Bacardi in the UK, despite having no business ties ( in terms of production ) to Cuba today, has decided to re-emphasize its Cuban heritage in recent years.

On a side note on the nightlife, Edinburgh is the Top UK city for male single travelers, according to a recent Excite EU study.

In recent years, Foster's has consistently sold in the region of 5 million hectolitres each year in the UK, making it the best selling beer after Carling.

During recent years, the Fosters UK division of the brand focused on cultivating comedy-centric advertising and sponsorship arrangements and on 9 November 2011 they launched a trailer for their sponsored, online-only version of the hit 90s ' television show The Fast Show.

In more recent times, Elstree has had the likes of Big Brother UK and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Occasionally, the UK Parliament acts against the wishes of Tynwald – the most recent example being the Marine etc.

Improv comedy techniques have also been used in television and stand-up comedy, in hit shows such as the recent HBO television show Curb Your Enthusiasm created by Larry David, the UK Channel 4 and ABC television series Whose Line Is It Anyway ( and its spinoffs Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza ), Nick Cannon's improv comedy show Wild ' N Out, and Thank God You're Here.

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

" UK / Libya relations have significantly improved in recent years, following Libya's voluntary renunciation of WMD.

A recent analysis of survey data using principal component analysis was carried out in 2003 in the UK ; the results of this study yielded the same two dimensions as found by Eysenck's original research: the familiar " left-right " R-dimension that mixes economic issues and social issues, and a second T-dimension that is described as " pragmatism vs idealism.

In December 2006, Robyn released The Rakamonie EP in the UK as a preview to her more recent material.

Ferry, Mackay and Eno all had studied at prominent UK art colleges during the mid-to-late 1960s, when these institutions were introducing courses that avoided traditional art teaching practice, with its emphasis on painting, and instead focused on more recent developments, most notably pop art, and explored new concepts such as cybernetics.

The islands ' political troubles in recent years have resulted in a rewritten constitution promulgated in 2006 and a reintroduction of direct UK Government rule in 2009.

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.

In the UK, three previously broadsheet daily newspapers — The Independent, The Times, and The Scotsman — have switched to tabloid size in recent years, and two — Daily Express and Daily Mail — in former years, although all of the above call the format " compact " to avoid the down-market connotation of the word tabloid.

In previous times they were most often encountered in flour mills and their storage containers, and later in coal mines, but now most commonly in discharged oil tankers and refineries, the most recent being at Buncefield in the UK where the blast wave woke people from its centre.

Nevertheless, recent opinion polls have suggested that nationalism ( i. e., a desire to break up the UK ) is rising within Scotland and England.

On a recent visit, his sons William ( latterly the HRH The Duke of Cambridge ) and brother Harry both visited during their motorcycle tour of the UK.

The HPA's position is that “... radio frequency ( RF ) exposures from WiFi are likely to be lower than those from mobile phones .” It also saw “... no reason why schools and others should not use WiFi equipment .” In October 2007, the HPA launched a new “ systematic ” study into the effects of WiFi networks on behalf of the UK government, in order to calm fears that had appeared in the media in a recent period up to that time ".

is taking advantage of the recent recession which led to increasing sales at other fast food outlets ; it also said that there is now a greater awareness of Mexican food in the UK and that it can be successful with improved menu offerings and marketing.

Spread betting has been a major growth market in the UK in recent years, with the number of gamblers heading towards one million.

The play's success and reputation has been boosted in recent years by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992., and a tour of the UK in 2011-2012.

In a recent survey of patients admitted to hospital in the UK from a waiting list or by planned appointment, only 10 % reported they felt they should have been admitted sooner than they were.

" ( 1978 ) – as recited by Margaret Atwood ; included in all three most recent editions of her " Selected Poems " as listed above ( US, CA, UK )

In recent years Armistice Day has become increasingly recognised, and many people now attend the 11am ceremony at the Cenotaph in London-an event organised by The Western Front Association, a UK charity dedicated to perpetuating the memory of those who served in the First World War.

" Essman made her UK standup debut at the Corn Exchange at the Newbury Comedy Festival in July 2007.

Since 2010, Long has been involved with the anti-tax avoidance actvist group UK Uncut, and has on occasion promoted the group through her standup.

She was singing for the BBC by the age of 10 and began touring across the UK in her first revue at the age of 12.

" These shows played in the West End and on tour in the UK, and in 1925 the Hulberts made their Broadway debut in their current revue, By-the-Way.

In 2012 Kinnock made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the UK TV comedy drama Stella.

Both UK and Australian soap operas feature comedy elements, often by way of affectionate comic stereotypes such as the gossip or the grumpy old man, presented as a sort of comic foil to the emotional turmoil that surrounds them.

Buzzcocks ' name was combined with the title of the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks to create the title of the long-running UK comedy TV panel game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

He referred to his Liverpudlian son-in-law as " Shirley Temple " or a " randy Scouse git " ( Randy Scouse Git as a phrase caught the ear of Micky Dolenz of The Monkees who heard it while on tour in the UK-and who co-opted it as the title of the group's next single-though their record label renamed it " Alternate Title " in the UK market to avoid controversy ) and to his wife as a " silly moo " ( a substitute for " cow " which was vetoed by the BBC's head of comedy Frank Muir ).

This machine was the first in the UK and was used by English comedy actor Reg Varney, at the time so as to ensure maximum publicity for the machines that were to become mainstream in the UK.

As well as being a successful comedy act, Julian and Sandy were notable for being two camp homosexual characters in mainstream entertainment at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in the UK, and for the use of the Polari language in the sketches.

In a 2005 poll to find " The Comedians ' Comedian " ( UK ), he was voted 21 in the top 50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In the UK she has appeared on the Ruby Wax, Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross shows and in October 2006 participated in a comedy skit on the Charlotte Church Show and was featured on the Michael Parkinson Show.

Created as a short sketch in Idle's UK television comedy series Rutland Weekend Television, the Rutles gained fame after being the focus of the 1978 mockumentary television film, All You Need Is Cash ( The Rutles ).

The phrase " Ting Tong from Tooting " is associated with the character Ting Tong from the UK comedy sketch show Little Britain.

The stand-up comedy circuit rapidly expanded from London across the UK.

* Winner of the " Lifetime Achievement " 2006 UK comedy award

In the run-up to the 2010 UK General Election he undertook a 20-date Election Battlebus Tour, his first stand-up comedy tour in five years.

Thomas has appeared at numerous comedy benefit nights, and is a well established stand-up comedian in the UK.

The band sang this song on the UK comedy The Young Ones.

* January 4 – The record breaking, long-running comedy series in the UK and the world " Last of the Summer Wine " starts as a 30-minute pilot on BBC1's Comedy Playhouse show.

* November 12 – The record breaking, long-running comedy series in the UK and the world " Last of the Summer Wine " starts as a series on BBC1 ( the pilot had aired on 4 January 1973 ).

Meaney starred in British comedy film Three and Out released in the UK on 25 April 2008.

He soon picked up representation by " Off The Kerb " one of the largest producers and managers of comedy in the UK.

Old Harry's Game is a UK radio comedy written and directed by Andy Hamilton, who also plays the cynical, world-weary ( or rather, underworld-weary ) Satan.