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info pool
useful links
lifestyle -- news -- reference --UK plc
lifestyle
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| AA Route Planner | Plan your journey - routes, distances, timings, current traffic info |
| ADSL Guide | Your guide to broadband internet |
| Bereavement Register | To remove names and addresses of people who have died from databases and mailing files |
| Debrett's 'Social Season' | Where to be seen |
| EarthCam | Reference directory of live webcams |
| Health Advice for Travellers | Official Dept of Health booklet on the web |
| Online change of address service | |
| MSN Money Toolshed | Lots of links and tools about everything concerned with money |
| National Lottery | To better or worsen your lifestyle! |
| Preference Services To remove: - postal addresses from mailing lists - email addresses from bulk lists - phone numbers from telesales lists - fax numbers from idiot lists |
ie (try to) opt out of receiving unsolicited
mail, emails, phone and faxes |
| RAC Route Planner | Plan your journey - routes, distances, timings, current traffic info |
| Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service | |
| TheSite.org | Guide to life for young adults, aged 16-25... and to those older too! |
| UK Webcameras | Title says it all! |
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| BBC Berkshire Travel | |
| Local Today | What's going on today? |
| Local Weather | Weather channel |
| Local weather | Met Office - five-day local forecast |
| Reading Traffic Information | Live webcams and car parking information |
| Real-Time Traffic Information | Live info about UK motorways |
| Teletext | |
| Traffic News - AA | |
| Traffic News - RAC | |
| UK Weather | Met Office three-day forecast |
| Weather Pixie Benson | Current weather - cute graphic! |
| reference
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| Acronym Finder | |
| Adviceguide from the Citizen's Advice Bureau | Basic advice and information on your rights. Gives a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do. |
| Advicenow | Independent law and rights advice directory |
ARKive |
Digital library of films, photographs and associated recordings of species |
| Beginners' Guide to UK Geography | Simple, informative and colourful tour of the main territorial units used in National Statistics work |
| Britannica.com | Encyclopædia Britannica |
| Chiefs of State | Uptodate info on leadership in countries |
| CLS
Direct |
Community Legal Service Direct - legal advice and information |
| Free, concise and independent legal information for both individuals and companies | |
| Currency Converter | Title says it all! |
| Dictionary of English Slang | Title says it all! |
| Dictionary/Thesaurus | |
| Directory Enquiries | BT Directory Enquiries |
| Encyclopedia.com | Title says it all! |
| Engineering Directory | But much, much more... check out the quick reference list |
| English Customs and Traditions | From Woodlands Junior School, Tonbridge |
| English to American Dictionary | Title says it all! |
| The Euro | Euro banknotes and coins - on circulation from 1 January 2002 |
| Fairy Laundry | Understanding clothing labels etc. |
| Game Rules | Rules for board, table, pub, outdoor, deck, card,
dice and tile games Traditional sports and children's games |
| Homecheck and Home Envirosearch | Enter a postcode and find out about old landfill sites, flooding, subsidence, radon, toxic sites and contaminated land |
| Hints and Things | Free hints, tips,information and advice to make everyday life easier |
| How Stuff Works | Title says it all! |
| How To Complain | Consumer information and online complaint facility |
| London Slang | Title says it all! |
| Interactive maps and driving directions for most countries | |
| Merriam-Webster | Dictionary and thesaurus |
| The Metric System | Title says it all! Includes international clothing & shoe size comparisons |
| Name This Tune | Got a tune on your mind? Try this! |
| Ordnance Survey | Title says it all! |
| Royal Mail | Postcode and Address Finder |
| The Law Is... | Advice and information on common legal matters |
| UK PhoneBook | Quicker than BT! |
| Unit Conversions | Convert anything to anything else eg weight, speed, temperature |
| UpMyStreet | Enter a postcode and find out property prices, Council Tax, MP, schools, crime and health stats... |
| Urban Legends | Good / captivating / titillating / engrossing / incredible / worrying stories with a wide audience, told in several forms, and which many have chosen to believe (whether actively or passively) despite the lack of actual substantiating evidence |
| Wikipedia | A complete encyclopedia produced online from scratch |
| World Fact Book | Profiles of every country - produced by the CIA |
| World Time Server | Find out the current time and GMT offset for any country in the world |
| World Travel Guide | All you ever wanted to know about world travel |
| UK plc
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| 10 Downing Street | To promote the UK overseas, communicate Government news and information, explain the role and history of Number 10 as a building, and the office of Prime Minister as an institution. |
| British Monarchy | Title says it all! |
| Company Search | Companies House Monday to Saturday 7:00am to 12 Midnight UK Time !!!!!!!! Unbelievable! |
| Consumer Gateway | A one stop service run by the DTI Cars, food, holidays, travel, home improvements, money, safety, shopping, e-shopping, scams, utilities etc |
| Foreign Office Travel Information | passports, visas and advice |
| Government Gateway | Centralised registration service for e-Government services |
| National Statistics Online | Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level |
| PAYE Tax calculator | Title says it all! |
| Peerage & Baronetage |
Debrett's authoritative guide to the British aristocracy |
| Taxaid | Free tax advice |
| Trading Standards | Extensive information for consumers and businesses Excellent list of advice leaflets available online |
| UK online Citizen Portal | Simple, quick access to a wide range of government information and services |
| UK online for business | DTI advice on using Information and Communications Technologies |
| What's In Your Backyard | Environmental data for England and Wales |
| Worktrain | Find jobs and training courses |
updated:
01 february 04