuropeAid, grants, tenders, procedures, programmes & projects |
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European Central Bank |
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This site contains useful practical information on the Euro, giving details of what the notes and coins look like as well as Euro conversion rates. |
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European Commission Representation in the UK |
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The homepage of the European Commission's UK office |
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European Parliament - UK office |
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The UK office of the European Parliament, includes guide to the Parliament and a listing of UK MEPs. |
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European Parliament online |
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The European parliament online. All the information you expect, with the chance to watch sessions live using the "EP live" link |
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Eurostat |
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Searchable database of the latest and most complete statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries. |
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Inside Europe |
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This is the BBC's Europe web site, giving information on the current issues and news stories affecting the EU. |
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BBC Religion and Ethics |
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Includes guides to the UK's main religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism. Features links to religious news around the world.
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Encyclopedia Mythica |
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An encyclopedia on Myths, folklore and legend |
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Findhorn |
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The Findhorn Community runs an eco-village in scotland, and has regular workshops and retreats. Its work is based on the values of planetary service, co-creation with nature and attunement to the divinity within all beings. |
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The Druid Grove |
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Excellent website run by the order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Useful information about the Druid way of life and an online library. |
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The Pagan Federation |
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A UK organization promoting awareness of Paganism in Europe and the world. An excellent place to start if you want to know more about paganism. |
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UK Pagan Links |
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A directory of wicca, wicca, druid, shamanic, witch, witchcraft web sites. |
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Wesley Owen |
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Christian booksellers site - comprehensive site that includes books, music, videos, bibles. |
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World Prayers |
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Prayers from all over the world. |
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1901 Census for England & Wales |
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official genealogy site of the Welsh & English census information for 1901. |
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Ancestry.com |
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A useful resource for family history online. Contains over a billion names in over 3,000 databases. Includes a 'search by locality' facility for UK vital and church records. Some charged services. |
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BBC Family History |
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Try out the Family History Trail, a really useful starting point for those new to family history research. Check out Bloodlines, the family history gateway, packed with links to resources. |
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Black presence. |
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A selection of records held by the National Archives and other sources covering the black and asian presence in Britain, 1500 - 1850. |
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Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions in Kent |
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A Kent Archaeological Society Site that links to notes compiled by LL Duncan from 1890s to 1923. |
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CityArk |
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Medway's celebrated archives search engine. Use it to search for "Useful Links" to find other pages |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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This link takes you to the homepage of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
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Cyndi's List |
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International genealogy gateway to sites |
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Familia |
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This is the on-line starting-place to find information about materials in public libraries which will help you trace your family history. |
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Family history online |
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holds some 52 million searchable records including indexes (or fuller details of the entries) for baptisms, marriages, burials, monumental inscriptions, and census returns. |
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Family Search |
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Family genealogy service from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. |
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Free Births, Marriages and Deaths |
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Provides access to Civil Registration index information for England and Wales for the period 1837-1901 |
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FreeCen |
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Free Census offers information from the 1841 to 1891censuses |
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Genealogy of the UK and Ireland |
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A virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK. |
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Guild of One-Name Studies |
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For anyone interested in one-name studies, which involve researching all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree. Contains many useful links. |
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Images of England |
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Images of England is building a digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings. |
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Kent War Memorials Transcription Project |
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Project to transcribe civic war memorials in Kent listing the fallen |
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Mariners - merchant navy |
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For those researching mariners and ships of the merchant navy |
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Origins.net |
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Provides access to genealogical data for online family history research. Includes access to the archives of the Society of Genealogists and extensive records for Scotland. |
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Public Records Office |
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Provides comprehensive advice for family historians and genealogists. |
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World Names |
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Shows distribution of family names around the world. Very fascinating, but very popular, so sometimes unavailable! |
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Fashion Net |
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"The Global Meeting Point for the World of Fashion". Lists magazines, fashion houses, fashion shows, modelling agencies etc. |
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Vegetarian footware |
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Non-leather footware made from alternative materials |
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British Film Institute |
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This website is an excellent starting point for those interested in film. |
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DVDPriceCheck |
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Compares the price of DVDs across a number online shops. |
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European Cinema - MEDIA Salles |
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Useful site for those interested in European cinema, including the European Cinema On-line Database. |
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Guardian Film Site |
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News, features, reviews of latest films. |
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IMDb |
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The Internet Movie Database - if a film isn't on here, it's never been made. Wide-ranging information covering all aspects of the film industry. |
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Movie Cliches |
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A fun list of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies. |
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ScreenOnline |
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A website dedicated to the history of British film and television |
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Soho Shorts Film Festival |
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The Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is a cool, creative and relaxed annual event where the work of both established filmmakers and newcomers is viewed and judged on a completely level platform. |
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FIND |
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An Internet directory for UK financial services. Covers insurance companies, banking, investments, mortgages and loans, information services, advice and dealing, and business services. |
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FTSE International |
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The Financial Times Stock Exchange site. FTSE International is the world's leading index calculation specialist, calculating thousands of indices, some 100 in real time. An enormous amount of free information on stock exchange trading. |
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Inland Revenue, rates and allowances |
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This site takes you directly to the Inland Revenue's tax rates and tax allowances information. |
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Money Facts |
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Looking for a mortgage? A pension? An excellent UK site telling you the best buys around. |
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Money made clear |
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Impartial information from the FSA, the UK's financial watchdog |
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Money saving information |
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How to save money - credit cards, shopping, banking, insurance, travel, mortgages, etc |
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MoneyWorld |
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An enormous amount of information on personal finance, covering home buying, investing in the stock market, buying insurance, finding saving "best buys", working out income tax, and help with foreign currencies. |
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This is Money |
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Financial information and news provided by the Daily Mail group. |
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You and Your Money |
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A BBC web site that gives advice on mortages, tax, savings, pensions, investments, plus managing debt. |
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Asia Recipe |
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Lots of useful information on the food and culture of Asian countries. Includes a timeline of foods. Site set up by American educationalist living in Thailand. |
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BBC Food |
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Links to all your favourite BBC food programmes. Features top 10 recipes and the latest radio and TV listings . Why not create a culinary wonder using the Recipe Finder or check out the link to Asian Life Food. |
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Beer in the Evening |
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An excellent site, gives information about pubs locally and nationally. Searchable database, with maps and directions. |
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Epicurious |
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American site, with 9,000 recipes from the magazines Gourmet and Bon Appétit. |
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Farmers Markets |
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The only directory of inspected and genuine farmers' markets in the UK! |
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Food Standards Agency |
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Includes information on food handling, healthy eating, additives, regulations, research, BSE etc. |
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The Foody |
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A clear, easy to use site with recipes, information about farmers markets and what food is in season |
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Bubblegum Club |
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Fun and games for younger children. |
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Enneagram |
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Find out about your friends and family, and what makes them tick |
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Find a Grave |
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Sounds bizarre, but lots of information on famous (and obscure) graves. |
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Guinness Book of Records |
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The official site of world records - always fascinating! |
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Joseph Wu's Origami Page |
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Lots of paper-folding projects with diagrams. |
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Space Invaders |
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The Ultimate Shrine to Classic Game Space Invaders - What's YOUR high score? |
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BBC Gardening |
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Links to all your favourite BBC gardening programmes, gardening tips, information on plants, pests and diseases plus a useful search facility. |
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Crocus |
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Encyclopaedia/garden centre |
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Japanese Garden Society |
