British Towns and Villages Network

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The land of castles and kings, stately homes and gardens. In this section of the web site we have brought together information which relates to the United Kingdom as a whole. You will find similar national sections for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with information that relates specifically and uniquely to those nations.

This section beings with a large section about the British Monarchy whom we refer to as the Royal Family. You will find numerous pictures and details of the reigning monarchs from 1485 onwards. Prior to this you will find the details of the Kings and Queens of England, Scotland and Wales in the section about those nations (Links above).

We also have a growing time-line of British History commencing in the Lower Palæolithic period or rather 2.5 million years ago to the present day this section is not designed to be an academic reference but a brief summary to give our visitors a general background about our history and Heritage.

There is also a section displaying the common British Flags in use around our nation and  another section detailing our national statistics or demographics of the United Kingdom, that is how big or small we, how many people are there, how long is our coastline, etc. Finally some interesting images of old London which we will eventually move into our main picture collection and a link to our site about the Commonwealth of Nations.

And there are a number of stencils of images that are related to things that are British for the kids to print off and colour in on a rainy day as we have quite a few of those!

 

Government News from No 1 at No 10

If you are looking for information about central government you can go the the DirectGov portal. The latest news from Number 10 follows:

Number10.gov.uk » Latest News Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:45:38 +0000

The official site of the Prime Minister's Office

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Website traffic for August 2010

Number 10 has released its monthly update on website traffic.

Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan

The Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the "transformation of the military effort" in Afghanistan and promised that the Government will do all it can to secure a political settlement and a stable future for the country.

Deputy PM congratulates Kenya on new Constitution

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has congratulated Kenya as it adopts a new Constitution.

UK response to the Pakistan floods

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has praised the generosity of the British public as donations to the Pakistan aid effort reached £35 million.

GCSE students discuss barriers for young people

A group of school-leavers met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at Number 10 today to discuss the barriers faced by young people as they make the transition to adulthood.

Cameron’s thrilled by birth of baby daughter

Prime Minister David Cameron and Mrs Cameron are delighted to announce the birth of their fourth child.

Government backs England 2018 bid

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told FIFA that the Coalition Government is 100 per cent behind England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

Information on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK

The Cabinet Office website has published information on the upcoming Papal visit with a detailed schedule of events and travel information for the public.