In January 2009 Aon was fined £ 5. 25 million in the UK after it made more than $ 7 million worth of " suspicious " payments to overseas firms and individuals.

* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

USA 25. 7 %, China 14. 1 %, Netherlands 10. 9 %, UK 6. 3 %, Mexico 5 % ( 2007 )

The third single from Woodface, " Weather With You ", peaked at No. 7 in early 1992 giving the band their highest UK chart placement.

Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).

" Rage Hard " eventually hit Number 4 in the UK singles charts and Number 1 in Germany ( for two weeks ), # 5 in Switzerland, # 7 in the Netherlands, # 12 in Austria, # 19 in Sweden and # 32 in France.

Figures from the CIA World Factbook show the main export markets in 2006 were United Kingdom 30. 8 %, Spain 22. 7 %, Germany 13. 7 %, Turkmenistan 10. 4 %, Switzerland 8. 3 %, Italy 6. 7 % while the corresponding figures for imports are Spain 23. 4 %, Russia 12. 3 %, Italy 12 %, UK 9 %, France 8. 9 %, Netherlands 6. 8 % and United States 4. 7 %.

Following his Washington visit Holt went on to London and in a speech there given on 7 July he was sharply critical of the UK, France and other U. S. allies that had refused to commit troops to the Vietnam War.

A more recent study by the UK Kennel Club puts the average age of death at 7 years.

Most American and European gold jewellery is made of an alloy of gold, the purity of which is stated in karats, indicated by a number followed by the letter K. American gold jewellery must be of at least 10K purity ( 41. 7 % pure gold ), ( though in the UK the number is 9K ( 37. 5 % pure gold ) and is typically found up to 18K ( 75 % pure gold ).

* Partners: EU 62. 6 %, Others 21. 1 %, Germany, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Austria, Taiwan and Japan, Switzerland 15. 7 % as of ( 2008 )

Italy ( 4, 1 %), Poland ( 3, 4 %), UK ( 3, 3 %), Sweden ( 3, 1 %), Bulgaria ( 2, 7 %), Japan ( 2, 4 %), France ( 2, 3 %) and the Netherlands ( 2, 0 %).

In the Netherlands 9. 5 % of young adults ( aged 15 – 34 ) consume soft drugs once a month, comparable to the level of Finland ( 8 %), Latvia ( 9, 7 %) and Norway ( 9. 6 %) and less than in the UK ( 13. 8 %), Germany ( 11, 9 %), Czech Republic ( 19, 3 %), Denmark ( 13, 3 %), Spain ( 18. 8 %), France ( 16, 7 %), Slovakia ( 14, 7 %) and Italy ( 20, 9 %) but higher than in Bulgaria ( 4, 4 %), Sweden ( 4, 8 %), Poland ( 5, 3 %) or Greece ( 3, 2 %).

He had a string of hits in 1963 with " In Dreams " ( U. S. number 7 / UK number 6 ), " Falling " ( U. S. number 22 / UK number 9 ), " Mean Woman Blues " ( U. S. number 5 / UK number 3 ) coupled with " Blue Bayou " ( U. S. number 29 / UK number 3 ).

Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell more than 7 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s.

UK 21. 1 %, France 19. 1 %, Mauritius 10. 1 %, Japan 7. 9 %, Italy 7. 8 %, Netherlands 6 % ( 2008 )

PolyGram ( London Records ' parent company at that time ) had pressed a number of promo singles and 12 " versions of the song, sending them out to both radio and record stores in the UK.

Routine immunization with BCG was withdrawn in 2005 because of falling cost-effectiveness: whereas in 1953, 94 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB, by 1988, the annual incidence of TB in the UK had fallen so much, 12, 000 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

Following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, a UK bankruptcy will now normally last no longer than 12 months and may be less, if the Official Receiver files in court a certificate that his investigations are complete.

Outbound times depart LGW 12. 45pm and arrive SID 17. 05pm with return flights to the UK departing SID 03. 25am and arriving 11. 25am LGW.

" Intriguer topped the Australian album chart, reached number 3 in New Zealand and number 12 in the UK.

Following Gibraltar's signing of 12 additional Tax Information Exchange Agreements ( TIEAs ), as of October 2009, with jurisdictions including the UK, US and Germany, to sum 13, Gibraltar is currently listed in the OECD " white list ", and is considered a jurisdiction that has substantially implemented the tax standard.

In April – May 2011 House of Pain attended the Groovin ' the Moo touring festival in Australia, and also performed at Scotland's T in the Park Festival on 9 July 2011, as well as Sonisphere UK Festival on 12 July of the same year.

In the UK and other countries that use " Summer Time " the actual exact time of the midpoint in a common year is at 1: 00 p. m. this is when 182 days and 12 hours have elapsed and there are 182 days and 12 hours remaining.

