On 17 July 2010, the band performed their first UK gig in almost four years to a crowd of around 30, 000 at Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold.

* The fifth UK edition introduced the " Evil " touch, whereby the authority character " Big Brother " became almost a villain.

A highly relevant pathogen in this context is the foot-and-mouth disease ( FMD ) virus, which is capable of causing widespread economic damage and public concern ( as witnessed in the 2001 and 2007 FMD outbreaks in the UK ), whilst having almost no capacity to infect humans.

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 ).

Exploiting his androgynous appearance, the original cover of the UK version unveiled two months later would depict the singer wearing a dress: taking the garment with him, he wore it during interviews — to the approval of critics, including Rolling Stones John Mendelsohn who described him as " ravishing, almost disconcertingly reminiscent of Lauren Bacall "— and in the street, to mixed reaction including laughter and, in the case of one male pedestrian, producing a gun and telling Bowie to " kiss my ass ".

The show was hugely popular, catapulting him to stardom as he toured the UK over the course of the next six months and creating, as described by Buckley, a " cult of Bowie " that was " unique — its influence lasted longer and has been more creative than perhaps almost any other force within pop fandom.

At the closure of the UK Film Council on 31 March 2011, The Guardian reported that " The UKFC's entire annual budget was a reported £ 3m, while the cost of closing it down and restructuring is estimated to have been almost four times that amount.

The Webb Sisters from UK use different size harps in almost all their material during live performances.

In the UK, almost all stores are open past 8pm and open around 9am to 10am.

The Association of British Insurers ( gathering 400 insurance companies and 94 % of UK insurance services ) has almost 20 % of the investments in the London Stock Exchange.

In the United States, where kippers are less commonly eaten than in the UK, they are almost always sold as either canned " kipper snacks " or in jars found in the refrigerated foods section.

Recorded almost entirely on the road at various North American studios, it was an even greater commercial success than their first album and reached the number one chart position in the US and the UK.

The Polaris, a much better weapon system for the UK, was a major " scoop " and has been referred to as “ almost the bargain of the century ” The RAF kept a tactical nuclear capability with the WE. 177 which armed V bombers and later the Panavia Tornado force.

On first publication in October 1937, The Hobbit was met with almost unanimously favourable reviews from publications both in the UK and the US, including The Times, Catholic World and The New York Post.

* May 3 – A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland ( the last total eclipse visible in London, UK for almost 900 years ).

The album I've Been Expecting You sold almost 3 million copies in the UK and was certified 10x Platinum by the BPI.

The almost independent evolution of styles created distinct sounds of " bleep and bass ", brutalist techno, hardcore jungle, pop-rave, UK garage, and ragga-techno sounds.

In the UK almost all patients receive bilateral ECT.

In North America, systems which amplify the CODIS 13 core loci are almost universal, while in the UK the SGM + 11 loci system ( which is compatible with The National DNA Database ), is in use.

According to an article in The Times dated 10 April 2009 approximately 30, 000 spread bet accounts were opened last year, and that the largest study of gambling in the UK on behalf of the Gambling Commission found that serious problems developed in almost 15 % of spread betters compared to 1 % of other gambling.

Keitel realised the Germans would be unable to win the Battle of Britain, as the UK had the backing of the almost unlimited resources of the United States.

It's almost certainly the oldest kind of cryptic clue: cryptic definitions appeared in the UK newspaper puzzles in the late 1920s and early 1930s that mixed cryptic and plain definition clues and evolved into fully cryptic crosswords.

This works out as an average of one camera for every 32 people in the UK, although the density of cameras varies from place to place to such a degree as to make this figure almost meaningless.

The Liberal Party finally split openly during the Maurice Debate in 1918, at which Lloyd George was accused ( almost certainly correctly ) of hoarding manpower in the UK to prevent Haig from launching any fresh offensives ( e. g. Passchendaele, 1917 ), possibly with a view to sending more troops to Palestine or Italy instead, and thus contributing to Allied weakness during the temporarily successful German offensives of spring 1918, in which British casualties were actually heavier than in their own offensives the previous year.

