Phillips claims it remained there until the 1180s, when Ralph de Sudeley, the leader of the Templars found the Maccabean treasure at Jebel al-Madhbah, returned home to his estate at Herdewyke in Warwickshire, UK, taking the treasure with him.

The UK sought to acquire the much longer-ranged United States Air Force AGM-48 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile, and was greatly frustrated when that weapon was cancelled in late 1962.

The UK was allied with France ( by the Entente Cordiale ) and Russia, and when the First World War broke out in 1914, the British Army sent the British Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium to prevent Germany from occupying these countries.

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 ).

* 1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling ( STD ) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.

All the inhabitants of Diego Garcia were involuntarily relocated to other islands in the Chagos Archipelago or to Mauritius or Seychelles by 1971 to satisfy the requirements of a UK / US Exchange of Notes signed in 1966 to depopulate the island when the US constructed a base upon it.

Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song " Space Oddity " reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

According to Moore's recounting, AIM impressed the UK which imported these ideas when establishing in 1969 The Open University, which initially relied on radio and television broadcasts for much of its delivery.

* Ketamine is used in the UK as " field anaesthesia ", for instance at a road traffic incidents or similar situations where an operation must be conducted at the scene or when there is not enough time to move to an operating room, while preferring other anesthetics where conditions allow their use.

The UK and Australia also refer to School holidays ( typically Christmas, Easter, and Summer ) for the periods between School terms when children are not required to go to school, and Half-term holidays for the short break ( usually one week ) part-way through each School term.

The situation was further complicated in 1989 when all UK beef and lamb was banned from importation to the US due to the BSE crisis.

The history of Manx telecommunications starts in 1859, when the Isle of Man Electric Telegraph Company was formed on the island with the intention of connecting across the island by telegraph, and allowing messages to be sent onwards to the UK.

One potential reason for this is that locals are permitted to start driving at the age of sixteen, when they are limited to 50mph for two years ( indeed all drivers are limited to 50mph in the first two years after passing their driving test ) and some are not used to having to make progress in the same way that drivers using a larger road network like in the UK are ( even an awful driver can get from anywhere in the island to anywhere else in ninety minutes ).

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.

In September 2006, Spacey announced his intention to stay on at the Old Vic for at least another nine years, and that due to his continuing UK residency he intends to take up British citizenship when it becomes available to him.

The underground network became a separate entity in 1985, when the UK Government created London Underground Limited ( LUL ).

Although strongly opposed by both the business community and the Conservative Party when introduced in 1999, the minimum wage introduced in the UK is no longer controversial and the Conservatives reversed their opposition in 2000.

* 1945 – World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.

On the basis of a land grant made to him by the Anglophile native King of the Mosquito people in what is present-day Honduras, MacGregor wove one of history's most elaborate hoaxes, managing to charm the highest levels of London's political and financial establishment with tales of the bucolic, resource-rich country he claimed to rule as a benevolent sovereign prince, or " Cazique ", when he arrived in the UK in 1822.

Relations between the UK and Nepal have historically been friendly and there have been close links between the Royal Families, although relations deteriorated when the King took power in 2005.

In the Gulf War, no nerve agents ( nor other chemical weapons ) were used, but a number of U. S. and UK personnel were exposed to them when the Khamisiyah chemical depot was destroyed.

Rice Krispies ( US and UK ) and Rice Bubbles ( AU ) make a " snap, crackle, pop " when one pours on milk.

The Guardian reported that " 36 % of the 308 UK senior managers and directors having responded to a survey accepted swearing as part of workplace culture ", but warned about specific inappropriate uses of swearing such as when it is discriminatory or part of bullying behaviour.

United States president George W. Bush fulfilled his lifetime ambition of visiting a ' genuine British pub ' during his November 2003 state visit to the UK when he had lunch and a pint of non-alcoholic lager with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Dun Cow pub in Sedgefield, County Durham.

When an individual is leaving the UK with an amount of Methadone that exceeds 500mg, a Home Office Export Licence is required which should be arranged by the prescriber.

The new professional role for pharmacist as prescriber has been recognized in the UK since May 2006, called the " Pharmacist Independent Prescriber ".

In the UK, perons who are prescribed oral Methadone can continue to drive after they have satisfactorily completed an independent medical examination which will include a urine screen for drugs.

* Lit as the past tense of light is more common than lighted in the UK ; American English uses lit to mean " set afire " / " kindled " / " made to emit light " but lighted to mean " cast light upon " ( e. g., " The stagehand lighted the set and then lit a cigarette .").

For example the United States uses NTSC-M, the UK uses PAL-I, France uses SECAM-L, much of Western Europe and Australia uses PAL-B / G, most of Eastern Europe uses PAL-D / K or SECAM-D / K and so on.

* 53 % would approve if that country uses nuclear weapons against the UK, and 37 % would disapprove.

The UK National Health Service uses a similar system with categories labeled A, B, C, and D. The above Levels are only appropriate for treatment or interventions ; different types of research are required for assessing diagnostic accuracy or natural history and prognosis, and hence different " levels " are required.

Foster's Lager uses the slogan " The Amber Nectar " in Australia and the UK, and " Australian for Beer ", performed by Bob Ingersole, elsewhere overseas.

All other uses ( not self-improvement educational consulting businesses ), it can be freely used ( generic term ), as was confirmed in 2007 by a UK court.

The UK, for example, uses a variety of means to reward individuals that hold the same values or interests.

At the time, there was no reason to include the United Kingdom ’ s name on the stamp ; the UK remains the only country not to identify itself by name on postal stamps, as it simply uses the current monarch ’ s head as implicit identification.

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 ).

BBC Radio in the UK uses 44. 1 kHz 16-bit two-channel. wav audio as standard in their VCS system.

In the UK, closed uses of PCBs in new equipment were banned in 1981, when nearly all UK PCB synthesis ceased, but closed uses in existing equipment containing in excess of 5 litres of PCBs were not stopped until December 2000.

The soybean ( US ) or soya bean ( UK ) ( Glycine max ) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses.

A nonprofit organization ( US ) or not-for-profit organisation ( UK and elsewhere ) ( NPO ) is an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends.

A UK news article indicated that " the practices it ( Monsanto ) wants to protect involve identifying genes that result in desirable traits, breeding pigs to achieve those traits and using a specialised device to inseminate sows deeply in a way that uses less sperm than is typically required ".

The UK now uses the ABV standard instead of alcohol proof.

Freeview channels can be received at no charge ( other than the annual television licence required for television reception required for all viewers of broadcast television in the UK which must be purchased by anyone who has and uses the appropriate equipment to receive television signals ).