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It also holds the record for the longest time for a song to reach number one after its initial release and the oldest female artist to have a number one single. The Beatles had their 18th number-one single with " Now and Then " in November 2023, making it the longest gap (60 years) between an artist's first and last number one in UK chart history.
999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators, and are always free. [2] Approximately 35 million 999/112 calls are made in the UK each year, with 74% from mobiles and 26% from landlines in 2022.
Law enforcementin the United Kingdom. 101 is the police single non-emergency number (SNEN) in the United Kingdom (UK), which automatically connects the caller to their local police force, in a similar manner to the pre-existing 999 emergency number. [1] [2] The 101 service was created to ease pressure, and abuse of the existing 999 system.
Apprenticeship training providers who wish to appear on the UK's Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers in order to access funding from the Apprenticeship Levy from May 2017 and deliver apprenticeship training must be registered with the UKRLP.
History. The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
This article comprises two lists of institutions in the United Kingdom ranked by the number of students enrolled in higher education courses. The first list, based on data from the academic year 2019/20, breaks down student enrollment by level of study, while the second list, from the more recent academic year 2021/22, provides a total student enrollment figure without distinguishing between ...
The chart was first published on 9 October 1994, when American hard rock band Bon Jovi was number one with the Cross Road single "Always". [2] As of the chart ending on 18 January 2024, a total of 392 songs have topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. 11 artists have topped the chart with eight or more different songs.
Vehicle movements on UK roads are recorded by a network of 11,000 cameras that read around 60 million number plates daily. ANPR data is collated from all police forces into a central database and retained for a period of one year, [2] at the National ANPR Data Centre (NADC), which can be accessed, analysed and used as evidence as part of ...