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Encouraging, informative support for both new and experienced gardeners interested in the orient. |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Home page of the world famous Botanic Gardens at Kew and Wakehurst Place, West Sussex. |
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Royal Horticultural Society |
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Plenty of information about horticulture across Britain. |
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Life Expectancy Tables |
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Shows life expectancy for countries around the world. Links to map and further information. |
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Volcanoes |
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The U.S. Geological Survey's site to show you what is erupting this week. Covers the whole world |
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World Time Zones |
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Shows the world'd time zones and also a daylight map of the world. |
Geography (see also Countries) |
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National geographic. |
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Free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures |
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Audit Commission Website |
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Includes information on Best Value initiative. |
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Directgov |
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Online access to a wide range of government information and services, all in one place. |
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Directory of UK Local Government on the Web |
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Includes all county, metropolitan, unitary, borough and district authority web sites, irrespective of the quantity or quality of information. Also offers a list of town and parish councils. |
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Governments on the World Wide Web |
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It links to national and local government sites worldwide as well as sources such as Lonely Planet, Amnesty International and flag databases. |
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Houses of Parliament |
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United Kingdom Parliament's World Wide Web Service, with information about the Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords |
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Information for local government |
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This site is a gateway to items of interest to local authorities on central government web sites. |
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Local Government Association |
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This website is a good starting point for information on all areas affecting local government. |
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Local Government International Bureau |
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The LGIB is the European and international arm of the Local Government Association for England & Wales, and also acts as the all UK member of international organisations. |
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The Stationery Office online |
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This is the official website of TSO, with a search engine locating any TSO title in print. |
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The White House |
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Information about American government, including political history. |
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UK Statutory Instruments |
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All the Statutory Instruments since 1987. |
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Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus |
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Practical support and advice for people with spina bifida or hydrocephalus. |
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Body Mass Index |
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Calculate your body mass index, which is an indicator of how healthy you are. |
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Breast Cancer Care |
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Plenty of information about breast checks and cancer. |
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British Association for Nutritional Therapy |
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The professional body for nutritional therapists - useful for finding local therapists to treat food allergy and intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome, diet problems etc |
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British Dental Health Foundation |
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The Foundation is the leading UK-based independent charity working to bring about improved standards of oral health care. |
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British National Formulary |
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The BNF provides you with authoritative and practical information on the selection and clinical use of medicines in a clear, concise and accessible manner. You need to register, but it's free. |
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British Nutrition Foundation |
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The BNF is a charity promoting "the nutritional wellbeing of society through the ... effective dissemination of scientifically based nutritional knowledge and advice." Lots of food information, including about how to lose weight sensibly. |
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Cancer BACUP |
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The UK's leading source of cancer information. |
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Find a local chiropodist or podiatrist |
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The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists represents over 8,000 practising members, all registered by the Health Professions Council. Whether you're looking for a podiatrist or chiropodist near to where you live or work, this site is here to help. |
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Health Care Commission |
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The Healthcare Commission is the health watchdog in England. It’s our job to check that healthcare services are meeting standards in a range of areas, including safety, cleanliness and waiting times. |
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Marie Stopes International |
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Detailed information on abortion, contraception, female sterilisation, vasectomy and health screening. |
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National Autistic Society |
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The website includes information about autism and Asperger syndrome, the NAS and its services and activities. |
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National Blood Service |
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All about blood, including how and where to donate blood in England and North Wales. |
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National Centre for Eating Disorders |
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The Centre offers counselling for eating disorders. This particular link gives information about anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, and other disorders. |
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NHS Choices |
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This website has been developed to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services |
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NHS Direct |
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Guide to the NHS as well as information on conditions and treatments, and advice on healthy living. |
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Parkinson's Disease Society |
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Information for people with Parkinson's disease. |
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Pubmed |
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PubMed is a version of the Medline database produced by the National Institute of Health in the USA. It indexes over 4,000 biomedical journals from 1966 to date. Suitable for people who've already done a bit of reading around a medical subject. |
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Samaritans |
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If you need someone to talk to, and don't know where to turn, the samaritans are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. |
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Smokefree |
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Stop smoking, start living |
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BBC - mental health |
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Information about mental health and where to find help and advice |
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Carers UK |
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Carers UK is the voice of carers. Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or partner. Carers UK campaign to get them the practical, financial and emotional support they need. |
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Mind |
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Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. |
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The samaritans |
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Samaritans provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support for people 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide |
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A Vision of Britain through Time |
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Britain 1801 - 2001 including maps, statistics including population, housing, industry, social class. |
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Abolition of Slavery - Bicentenary |
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Charts the history of the slave trade and the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 |
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Ancient Egypt site |
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The site for anyone interested in Egyptology. Author is a Belgian with a lifelong interest in the subject. Includes comprehensive bibliography |
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BBC Peoples War |
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Archive database of wartime memories including Medway people |
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British Pathe |
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Browse through film about historic events and details of everyday life from the last century - view online for free. An astonishing 3,500 hours of video on the internet to create a unique online learning resource. |
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CASBAH |
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A pilot web site for research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian people in the UK. |
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Clergy of the Church of England Database |
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Useful site for historians and family historians charting the careers of clergy between 1540 - 1835 |
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College of Arms |
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Heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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Current Archaeology |
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Magazine website. Includes fabulous directory of archaeological digs and organisations. |
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English Heritage |
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This website gives an insight into English Heritage’s role in caring for historic buildings, and for advising in archaeological projects. You can find out what is going on in your area, events and places to visit. |
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Historic maps |
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Landmark historic maps from 1846-1899 of English, Welsh and Scottish counties. Includes gazetteer of places |
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History |
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Compiled by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, this site catalogues on-line resources in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world and provides information about the history profession including books and theses. |
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History - BBC Online |
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BBC's excellent site gives information on all things historical. |
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House History |
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How to go about tracing the history of your house or any other building in your town or village |
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Kent History |
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This website features kings of Kent, a time line, maps and castles. There are lots of complementary links e.g. British Library collections, local history sites and time lines, and much more. |
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MILN: Medway Index to Local Newspapers |
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An index to selected articles of local interest in Medway newspapers from 1830 |
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Moving Here |
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Explores the history of Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian communities in Britain. |
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National Archives Learning Curve |
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Education interactive part of the Public Records Office website designed to link in with the National Curriculum and is part of NGfL. We have used the section on the census extensively and have recommended it to teachers when out in schools. |
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Old Bailey Proceedings Online |
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Accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court 1674-1834. |
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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
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Established by William Morris, this society is dedicated to preserving and restoring old buildings. |
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Stone Pages |
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Pages about prehistoric sites across the UK, France and Ireland. |
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Thames Pilot |
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Images and documents from a number of Archives and Museums all relating to the River Thames from its source to the sea..Themes include its history, industries, environment, the river in art. |
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Thames Sailing Barges |
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Everthing you might want to know about these workhorses of the East Coast |
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The Historic Dockyard Chatham |
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Particularly useful for people researching dock workers or ships built at Chatham Dockyard. Try the Message Board. |
