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1 day ago · Warrington ( / ˈwɒrɪŋtən /) is an industrial town in the borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and is historically part of Lancashire. It is 19 miles (31 km) east of Liverpool, and 18 miles (29 km) west of Manchester. The population in 2021 was recorded as 174,970 for the built-up ...
1 day ago · The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries ( England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland ), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality ( first past the post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
6 hours ago · Queensland ( locally / ˈkwiːnzlænd / KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) [note 1] is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, southwest and south respectively.
6 hours ago · The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
