It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

* The British Caving Association The national governing body for underground exploration in the UK.

Levels of accreditation vary: some of the institutions receive little outside oversight, and some may be fraudulent diploma mills, although in many jurisdictions, an institution may not use terms such as " university " without accreditation and authorisation, often overseen by the national government – for example, the Quality Assurance Agency in the UK.

Along with the UK national radio stations, Radio Scotland and the Gaelic language service BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is also broadcast, despite few speakers residing in the city.

* 1995: Thursday 27 April 1995, the purchase of a book by Paul Stanfield, Product Manager for CompuServe UK, from W H Smith ’ s shop within CompuServe ’ s UK Shopping Centre is the UK ’ s first national online shopping service secure transaction.

The UK hosts two national competitions in which schools compete against each other directly ; the Public Schools Fencing Championship, a competition only open to Independent Schools ,< ref >

CESG ( originally Communications-Electronics Security Group ) is the branch of GCHQ which works to secure the communications and information systems of the government and critical parts of UK national infrastructure.

The Communications-Electronics Security Group ( CESG ) of GCHQ provides assistance to government departments on their own communications security: CESG is the UK national technical authority for information assurance, including cryptography.

As with their experience in the U. S., the Irish have maintained a strong political presence in the UK, most especially in local government and at the national level.

* the national standard IT specification for smart ticketing in the UK of which ITSO is the guardian

A rear-engined T51 of the type Brabham used to win his first world championship. On arriving in Europe on his own in early 1955, Brabham based himself in the UK, where he bought another Cooper to race in national events.

# The national postal service for the sender's country ( e. g., the Royal Mail, UK ; US Postal Service, US ; Australia Post in Australia ; or Canada Post in Canada ) empties the postbox and takes all the contents to the regional sorting office.

Since the introduction of a national minimum wage in the UK in 1999, its effects on employment were subject to extensive research and observation by the Low Pay Commission.

* Mimas ( data centre ), a UK national academic data centre at The University of Manchester

The UK is a unitary state formed initially by the merger of two independent kingdoms, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, but the Treaty of Union ( 1707 ) that set out the agreed terms has ensured the continuation of distinct features of each state, including separate legal systems and separate national churches.

In many countries, such as the Czech Republic, Italy and the UK, 1 January is a national holiday.

Unlike similar national rail information sites in other European states, the site is not available in foreign languages, nor is it available in Welsh despite this being an official language of the UK.

For example in the UK policing is primarily the responsibility of a regional police force ; however specialist units exist at the national level.

Many of these bands enjoyed national success in the UK, but found it difficult to break into the American market.

This uses a national IT system developed for major crime enquiries by all UK forces, called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, more commonly referred to by its acronym, HOLMES ( which recognises the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes ).

Initially, there was outcry by national newspapers and some viewers regarding the UK licence fee being used to fund such a potentially high jackpot prize.

The United Kingdom's army remained a minimal threat to France ; the UK maintained a standing army of just 220, 000 at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, whereas France's army exceeded a million men — in addition to the armies of numerous allies and several hundred thousand national guardsmen that Napoleon could draft into the military if necessary.

These support the strategic national security objectives of the UK:

Following his tour of the UK, he wrote about his experiences in a book entitled An American Four-in-hand in Britain.

Buddy – as it is abbreviated on occasion – is still running in the UK after 22 years, with a UK tour that went out in February 2011.

In 1963, he starred in a UK concert tour with the Everly Brothers and Little Richard.

Charles also hosted the Robot Wars Live UK tour, in 2001, and shows performed at the Wembley Arena.

A small world tour commenced with UK rapper Juice Aleem hosting the events.

Tim left Crowded House during the Woodface tour in November 1991, part-way through the UK leg.

" There's even talk of putting the Monkees back together again in the next year or so for a U. S. and UK tour ," he told Disney's Backstage Pass newsletter.

To support the album, Brooks embarked on a 1994 UK tour, selling out venues such as Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre and London's Wembley Arena.

Edward Petherbridge also played Wimsey in the UK production of the Busman's Honeymoon play staged at the Lyric Hammersmith and on tour in 1988, with the role of Harriet being taken by his real-life spouse, Emily Richard.

The film was particularly unsuccessful in the UK, where, unwilling to tour since 1975 because of their tax exile status, Led Zeppelin faced an uphill battle to recapture the public's affection.

Robyn embarked on the All Hearts Tour in July – August 2010 with American singer Kelis in support of the Body Talk albums, as well as a four-date UK tour at the end of October.

Roxy Music performed seven dates around the UK in January and February 2011, in a tour billed ' For Your Pleasure ', to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary.

As " In Dreams " was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing, with The Beatles, whose popularity was on the rise.

While on tour again in the UK in 1965, Orbison broke his foot falling off a motorcycle in front of thousands of screaming fans at a race track, and performed his show that evening in a cast.

However, it also performed at larger venues, supporting Blur on a 1997 UK tour, taking in several stadia, and appearing at Glastonbury festival in 1997.

With the completion of critical testing, Enterprise was partially disassembled to allow certain components to be reused in other shuttles, then underwent an international tour visiting France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the US states of California, Alabama, and Louisiana ( during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition ).

The band, including MacGowan, re-formed for a Christmas tour in 2001 and performed nine shows in the UK and Ireland in December 2004.

A tour of the west coast of America and eleven dates in the UK in December complement the headlining festival appearances made in the summer across Europe ( Sweden, Belgium and Spain ).

In December 2010 the Pogues ( with support from Crowns ) played what was billed as a farewell UK Christmas tour.

In August 2012, The Pogues embarked on a 30th anniversary Summer 2012 8-city European tour scheduled from 4 August 2012 at the Stockton Weekender Festival in Stockton-on-Tees, UK to 11 & 12 September 2012 at L ' Olympia, Paris, two shows to be filmed and recorded for a live album and DVD.

Meanwhile Burnel released an experimental solo album Euroman Cometh backed by a small UK tour and Cornwell recorded the album Nosferatu in collabaration with Robert Williams.

The Stranglers achieved something of a critical and popular renaissance in 2004 with the acclaimed Norfolk Coast album and a subsequent sell-out tour, together with their first Top-40 hit ( No. 31 UK ) in fourteen years, " Big Thing Coming ".

However, Black was back with the band for their UK tour later in the year.

2010 for the Stranglers continued their recent resurgence, starting with an extensive UK tour, including a sold-out return to the Hammersmith Apollo in March, their first visit there since 1987.