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The South Coast Martello Towers |
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Wonderful site detailing Martello Towers all over the South East with links to sites in Canada, Ireland and elsewhere |
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Trafalgar Ancestors |
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Were your ancestors at the Battle of Trafalgar? |
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Tudor History Web Ring |
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A good range of websites about the Tudors. Warning - it opens up a number of annoying adverts. Just close them and carry on. |
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ViewFinder |
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An English Heritage site providing a searchable image database of photographs of the historic environment from the Henry Taunt collection and others. |
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What would it be worth now? |
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A site that calculates a historical value in today's terms using the Retail Price Index |
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All Free Crafts |
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Lots of ideas and instructions. |
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Art Attacks |
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An enormous number of easy art projects for any age. |
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Better Homes and Gardens |
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A lot of free instructions for crafts and recipes. |
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Child Fun |
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Lots of attractive projects (you'll need to scroll down to see them). |
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Coats Crafts |
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UK site promoting not only their products but also tips and hints on how to do hardanger, embroidery, hand knitting, crochet and hand sewing, all clearly illustrated |
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Craft and Fabric Links |
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Lots of free ideas and patterns. |
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Craftown |
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A wide variety of free crafts. |
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DIY Fixit |
| |
An idiot's step by step guide to DIY. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!! |
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Guild of Machine Knitters |
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This site, which has an updated date field, shows dealers/repairers, sales/ wants, courses and local clubs for machine knitters by county. There is a 4x yearly newsletter and links to other sites of interest to machine knitters. |
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Royal Mail |
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News from Royal Mail |
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Stanley Gibbons |
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for current news and your philatelic needs |
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The Dolls House Club |
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The site for makers of dolls houses and miniatures. |
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The Lace Guild |
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a site which offers details of membership, a magazine, notification of events, publications and suppliers and a gallery of beautiful works |
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Walking World |
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Free walks in the UK for all abilities, including directions and maps. |
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Yahoo's directory of arts and crafts |
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Yahoo's listings for art and craft websites. |
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Net House Prices |
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House prices in your area, as recorded by the Land Registry. A good way to find out what your house is worth. |
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Amnesty International |
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"Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards." |
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Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights |
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This is the official website of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. |
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Data Protection |
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Web site for the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts. |
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Human Rights |
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United Nations' human rights page. |
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Immigration Index |
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"The immigration resource directory on the net..." |
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HUMBUL |
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HUMBUL (the HUManities BULletin board) is run by Oxford University, and is a subject gateway to websites for the humanities. |
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Humbul Humanities Hub |
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A portal to the Humanities for UK further and higher education. Covers archaeology, history, theology, linguistics, philosophy etc. Includes some excellent Internet tutorials on these subjects. |
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Philosophy around the Web |
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Put together by a lecturer at Oxford University, this indexes philosophy sites on the Web. |
International Organisations |
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Unifem |
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The women's fund of the United Nations; it works to promote equality for women worldwide. |
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United Nations Home Page |
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Information about the organisation, including a free database of social statistics about the organisation's member countries (at http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main.htm). |
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%Kelkoo% |
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Online price comparison site |
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.net |
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Possibly one of the best Internet magazines around. |
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BBC WebWise |
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An introduction to the Internet. Let Bruce the Spider lead you through the basics. Includes basic information and a useful glossary plus Becoming WebWise, a follow-on online course for those who want to learn more about the Net. |
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BigNoseBird |
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BNB has over 200 pages of original tutorials on almost every subject to do with writing and running a web site. |
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Community Website Builder |
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Easy-to-use website allows registered UK charities, non-profit making organisations and volunteer led groups or organisations to build and maintain their own website free of charge. Also offers free email-based technical support. |
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Facebook |
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A social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. |
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Free Pint |
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Excellent bulletin about many internet issues. |
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Hoax slayer |
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The Hoax-Slayer Newsletter keeps you informed about the latest email hoaxes and current Internet scams. Hoax-Slayer also features anti-spam tips, computer security information, pertinent articles and more. |
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Internet Archive |
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This is being developed as an archive of web pages intended for researchers and educationalists but is very much in its infancy as no index is yet available. |
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Intute |
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A listing of the best online resources, covering a wide range of subjects. Links chosen by subject specialists working in the education sector. An excellent resource. |
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Intute: virtual training suite |
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Provides free internet tutorials on how to get the most from the internet for education and research |
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My Space |
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Connect with like-minded people on this popular site |
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Survey Monkey |
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Create a professional online survey quickly, easily, and free of charge. |
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Urban legends - crime warnings |
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Been warned about a con? This website seperates fact from fiction, and exposes urban legends for what they are. |
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Writeboard |
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An easy and professional (and free) way for a number of people to collaborate on writing something. |
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Alec's free CV, job hunting and interview tips |
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Includes CV/resume tips, careers advice and help with interview techniques. |
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Careers test - BBC |
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A short test to help you discover which careers should suit you |
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Caterer |
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Search for jobs online. The site also offers advice about CVs and job hunting. |
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Employ - North Kent |
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If you are looking for work or just need some help getting 'job ready', you can find support and practical advice on Employ North Kent with one of our experienced organisations. |
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Fuse Jobs |
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London's entry-level job site. The gateway to your first job, a new career, or your way back into work. |
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Help for jobhunters |
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Advice on compiling a skills-based CV; search for current vacancies; company information |
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Homeworking |
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This site has information for anyone wanting to or currently working at home. |
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Job Vacancies in social care - Medway. |
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Interested in a rewarding career in one of many fields of work available in social care? Job vacancies are listed here. |
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JobCentre Plus |
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JobCentre Plus from the Department for Work and Pensions |
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Jobs 4 U |
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Very detailed information about a huge range of careers and what you need to get in to them. |
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Jobs in Kent |
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Search for Jobs in Kent and the surrounding area |
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Jobs Unlimited |
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Index to the Guardian newspaper's job adverts. Allows you to set up your own automated search which acts every time you log on to the site. |
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Jobseekers - library resources |
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Details about the resources available in the library to jobseekers, with a good selection of internet sites. |
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Jobsite |
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Jobs from European employers and recruitment agencies. |
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Kent Jobs |
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Kent Messenger's job website. |
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LGJobs |
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UK’s leading website for public sector careers. |
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North Kent construction skills project |
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The project was set up to tackle the skills gaps in the construction industry. The project acts as an agent of change, delivering a radical shift in the approach to training and employment. |
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Step into the NHS |
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Designed to help 14-19 year olds to choose a career in the NHS. |
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The Daphne Jackson Trust |
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Enables scientists, engineers and IT specialists to return to work after career breaks |
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WISE - Women into Science & Engineering |
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Promotes Science and Engineering as a career to women of all ages, from school leavers to Women Returners. Provides support, rolemodels and financial assistance. |
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Work Train |
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The DfEE's site for jobs and training. |
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BBC language courses |
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Free online courses for beginners, with links to further resources. |
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Bonjour |
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Learning French? A bright and fun site originally set up for the Howard School, Rainham, but now used countrywide. |
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English as a second language |
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Learning English as a second language: a collection of resources for students and teachers, including practice exercises and tests. |
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I love languages |
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Subject gateway. |
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KIDON Media Link |
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Thousands of newspapers online from all over the world - very useful for people for whom English is a second or foreign language. |
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Languages for Travelers |