On 4 July 2006, Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to UK cable TV, broadband, and telephone company NTL / NTL: Telewest for almost £ 1 billion.

So named due to its resemblance to a traditional agricultural plough ( or more specifically two ploughshares ), many manufacturers produce a plough-style design, all based on or direct copies of the original CQR ( Secure ), a 1933 design patented in the UK ( US patent in 1934 ) by mathematician Geoffrey Ingram Taylor.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

They are all recyclable in both the UK and Ireland amongst others.

* United Kingdom: The UK introduced universal BCG immunization in 1953, and until 2005, the UK policy was to immunize all school children at the age of 13, and all neonates born into high-risk groups.

BBC Red Button is broadcast on all digital television platforms in the UK, including digital cable ( DVB-C ), IPTV ( TalkTalk TV – channel 503, no red button or teletext ), digital satellite ( DVB-S ) ( Sky & Freesat ) and digital terrestrial television ( DVB-T ) ( Freeview ).

Contestants are required to evict one of their own on a regular basis ; in the earlier series of Big Brother, contestants were evicted every two weeks, however, as introduced in the UK version, evictions occurred once a week, all of the current series of Big Brother follow this format.

* 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.

Between 01: 00 and 06: 00 UK Time ( UKT ) the channel simulcasts with its sister channel, BBC World News, for the first 25 minutes of each hour with world news shown all through the simulcasts.

The episode where Alan met his death under the tram gave Coronation Street its highest ever viewing figures of 26. 9 million, and is still the 9th most watched UK broadcast of all time.

Indeed in the UK all residents were required to fill in the whole form but only a 10 % sample were coded and analysed in detail, until 2001.

In the UK, all census formats are scanned and stored electronically before being destroyed, replacing the need for physical archives.

For a time it was considered the front runner in the bid, and numerous reports ( all false ), surfaced during the 1994 – 1995 time frame that Commodore UK had made the purchase.

On 1 April 2010, the UK Cabinet declared the Chagos Archipelago a Marine Protected Area ( MPA ) and prohibited all extractive industry, including fishing and oil and gas exploration.

The so-called " Berlin Trilogy " albums all reached the UK top five and garnered lasting critical praise.

A modern day equivalent of the Davy is the Protector Garforth GR6S flame safety lamp which is used for firedamp testing in all UK coal mines.

In guidance issued by Who's Who published by A & C Black, it is noted that in the context of the UK, " not all qualified medical practitioner hold the ( M. D.

However, in the UK, the symbolism ends there, since the real governing authority of the monarch was all but extinguished by the Whig revolution of 1688-89 ( see Glorious Revolution ).

The UK maintains a Joint Rapid Reaction Force containing elements of all three services which could be deployed to the islands in the event of receiving intelligence of a specific threat to the islands.

Before the widespread use of non-linear editing systems, the initial editing of all films was done with a positive copy of the film negative called a film workprint ( cutting copy in UK ) by physically cutting and pasting together pieces of film, using a splicer and threading the film on a machine with a viewer such as a Moviola, or " flatbed " machine such as a K .- E .- M. or Steenbeck.

* Note: 12ZTAX22 also came as a limited edition with a box designed to contain all the Rage Hard UK issues ( box featured the Red fist )

The first six bars also form all or part of the Vice Regal Salute in some Commonwealth realms outside the UK ( e. g., in Canada, governors general and lieutenant governors at official events are saluted with the first six bars of " God Save the Queen " followed by the first four and last four bars of " O Canada "), as well as the salute given to governors of British overseas territories.

About 15 % of all spending on health in the UK is still privately funded but this includes the patient contributions towards NHS provided prescription drugs, so private sector health care in the UK is quite small.