The UK, in whose occupation zone most of the steel production was located, had argued for a more limited capacity reduction by placing the production ceiling at 12 million tons of steel per year, but had to submit to the will of the U. S., France and the Soviet Union ( which had argued for a 3 million ton limit ).

New Zealand and the UK additionally agreed to pay a one-time settlement of $ 12 million each.

The UK tax year still starts on 6 April which is 25 March + 12 days, eleven for the conversion from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar plus a dropped leap day in 1800 not in 1900.

Inspired by Klein & MBO's " Dirty Talk " and Sylvester's disco classic, " You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )", " Blue Monday " became the best-selling independent 12 " single of all time in the UK ; however, ( much to the chagrin of the buying public ) it was not on the track list of Power, Corruption & Lies.

UK 27. 6 %, France 15. 8 %, Spain 12. 7 %, Japan 8. 6 %, Italy 7. 5 %, Germany 5. 6 % ( 2004 )

An annual event, the competition gives 12 young musical theatre students from top UK drama schools and universities the opportunity to compete for a prize of £ 1, 000.

registered in other countries: 470 ( Albania 1, Antigua and Barbuda 7, Bahamas 5, Belize 11, Cambodia 20, Comoros 8, Cyprus 1, Dominica 9, Georgia 23, Isle of Man 2, Italy 1, Kiribati 1, North Korea 1, Liberia 7, Malta 143, Marshall Islands 41, Netherlands Antilles 12, Panama 53, Russia 70, Sierra Leone 7, Slovakia 11, St Kitts and Nevis 13, St Vincent and The Grenadines 20, Tuvalu 1, UK 2, unknown 3 ) ( 2007 )( Link :)

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.

* Hell's Ditch ( 1990 ) No. 12 UK, No. 187 US

Final costs were over £ 12 million ( UK ) ( equivalent to about US $ 38. 3 million in 1970 ), making Waterloo, for its time, one of the most expensive movies ever made.

UK breed survey puts the median lifespan at 12 years 10 months.

It was released on PSN on March 26, 2009 for $ 12. 99 in the US and April 2009 at a cost of £ 7. 99 in the UK.

In the UK the title-track, released well-ahead of the album and the band's first UK picture-sleeve single, reached # 21 in the chart and gave the band its first Top Of The Pops appearances since 1970.

Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow ( although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album ).

* In 1968 Abergavenny was the title of a UK single by Marty Wilde.

The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

A single, " Hit That Perfect Beat ", was released in November 1985, reaching Nº3 in the UK.

A second single, " C ' mon C ' mon ", also charted in the UK Top 20 and an album, Truthdare Doubledare, released in May 1986, peaked at Nº18.

The original UK 45rpm single picture sleeve of Ian Dury and the Blockheads " Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick " designed by Barney Bubbles

The album gained a following in the United Kingdom, charting at 59 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as its lead single, " Teenage Whore " entering the country's Indie chart at number one.

After it proved popular in the clubs, this Coldcut " Seven Minutes of Madness " remix ended up being promoted as the single in the UK.

The single " People Hold On " became another UK Top 20 hit.

Coldcut and Mark Saunders produced her debut solo single " This Is the Right Time " which became another UK Top 20 hit in August as well as reaching # 21 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year.

The single was a minor hit in Australia and the UK.

However, following NTL's acquisition of Virgin Mobile, the NTL and Telewest services were rebranded Virgin Media on February 8, 2007, creating a single cable operator covering more than 95 % of the UK cable market.

When " Too Drunk to Fuck " came out in May 1981, the song caused much controversy in the UK as the BBC feared the single would reach the Top 30 ; this would require a mention of the song on Top of the Pops.

Progressive rock group Pink Floyd, when creating their rock opera The Wall, used disco-style components in their song, " Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 " ( 1979 )— which became the group's only # 1 hit single ( in both the US and UK ).

* Comedy Band The Barron Knights ' 1978 UK # 3 hit single A Taste Of Aggro, a medley of parodies, included a version of The Smurf Song featuring, in place of the Smurfs, a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from Dartmoor Prison.

Day's last major hit single came in the UK in 1964 with " Move Over, Darling ", co-written by her son specifically for her.

After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single " Ashes to Ashes ", its parent album Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ), and " Under Pressure ", a 1981 collaboration with Queen.

" Starman ", issued as an April single ahead of the album, was to cement Bowie's UK breakthrough: both single and album charted rapidly following his July Top of the Pops performance of the song.

At the same time the non-album single " John, I ’ m Only Dancing ", and " All the Young Dudes ", a song he wrote and produced for Mott the Hoople, became UK hits.

Young Americans was a commercial success in both the US and the UK, and a re-issue of the 1969 single " Space Oddity " became Bowie's first number one hit in the UK a few months after " Fame " achieved the same in the US.

Despite these forebodings, Low yielded the UK number three single " Sound and Vision ", and its own performance surpassed that of Station to Station in the UK chart, where it reached number two.