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Set up by an American Physics student, this teaches the basics of over 60 languages and gives useful links to many other sites. |
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Sil International |
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Guide to obscure languages. It includes a catalogue of 6700 languages spoken in 228 countries. |
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Accident Line |
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A free service personal injury referral service, endorsed by the Law Society |
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Community Legal Service Direct |
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Government service for when you need help with a legal problem. Also available by telephone at 0845 345 4 345. |
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Criminal Justice System |
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developed so as to inform members of the public about the Criminal Justice System whilst offering practical advice for any who become involved in it as victims, witnessess etc. |
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Data Protection |
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Web site for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts |
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Infolaw |
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Contains information for lawyers, but acts as a useful gateway to sites about UK law. |
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Just Ask |
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Now renamed "Community Legal Service Direct". |
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Law reform |
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Justice is an all-party, law reform and human rights organisationworking to improve the legal system and quality of justice. |
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Lawlinks |
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Subject gateway to legal information on the Web, compiled by the Kent Law School at the University of Kent. |
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Public sector information |
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Acts of Parliament are available on this site as well as good links other government sites |
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The Court Service |
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The Court Service provides administrative support to a number of courts and tribunals in England and Wales, including the High Court, the Crown Court and the county courts. |
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The UK Statute Law Database |
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The official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online. |
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BBC Learning Zone |
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Home page of the BBC's Learning Service programmes which are shown overnight on BBC Two. The guide helps you to select the programmes which interest you - simply record and play back at your leisure. |
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British Library - Learning |
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"The British Library encourages people to think about big ideas, interpret sources and do their own research." Resources for students, teachers and the general public. |
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BUBL LINK / 5 15 |
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BUBL stands for Bulletin Board for Libraries. This site organises Internet resources by Dewey order. |
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Driving theory tests |
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Online tests where you can check your driving theory skills, from the Driving Standards Agency. |
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Edventure Learning |
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Far too much fun to be educational. Try the Science Station. |
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Enrich UK |
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Gateway to a lottery-funded collection of 150 sites fuelling the online learning revolution. EnrichUK ranges across culture, history, social and economic development, science and art as well as regional projects. |
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Learn Direct |
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Find a course in French, html, gardening, accountancy ... |
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ThinkQuest |
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Learning (see also education) |
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Eleven Plus Exams |
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Useful site for parents with children preparing for these exams |
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Intute: virtual training suite |
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Provides free internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the most from the Web for education and research |
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Open Learn |
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Free higher education for everyone: the Open University is now making its course materials available to everybody. |
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Reverse dictionary |
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For when you can't find that word you're looking for - type in a description and get a list of alternatives |
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Tutorhunt |
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This website connects tutors and pupils. |
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Your Choice in Medway |
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Opportunities for learning in Medway, for 14 - 19 year-olds. |
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Enrich UK |
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Gateway to a lottery-funded collection of 150 sites fuelling the online learning revolution. EnrichUK ranges across culture, history, social and economic development, science and art as well as regional projects. |
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Internet Public Library |
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Started and funded by the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, this is the Internet's first independent public library, dedicated to linking to quality Internet resources. |
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Library Campaign Group |
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An independent national organisation set up in 1984 to support Friends of Library groups and to campaign for improved services in publicly funded libraries. |
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New Library The People's Network |
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This report gives plans for a public library network across the UK. |
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The Women's Library |
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A cultural centre, housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. The library hosts regular exhibitions, worhshops and other events. |
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UK Public Libraries |
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This gives addresses for all the public libraries in the UK that have a web page. |
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Virtual Library |
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A guide to high-quality resources on the Internet. The Virtual Library was founded by Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web. |
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British Library |
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A gateway to a major research catalogue in Britain |
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COPAC |
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This links the library catalogues of some of the most prestigious university libraries in Britain, such as Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh. |
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LibDex |
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Hosted by Northern Lights (the search engine), this gives an impressive list of links to library catalogues across the world. |
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Library of Congress Catalogue |
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The most important library catalogue for the United States with links to many other academic institutions |
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Medway's library catalogue |
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For the first time, you can use Medway's library catalogue on the Internet. Look up books, reserve items, look at your borrower record. Ask at your local library for your PIN number. |
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UK Public Libraries |
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Links to public library catalogues across the country; plus links to other libraries in the UK |
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Maporama |
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Maporama provides road directions for both the UK and Europe |
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Medway Map Service |
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geographical information system (GIS) and giving access to maps showing the location of the council’s services and facilities. |
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Multimap |
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Interactive mapping service offering street-level maps of the UK and Europe and detailed maps of the world. Also provides London Underground maps, aerial photographs and directions. |
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Old Maps |
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Historic maps 1846-1899 of English, Welsh and Scottish counties. Includes gazetteer of places. |
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Registered common land & open country |
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The Countryside Agency is preparing maps of all open country and registered common land in England (the Countryside Council for Wales is carrying out the same task in Wales). This is a statutory duty under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. |
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Street Map |
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Clear and detailed maps of the UK sourced from OS. Search by postcode, placename or grid reference. |
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United Nations Maps |
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You will need an Adobe Acrobat reader to use these. |
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BBC Annual Reports |
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BBC annual reports from 2000 to 2006 |
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BBC annual reports |
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BBC annual reports from 2000 to 2006 |
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The BBC Online |
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An excellent site with daily news, details of programmes, plenty of information and interactivity. |
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Chatham Marine Cadets |
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Chatham's bid for World Heritage Status |
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Chatham's bid for World Heritage Status |
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Council for Voluntary Service |
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Enables, supports and builds a thriving voluntary and community sector in Medway. |
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Dickens World |
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A Dickensian-themed attraction being built in Chatham, Kent and will open in 2007. |
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Faith in the gateway |
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This site works to bring together the faith sector with the statuary and planning bodies so that local people are kept informed and involved in local development. |
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Four Corners |
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If a Medway village is online, you'll find it here. |
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Frindsbury Stirling Badminton Club |
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Information on contacts and fixtures. |
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Gillingham Football Club |
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The official website of Gillingham Football Club. |
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Halling Parish Council |
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Halling Parish Council Website |
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Kent Underground Research Group |
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A publication entitled 'Chalk mining and associated industries of Frindsbury' by Adrian Pearce and Dave Long |
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Kent Underground Research Group |
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A publication entitled 'Chalk mining and associated industries of Frindsbury' by Adrian Pearce and Dave Long |
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Medway Camcorder Club |
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Club for all video-making enthusiasts. Meetings and events information. |
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Medway Carers Centre |
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Offers support and information to carers in Medway. Part of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. |
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Medway Council |
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Information about all the council's activities and services. |
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Medway Map Service |
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geographical information system (GIS) and gives citizens access to maps showing the location of the council’s services and facilities. |
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Medway Mermaids |
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A writing group for women of all disciplines and styles, who are committed to developing their work through mutual support and constructive criticism. |
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Medway NHS |
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Information about local NHS services and how to stay healthy at home and when travelling abroad. |
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Medway Towns Sea Cadets |
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Sea cadets events and activities. |
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Medway Towns.Com |
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Local information covering tourism, sport, wedding venues, photos of Medway and a list of schools. |
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Medway Yacht Club |
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Regattas, events and training information. |
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Medwayyourplanet.net |
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Find out about the small changes you can make locally to help tackle global warming |
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MOLE (Medway Organisations List for Everyone) |
