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After the television ban, most cigarette advertising took place in magazines, newspapers, and on billboards. [60] Smokeless tobacco ads, on the other hand, remained on the air until a ban took effect on 28 August 1986. [63] [64] Even further restrictions took effect under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The Purple Gang are a British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s. They were originally associated with the London psychedelic scene. They released their debut album, The Purple Gang Strikes in 1968, with one track, "Granny Takes a Trip" banned from being broadcast by the BBC.
The ban followed a heightened period of violence in the course of the Troubles (1960s to 1990s), and reflected the UK government's belief in a need to prevent Sinn Féin from using the media for political advantage. Broadcasters quickly found ways around the ban, chiefly by using actors to dub the voices of banned speakers.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP, / ˈ juː k ɪ p / ⓘ YOO-kip) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament.
Irish citizens, except those subject to a UK deportation order, exclusion order decision, or an international travel ban; Holders of an entry clearance or permission to enter or stay in the UK, such as a UK visa or residence permit; People who are exempt from immigration control in the UK
The point of Whitecoat, where the Newry Canal (in the foreground) meets the Upper River Bann. The Upper Bann rises at Slieve Muck in the Mourne Mountains, County Down and flows directly into Spelga Reservoir [15] before continuing through a number of towns until after 64 kilometres (40 mi) [16] it joins Lough Neagh at Bannfoot, County Armagh.
The Michigan legislature prohibited the sale of liquor in 1917, three years before national Prohibition was established by a constitutional amendment. [1] [2] Along with temperance supporters, industrialist Henry Ford owned the River Rouge plant and desired a sober workforce, so he backed the Damon Act, [2] a state law that, along with the Wiley Act, prohibited virtually all possession ...
Street of Dreams is a song by the English hard rock band Rainbow.The song was the first single from the band's album Bent Out of Shape, on which the band tried to repeat their previous success with their album Straight Between the Eyes and the single "Stone Cold".