P1 Describe the development and organisation of rugby in the UK Timeline (1200 1485) – People didn’t have time for sport. (1485-1714) – games and activities came about. (1714-1790) – sport was ignored by the government. 1790-1830 – horse racing‚ cricket and fighting came about. 1820-1830 – a version of rugby was created at Thomas Arnolds Rugby school. 1845 – First set of rugby rules were made. Clubs formed at universities in the US. 1851 – A rugby ball is made and is shown and the world’s fair in
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UK Mineral Water Report Year Production (million litres) UK waters exported (million litres) UK waters consumed in UK (million litres) 2004 1578 35 1543 2005 1638 40 1598 2006 1729 42 1687 2007 1704 55 1649 2008 1658 60 1598 2009 1682 56 1626 Source: Zenith International Between 1993 and 2012‚ the UK bottled water market (including water coolers)‚ has grown from just 580 million litres to just over 2.1 billion litres. The UK bottled water market is worth over
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Should the UK leave the EU? The European Union made up of united countries whose governments work together. Each country has to pay money to be a member‚ and mostly do this by taxes to ensure they receive certain benefits. The money contributed by each country is used to change the way in which people live and do business in Europe. The intention of the EU is to unify people in Europe‚ however it is often debated whether or not being a member of the EU is beneficial for the UK. Many people believe
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August‚ 2010. 8. http://www.globalissues.org/article/537/immigration accessed on 22nd August‚ 2010. 9. http://www.globalissues.org/article/537/immigration accessed on 20th August‚ 2010. 10. http://www.HeadUp.org.uk forum #27 “Immigration and the UK: what effect has it had on Britain?” accessed on 30th July‚ 2010. 11. http://www.justice-explained.com/Immigration-problems.asp accessed on 20th August‚ 2010. 12. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=383 accessed on 20th August
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Over recent years the UK has become an extremely litigious country .’ In authoritative detail‚ evaluate to what extent you agree with the above statement. A popular public perception of the UK is that it‚ as the US has also been described‚ has become a ‘litigation nation’ meaning that the country has an extremely high number of court cases and the most minor of situations are brought through courts in order to resolve the issues that have arisen. It seems
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Outline the sources of the UK Constitution (10 mark) One of the main and most significant sources of our constitution include Statute Law‚ this is law made by Parliament also known as Primary legislation. However only the laws that affect the powers and responsibilities of governing bodies or the rights of citizens are of constitutional significance. For example the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011‚ this took away one of the prime ministerial powers as it introduced fixed term elections for the
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Unit 1 UK Travel and Tourism Sector Three main types of tourism: Domestic tourism Domestic tourism is travelling in your own country for tourist purposes. For example a British couple going on a holiday in Brighton is domestic tourism. Organisations involved in domestic tourism are airlines such as Easy Jet and British Airways which often do discounts on domestic flights‚ also tour operators such as Contiki and Thomas Cook which are offering domestic holidays. Outbound tourism
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CASE STUDY OF THE UK HOTEL INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION The hotel industry‚ (despite its importance to the UK economy) has not received the attention that it deserves from the central government at Downing Street. A report by the British Hospitality Association in 2010 showed that it has grown over the years to contribute 45 billion pounds to the UK economy. The hotel industry also employs about 3.64 million people both directly and indirectly making it the fifth largest industry in the UK in terms of labour
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Should the UK adopt the Euro? The movement from the sterling to the euro has been debate for a number of years. The transition has been overlooked in many factors including the economy‚ politics and sovereignty. There have been various views by many political bodies for and against the change over to the euro. ‘Joining the euro would almost certainly mean better conditions for businesses considering long-term investment in Britain.’ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3008201.stm). From the
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an overview (online). (Accessed 3rd February 2012). Available from: http://yhpho.york.ac.uk/diabetesprofiles/PDF2011/5NY_Diabetes%20Profile.pdf DIABETES UK. 2010. Access to health care services (online). (Accessed 15 February 2012). Available from http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Reports/Members ’_survey_report_22.01.2010.pdf Diabetes UK. (Accessed 12th February 2012). Available from: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Reports/Diabetes_in_the_UK_2010.pdf Diaz V A‚ A G Mainous‚ R Baker‚
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