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Clubs and associations directory for Medway - everything from Alpine Gardening to War Pensions. |
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Movement in Medway |
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Medways provisional public rights of way improvement plan 2007-2017. Consultation runs from 18th July 2007 until Tuesday 9th October 2007. The final plan will be published 1st November 2007. |
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National Childbirth Trust Medway |
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Medway branch of the NCT. Events, contacts, maternity and antenatal class information. |
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North Kent community Forum |
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The Forum exists as a vehicle to bring together the views and needs of residents and the voluntary and community sector throughout North Kent and to represent these views to local and national government bodies. |
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Pagan Federation - south east |
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Details of events in Medway and the south east |
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Positive Parenting Network |
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Medway PPN serves parents, carers and family support agencies. It provides information about local services and parenting. |
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Rainham |
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Information about and images of Rainham |
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Rochester farmers market |
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Rochester Farmers Market is a monthly market and has now been running since June 2000. |
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RSPB Medway Group |
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Local branch of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Details of events, meetings and contacts. |
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Sunlight Centre |
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Home page of the sunlight community centre based in Gillingham. Community cafe, radio station and recording studio and much more. |
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The Historic Dockyard Chatham |
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Particularly useful for people researching dock workers or ships built at Chatham Dockyard. Try the Message Board. |
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The net |
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A local magazine listing information about local clubs, events and local businesses. |
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Thursday Group |
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A volunteer group helping to manage areas of ancient woodland and chalk grassland for public access and conservation in Medway, Kent. |
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Vines Centre Trust |
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A major community resource including projects to redistribute surplus paint and furniture and recycle wood and computers. The centre also hosts a Credit Union and runs ICT training |
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Your Choice in Medway |
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Opportunities for learning in Medway, for 14 - 19 year-olds. |
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BBC Topgear |
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Homepage of the popular BBC TV programme |
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Driving Standards Agency - practise your driving test |
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With this online service you can practise the multiple choice part of the Theory Test. There are 2 sample tests for Car or Motorcyle users, but by subscribing you can access all of the official DSA Theory Test questions used in the actual test. |
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Topgear.com |
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Commercial arm of the Topgear programme |
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What Car? |
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Everything you need to know if you are buying a new or used car |
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Imperial War Museum |
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The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain & the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. |
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Medway Museums |
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Link to museums in the Medway area |
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Museum of London |
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Tells the story of London from pre-historic times to present day |
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National Maritime Museum |
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This link takes you directly to the National Maritime Museum home page. |
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National Virtual Museum |
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News and information about the latest exhibitions in museums all around the UK |
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Natural History Museum |
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Very useful home page of the museum, giving information on all aspects of the Natural History Museum and it's work. |
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Science Museum |
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Home page of the Science Museum with information about the museum and current exhibitions. |
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Brass Bands Reference, history and Contesting |
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Lots of information about Brass bands; history and contests. |
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Celtic Music and Culture links |
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Links to Celtic music sites. |
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Classical.com |
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An astonishing website with 10 000 tracks for you to listen to. If you're using it in the library, ask us for earphones. |
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Kent Indie |
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For independent" or non-mainstream artistic creations |
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Last.FM |
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Listen with Last.fm and fuel the social music revolution. It's easy. What are *you* listening to? |
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Lulu.com |
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A do-it-yourself site that enables anyone to create and publish digital content. No set up fee and you set your own royalty. |
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Mudcat Cafe |
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Folk music |
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OrchestraNET |
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Includes a world-wide orchestra directory, a classical music web ring of a 1000+ sites, and details of concerts around the UK. Valuable links to resources across the Internet (including the Dead Conductor's Page!) |
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Parents' Music Room |
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Lots of ideas on how to motivate your child with music. |
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Rolling Stone |
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Excellent source of information on rock music and artists. The search engine brings up biographical information on thousands of groups. |
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The Musicland |
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Includes materials to help with teaching and learning A level, GCSE, and Key Stage 3 Music. Approved by the Association of Teachers' Websites. |
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Westminster gateway |
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Westminster libraries' gateway to music web sites. |
Naval and Military History |
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1901 census:Royal Naval Vessels |
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An index to Royal Naval vessels at sea or in ports abroad at the time of the 1901 census (31March 1901) |
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Cyndi's List |
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Lists UK military resources providing general information about the military past |
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Forces Reunited |
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This is the largest database of Forces and ex-Forces personnel on the web. It has a remembrance/memorial section where you can leave a memorial for someone killed in battle. |
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Gazettes online |
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database for 20th century entries in London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes |
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HMS Chatham |
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A wide range of information regarding this Type 22 royal Naval Frigate. You can find details about the career of the current commanding officer as well as the history and news pages of the ship. |
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Imperial War Museum |
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Site for the national museum for wars of the 20th century. Contains a set of pages devoted to family history research at the Imperial War Museum |
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth |
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A comprehensive collection of internet resources about land forces that were at anytime part of the British Empire or Commonwealth |
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Mariners - merchant navy |
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For those researching mariners and ships of the merchant navy |
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MedalNet |
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An internet portal for researchers and collectors of Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded by British Commonwealth countries |
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Navy List 2006 |
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The current Navy List |
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PORT |
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Produced and maintained by the National Maritime Museum, PORT provides access to maritime resources and information via the internet |
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Public Record Office |
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Contains PRO leaflets about tracing military careers |
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Royal Naval Museum |
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Website covering the Museum and library |
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SeaScotland |
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The coast, lochs and maritime heritage of Scotland |
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Thames Sailing Barges |
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Everything you might want to know about these workhorses of the East Coast |
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Thames Tugs |
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The site contains details of many of the River Thames ship handling tugs operating between 1833 and 2008. |
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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Contains information on the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars |
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The Royal Navy |
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Royal Navy to day and yesterday with useful links |
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Tugtalk |
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A subscription site for "tuggies" |
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Chatham News Index |
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An index of articles from the Chatham News (previously the Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News, 1895 - 1965. (see also MILN: Medway Index to Local Newspapers) |
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Electronic Telegraph |
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Daily Telegraph in electronic form with archives back to November 1994. |
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Financial Times |
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This includes a searchable archive going back three years - they claim to index 5 million articles from 3,000 publications. Articles from the FT can be retrieved free. |
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KIDON Media Link |
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Thousands of newspapers online from all over the world - very useful for people for whom English is a second or foreign language |
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Medway Index to Local Newspapers |
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An index to selected articles of local interest in Medway newspapers from 1830 onwards |
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National Geographic Magazine |
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A site as glossy and fascinating as the magazine itself. |
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New Scientist |
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"...you can search the whole of the New Scientist Planet Science Site and an archive of material that has appeared since 3 April 1997. [The website contains approximately one third of the material that appears in the magazine each week" |
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Online newspapers |
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Thousands of world newspapers at you fingertips, in their original language - includes British regional newspapers too. |
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Reuters |
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Reuters is possibly the world's leading financial information provider. |
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Scientific American |
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Popular science website. Includes a section where you can pose a scientific question to an expert. |
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The Times |
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Back issues of the paper available from January 1996. A search facility also available. |
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Today's front pages |
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See what's in the news around the world with front pages from 244 newspapers. |
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50 Connect |
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"A fun interactive portal for the over 50's." |
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Age Concern |
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Advice and information for older people. Includes excellent collection of hyperlinks - get to them via the "Facts for You" section. |
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Age Exchange |
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Age Exchange train people and organisations to benefit from reminiscence. |
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Age Net |
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Age-Net was launched in February 2000 as an ‘Age Friendly’ site for the UKs Over 50s population. It is an entertainment and information site which seeks to provide a platform for your interests and answers to the questions you want to ask. |
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Hairnet |
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"Hairnet began life in 1997 as a computer and Internet training initiative for the over 50s." Now offers an online community with chatrooms and features. |
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Hanover Housing Association |
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The Hanover Group's mission is to ensure that older people have access to appropriate, affordable housing. |
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Help the Aged |
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offers comprehensive free advice on pensions, residential care, health benefits and other issues of importance to the older person |
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Ricability |
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An independent research charity which publishes practical, actionable and unbiased guides for older and disabled consumers based on research. |
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Silver surfers day |
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The annual silver surfer event held every May - introduction to using computers for people 50 or over. Find a free event near you! |
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The Oldie |
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"The Oldie is a monthly magazine, and is a haven for good sense and quality writing in a media obsessed with celebrity and 'yoof'. " |
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Wise Owls |
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Offers a range of services to people over 45, including a newsletter, employment agency and advice. |
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BBC Parenting |
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From the BBC. Everything the parent needs to know, from pregnancy to the first day at school. |
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Ehomework |
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"eHomework was formed to offer a unique reference point on helping your kids with homework." |
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e-parents |
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Lots of resources and links to help parents. |
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Medway Positive Parenting Network (PPN) |
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Miriam Stoppard Lifetime |
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A good parenting site which is continually updated. It contains advice on pregnancy and family health. |
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National Childminding Association |
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Information and support to registered childminders and information to parents looking for a childminder. |
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NCT Pregnancy and Babycare |
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Everything you need to know about pregnancy and babycare. |
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Parents at Work |
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Parents at Work is a charity providing information to help parents balance work and family life. |
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Age concern - pensions |
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information about income and pensions, provided by Age Concern |
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Choosing and using a pensions adviser |
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Government information about choosing and using a pensions adviser |
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Instant Advisor |
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Instant advisor is the website for Sage Financial Services which specialises in the provision of tax and investment advice to clients, both pre and post retirement. |
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Pensions Ombudsman |
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A must visit site for anyone with serious problems regarding their pension |
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The Pensions regulator |
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The UK regulator of work-based pension schemes. |
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The pensions service |
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Information from the department for Work and Pensions |
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Bigfoto.com |
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Free photos for non-commercial use. |
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Thames Pilot |
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Images and documents from various Archives and Museums relating to the River Thames from its source to the sea. |
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The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) |
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Search over 100,000 images free for use in education |
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Planning applications - online |
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A searchable database of the planning applications and planning appeals for the Medway area |
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Old Poetry |
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All the classics - all of Shakespeare, Browning, Coleridge, Wordsworth, etc etc etc. |
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Poetry Kit |
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Extensive and comprehensive resource including tips about writing poetry, getting published, competitions, courses and more! |
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Poetry Magazines |
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This site from the poetry library includes a searchable selection of UK poetry magazines to make them publicly and freely available. |
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Poetry Society |
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Super source of information for reading and writing poetry, with great links to other sites |
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The Poetry Archive |
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An online collection of recordings of poets reading their own work. It includes poems for children and adults. |
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Conservative Party |
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This is the home page of the Conservative Party. |
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Election 2001 |
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Amazingly detailed facts and figures for the election of 2001. |
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Green Party |
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Home page of the Green Party of England and Wales. |
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Labour Party website |
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All the information you need about the Labour Party. |
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Liberal Democrat Party |
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This link takes you to the home page of the Liberal Democrat Party. |
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Petitions |
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You can now both create and sign petitions on this website, giving you the opportunity to reach a potentially wider audience and to deliver your petition directly to Downing Street. |
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UK Independence Party |
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Home page of the UK Independence Party. |
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United Kingdom Parliament |
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Guide to both Houses. Includes Hansard online. |
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Postcodes Online |
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Royal Mail have created this database. You need to register, which is free. Enter an address and it will tell you what the postcode is. |
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Royal Family |
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The official web site of the British Monarchy. Includes information on how to receive an anniversary telegram from the Queen. |
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BBC Science |
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Excellent source of science information. |
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Dana centre |
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The Dana Centre is a stylish, purpose-built venue, complete with a cafébar, appealing to adults. It is a place for them to take part in exciting, informative and innovative debates about contemporary science, technology and culture. |
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DNA from the Beginning |
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An animated site on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. Site was the winner of the 2002 Merlot Awards. |
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Eric Weisstein's world of science |
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Budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry and physics. Contributions welcome. |
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European Space Research and Technology Centre |
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Information about the European space programme. |
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How Stuff Works |
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Covers a whole range of stuff, like how computer viruses operate and why power outages happen. |
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NASA |
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The official National Aeronautics and Space Administration website with information on all aspects of astronomy and space exploration. |
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PC Technology Guide |
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Everything you every wanted to know about your PC. (Not really appropriate for beginners, though.) |
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Physical Science Information Gateway |
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Provides access to high-quality internet sites in the physical sciences |
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Sciencenet |
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Astonishing site giving a huge amount of information compiled by scientists in response to questions |
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Symbols.com |
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Find out what symbols mean and where they came from. |
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The Genomic Revolution |
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An excellent online exhibition on the American Museum of Natural History's web site. |
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Windows to the Universe |
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Much information about the Earth and space sciences put together by the University of Michigan and funded by NASA. |
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Altavista |
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One of the most comprehensive search engines on the Web, offering both simple and advanced searches. |
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Botspot |
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Customisable search tools that will mine information for you. |
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DMOZ |
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"The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors." |
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Google |
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Impressive search engine. Recommended. |
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Yahoo |
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This divides the world of Web information up by subject category. |
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Yahoo Mindset |
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Yahoo Mindset filters out business websites, leaving you with more information content. |
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A Kentish Wedding |
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A perfect resource to planning a wedding in Kent. Everything you need to know; venues, fairs and links to other websites. |
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Bereavement Register |
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If you're still receiving post for someone who has died, you can get their names removed from many mailing lists by supplying details to the bereavement register. |
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British Institute of Graphologists |
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Fascinating resource for anybody interested in handwriting analysis. |
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Car Survey |
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Thinking of buying a second-hand car? Find out what other people think of it. |
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Community Legal Service Direct |
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Government service for when you need help with a legal problem. Also available by telephone at 0845 345 4 345. |
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Electrical Contractors' Association |
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Find a local electrician out of its 30 000 members. |
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Federation of Master Builders web site |
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Find a local builder by entering your postcode. Plenty of advice included. |
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Glass and Glazing Federation |
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If you are looking to replace your windows, you will find a reputable company here. |
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HM Prison Service |
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Jobs, information, and advice for family and friends of prisoners. |
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Homecheck |
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Tap in your postcode and see if you're living on contaminated land. Fascinating site. |
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I Am Moving |
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Use this website to notify the council and utilities that you are moving. |
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Institute of Plumbing |
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Find a local registered plumber by entering your postcode. |
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National Association of Funeral Directors |
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Allows you to search for funeral directors by town or postcode. |
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National Federation of Roofing Contractors |
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Click on Roofnet to find a roofing expert. |
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Online Conversion |
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5000 units and 30 000 conversions! Convert distances, weights, cooking ingredients, clothing sizes... |
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Postwatch |
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This statutory watchdog for postal services represents the interests of consumers. |
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Rip-off Tip-off |
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Created by Trading Standards, this site allows you to find out what scams and cons are going on to get you to part with your money, and tells you how to notify the authorities about rip-offs. |
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Universal Currency Converter |
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Currency converter. Is global, and doesn't give "buy" or "sell" rates, but does give a general indication of worth. |
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BBC at work |
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Skillswise, Webwiseand Cashwise aim to help adults improve their essential skills. With lots of activities to try out. |
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BBC RaW |
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BBC's campaign to encourage reading for pleasure: Read more And Write better. Promoted on television and radio. With fun activities and quizzes. |
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Get On |
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Information and resources for all involved in promoting Skills for Life learning - known by its Gremlin logo. |
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Move On |
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DFES site for adults aming to acquire literacy and numeracy skills to National Test levels 1 and 2. |
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
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A social policy research and development charity that carries out research into the causes of social difficulties and better ways to overcome them. |
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SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) |
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A subject gateway covering social science education and research. |
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SEEDA |
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South East England Development Agency. Gives details of the review of the Regional Economic Strategy and an economic profile of the region. |
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Thames Festival |
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The mayor's London festival - the biggest free party in London |
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Active Places |
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Provided by Sport England, this gives information on over 10 000 sports facilities. |
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BBC Sport |
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Providing up to the minute information on all major sporting events including unto the minute scores and scorers. |
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Football web ring |
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Open the "search football teams by county" box to find Kent. |
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Formula1.com |
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Unofficial site providing all the news about Formula 1 racing. |
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Gillingham Football Club |
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The official website of Gillingham Football Club. |
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Go4awalk |
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Website for walkers with impressive route maps. Nothing for Medway (yet) but reasonable for the national parks. |
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Hiking and climbing in Scotland |
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The enthusiast's site - for hillwalkers, backpackers, mountaineers and everyone who loves exploring Scotland's countryside. |
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Kent County Cricket Club |
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The official web-site for Kent County Cricket Club, providing news, fixtures, results and much info about our County's first-class professional cricket team. |
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Long-distance footpaths |
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Details for long and shorter walks along the routes in England and Wales. |
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MCC Offroad |
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Mountain and offroad biking in Kent. |
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Premier Soccer Gillingham Football Club |
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Links to Gillingham supporters clubs web sites. |
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Sporting Life |
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An electronic sport and betting service, run by the Mirror Group and the Press Association. |
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Walk in Scotland |
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Choose the area and the level of difficulty, from a wide range of routes. With lots of useful links. |
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Yahoo Sport |
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The Yahoo directory of UK sport on the web. |
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Company Directories and Statistics |
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Includes key starting points for European and International resources |
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Education statistics |
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Department for Education and Skills site. Covers a wide range of statistics for education, training and life-long learning. Shows performance statistics for local schools. |
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Eurostat |
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Searchable database of the latest and most complete statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries. |
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Family Spending |
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Comprehensive overview of all aspects of household expenditure and income in the UK. |
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Higher education |
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Higher education statistics agency. Publications, information and on-line statistics. |
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House prices |
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House price information for residential property for England, Wales and Scotland from the Land Registry |
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Intute |
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Statistics from resources evaluated and categorised by specialists based at UK universities, for students and researchers |
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Medway council statistics |
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Includes local population statistics, 2001 census, Equal Opportunities figures,health and employment. Also links to housing and crime data, school performance tables, 2005 Key stage 2 test results for Medway and absence tables. |
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Medway population statistics |
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Various bodies of information from the Office for National Statistics, specifically about the Medway Local Authority area. |
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Neighbourhood Statistics |
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A site run by the Office for National Statistics offering data from government and other sources down to Ward level. |
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NOMIS |
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Amazing amount of free data about employment. Not for the faint hearted - you need to set up an account and the interpretation of the data takes some effort. |
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Regional statistics |
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Provides country and regional graphs and descriptive statistics based on geography, military, economy, crime, education and transport |
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Regional Trends |
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Regional Trends includes a wide range of demographic, social, industrial and economic statistics, covering aspects of life in the regions of the UK. |
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Social Trends |
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Social Trends draws together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations; it paints a broad picture of British society today, and how it has been changing. |
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Statistics from the ONS |
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List of data which can be downloaded from the Office of National Statistics. Includes things like the Annual Abstract of Statistics and Population Trends. |
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The Office For National Statistics |
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Some superficial statistics, and access to ONS StatBase, a search engine which will tell you if the statistics you want are officially published. |
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United Kingdom Balance of Payments (Pink Book) |
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Detailed annual estimates of the UK balance of payments. |
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United Kingdom National Accounts (Blue Book) |
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The Blue Book provides detailed estimates of national product, income and expenditure for the UK. |
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UpMyStreet.com |
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Compare property prices, schools, or ambulance response rates in your town with any other town, or with national averages. |
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BBC Essentials |
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Provides impartial information for students on sex, drugs, relationships, travel, work, health, money, college and university. |
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Cyberteens |
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Mostly American resources for teenagers. |
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Guardian University Guide |
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Provides rankings of UK universities by subject. Interactive site that allows some manipulation of the rankings according to your own criteria. |
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Imagine the Universe |
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Astronomy resources for teenagers. |
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Mykindaplace.com |
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Everything the online teenager could possibly want. UK based. |
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Site. |
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Produced by YouthNet UK, a small registered charity, this site connects young people with information, help and advice. |
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TeenIssues |
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TeenIssues was formed to offer a unique reference point on what teenagers want to know. TeenIssues contains over 110 articles all written by a team of experts and around 10 new articles are added each month. |
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Trust for the Study of Adolescence |
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TSA was founded in 1989 to help improve the lives of young people and families. Our work is derived from the belief that there is a lack of knowledge and understanding about adolescence and young adulthood. |
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Voice Medway Youth Forum |
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This forum is for the young people of Medway to use, to discuss, and develop issues of common interest |
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Youth BOOX |
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Books for teenagers - this site is aimed at young people 13-16 and includes reviews, features etc. A partnership project between The Reading Agency and the National Youth Agency. |
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BT Residential Telephone directories |
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Phone directories covering the country. |
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Calling Codes - International |
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Searchable list of international calling codes |
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Directories search |
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free directories search for businesses, individuals, cinemas and trains |
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Electronic Yellow Pages |
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Phone directories covering the country. |
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Family searches |
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British phone books from 1880-1984. Registration may be necessary. |
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International white and yellow pages |
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Search by country |
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Mobile numbers |
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An online directory for business and personal mobile numbers in the UK. Free registration to add and search entries. |
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Telephone directories around the world |
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A slow site, but seems to cover all the telephone directories on the Internet. |
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Thomson directory |
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Local directory online |
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UK Dialling Codes |
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Dialling and STD codes for the United Kingdom. |
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BritishTheatre.com |
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Networking site for people who work in theatre |
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General Theatre Information |
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Includes what's on, ticket sales, reviews, jobs and training |
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Hazlitt theatre |
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Link to the Hazlitt theatre and the Exchange in Maidstone |
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London Theatre Guide |
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Provides a reliable source of information about London Theatre. "The objective of the guide is to be as comprehensive as possible for West End theatre listings." |
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Marlowe theatre |
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Canterbury |
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Medway Little Theatre |
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Forthcoming productions of Medway Little Theatre in Rochester |
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National Theatre |
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contains the history, archives, productions, what's on andback-stage details of the National Theatre Company |
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Theatre breaks |
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An online site for booking your show and accommodation as one package and for purchasing theatre gift vouchers. |
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Theatre protection |
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National body that promotes the protection of theatres. Promotes interest in theatre architecture. |
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Theatre seating plans |
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West End theatre seating plans |
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UK Theatre Web |
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Information about the theatre, including jobs and training. |
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UK Theatres |
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Theatre listings and details of shows across the UK. |
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Woodville Halls |
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Link to the Woodville Halls theatre Gravesend |
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Youth Theatre |
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The national association of youth theatres website |
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ABTAnet: (Association of British Travel Agents) |
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Use ABTAnet's e-directory to find UK travel companies that feature a destination you want to visit, that specialise in a particular type of travel ,from their company name or town or postcode address. |
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E-Castles |
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online information about all of the castles in the UK, including opening times etc |
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Expedia UK Microsoft's UK Travel Site |
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Expedia claim that their on-line travel booking system allows you direct access to a worldwide computer reservation system, the same system used by thousands of UK travel shops. Also offers discounted airfares. |
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Fodor's Travel Online |
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Brief information about destinations around the world. |
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Holiday Truths |
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Contains comments from the public on holiday accommodation around the world. Note that the star ratings given on the index pages are averaged ratings |
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Independent Holiday Website |
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Website of the Association of Independent Tour Operators. Useful for finding out about specialist/special interest holidays. Brochure service provided and links to CARTA ( independent Travel Agents). |
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Kent Farm Holidays |
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Farm house, country house, bed and breakfast, self-catering and camping and caravan accommodation in Kent. |
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Londonnet |
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Lists all kinds of events in London eg theatre, concerts, cinema, exhibitions and offers ticket booking online, plus information on hotels, restaurants, shopping and much more. |
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National Trust |
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Lots of information and offers good links to other areas of interest, arts, museums, gardening etc. |
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Passport application |
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The Passport Agency site provides information for all aspects of application. |
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Smooth Hound |
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This site offers a database of thousands of hotels, guesthouses and bed-and-breakfasts across the UK. You can also pick accommodation off a map, allowing you to choose the hotel closest to your destination. |
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South East England Tourist Board |
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Site produced by the South East England Tourist Bourd giving useful information about places to visit, events, etc. in the South East. |
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Sustrans |
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"Sustrans is a civil engineering charity which designs and builds routes for cyclists, walkers and people with disabilities." |
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Timeout |
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"The world's greatest cities, bars, clubs, hotels, restaurants, shops, galleries, museums and music venues are all here." |
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Timeshare Consumers Association |
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This website has information an all matters related to timeshare accommodation. |
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Virtual Tourist |
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Extensive tourism information on every country in the world. |
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Visit Britain |
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Tourism and facts about Britain. |
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Floodlight |
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Floodlight is the official guide to courses in London. That's all the part-time and full-time courses run by government-funded colleges, universities and adult education centres in all the London boroughs. |
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Earth Calendar |
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Find out when public holidays are going to take place in any country you can name. |
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European Train Times |
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Brilliant site for planning train journeys across Europe. Based on information from the German travel website www.bahn.de. |
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Go By Coach |
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National Express timetables and fares and information on coach travel to other parts of Europe. |
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I've been there |
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Travel tips from fellow travellers, with tips to make your trip even better. |
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Lonely Planet |
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Information and articles about travel, and an online forum where you can pick up useful travel tips |
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National Express |
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UK Coach service. Includes a search facility which gives you timetable details and fares. |
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Public Transport in Kent |
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Information on bus services in Kent and Medway, park and ride, rail, air and ferry services. |
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Public Transport Information |
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Covers all public transport in the UK as well as services between UK and Ireland and rail, ferry and coach operators to mainland Europe. |
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Railtrack |
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This allows you to find train times across the UK |
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Train Line |
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The easiest way to book and buy tickets on line with links to hotels. |
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Travel: Country advice |
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Travel advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
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ViaMichelin |
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Excellent, particularly for driving directions / route finder for all across Europe. |
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Your LONDON |
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Excellent information about visiting London, events, what to visit, how to get around, and some excellent webcams. Lots of information about Living in London as well. |
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Cats Protection League |
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Helping cats in the local area |
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Community voluntary Organisation |
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enables supports and builds a thriving voluntary and community sector in Medway |
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Kent Association for the Blind |
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The strength of the KAB lies with the many volunteers who help by using their skills in undertaking a wealth of activities and tasks that directly benefit those who are visually impaired.. |
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PDSA |
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PDSA relies completely on the generosity of animal lovers who help by donating time, energy, enthusiasm in many different ways |
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Year of the Volunteer |
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2005 is the Year of the Volunteer, this site gives leads to many organisations |
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Youth Volunteering |
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Volunteering for the younger members of community |
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Online Weather |
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UK and Ireland weather information, including climate and sunrise / sunset times; international weather forecasts for 6000 cities around the world. |
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The BBC Weather Centre |
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Met. Office information, but includes items like statistics, shipping forecasts, weather by city, and world weather. |
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The Met.Office Home Page |
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Includes forecasts both national and regional. |
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Weather Underground |
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Weather forecasts for an astonishing range of cities and countries. Type your destination into the search box at the top of their home page. |
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Wikipedia Weather |
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A page with lots of information about how weather works |
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X C Weather |
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Aimed at the flying enthusiast. Has current and forecast wind, temperature, visibility and pressure information |
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Classic Feminist writings |
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An on-line archive containing the classic feminist writings that helped define Second Wave feminism. |
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F Word |
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An excellent resource: articles, debates, news digests and more for women of all ages. |
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Fawcett Society |
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Fawcett works for change on issues at the heart of women's daily experience |
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History's Women |
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An American based site detailing important women in history |
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Icircle |
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A site for women with information on health, beauty, careers, travel, money, food and drink etc |
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International Museum of Women |
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A site about women's role in history, art and culture |
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IVillage |
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Where Women find Answers |
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Marie Stopes International |
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Detailed information on abortion, contraception, female sterilisation, vasectomy and health screening. |
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The Daphne Jackson Trust |
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Enables scientists, engineers and IT specialists to return to work after career breaks |
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The Truth about Rape |
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Campaigning about rape, dispelling myths, offering advice and contacts. |
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The Women's Library |
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A cultural centre, housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. The library hosts regular exhibitions, worhshops and other events. |
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Unifem |
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The women's fund of the United Nations; it works to promote equality for women worldwide. |
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V-Day - until the violence stops |
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V-Day raises funds and awareness for UK and international charities preventing violence towards women and children. |
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WISE - Women into Science & Engineering |
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Promotes Science and Engineering as a career to women of all ages, from school leavers to Women Returners. Provides support, rolemodels and financial assistance. |
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Women at War |
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The role of women at work during World War Two |
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Women in Publishing |
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The group offers support and training to women interested in or working in publishing and related trades. |
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Women's Aid |
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Englands National charity for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. |
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Women's Hour - Radio 4 |
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The topical weekly programme especially for women. Listen again to the show, contact the producers or read the message boards. There's something for everyone here. |
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Women's Institute |
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The largest and best known voluntary organisation for women in the UK |
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Women's National Commission |
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The official, independent, advisory body giving the views of women to the Government |
