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  • Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information...
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  • Andrew Kearney (c. 1965 – 19 July 1998) was a Belfast man who died as a result of a punishment shooting carried out by members of the Provisional Irish...
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    Jenkin Chapel, stands in an isolated position on the western slopes of the Pennines, 4.3 miles (7 km) northeast of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It...
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    Bridgewater House is a packing and shipping warehouse at 58–60 Whitworth Street, Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for...
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    Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings. It lies to the south of Queenborough...
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    Baxter College is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Prior to September 2002 the school was...
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    John Bilsborrow was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford from 1892 to 1903. Bilsborrow was born in Singleton, Lancashire on 20 March 1836. He...
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    Ware Lock (No2) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Ware. The lock stands adjacent to Ware Weir and is the only lock on the Navigation to be operated...
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  • Jonathan Clancy (born 12 March 1986) is an Irish hurler; he played in a variety of positions, but mostly at midfield for the Clare senior team. Born in...
    4 KB (271 words) - 21:50, 4 February 2021
  • The Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS) is a real-time gross settlement payment system used for sterling transactions in the United Kingdom...
    8 KB (829 words) - 23:23, 28 July 2024
  • West Cross is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales, located to the south of Swansea city centre, near Mumbles falling within the West Cross ward. A high majority...
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  • George Boyle Hanna, KC (17 December 1877 – 30 October 1938) was a Northern Irish barrister, unionist politician and county court judge. He was born at...
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  • Pål Sletaune (born 4 March 1960) is a Norwegian film director and photographer. His films include Junk Mail, Naboer and The Monitor. He was awarded the...
    5 KB (328 words) - 05:15, 20 June 2022
  • Sir Idwal Vaughan Pugh KCB (10 February 1918 – 21 April 2010) was a civil servant who was Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Office and distinguished himself...
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  • Roger Awan-Scully, FAcSS, FLSW, also known as Roger Scully, is a British political scientist and academic. He has authored numerous books including: Becoming...
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  • Roger Hutchinson (born 1949)[citation needed] is a British author and journalist. Hutchinson was born at Farnworth, near Bolton, in Lancashire,[citation...
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    Smoking concerts were live performances, usually of music, before an audience of men only, popular during the Victorian era. These social occasions were...
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    53°22′58″N 1°28′04″W / 53.382823°N 1.467849°W / 53.382823; -1.467849 The Crazy Daisy Nightclub was a discothèque and dance club in Sheffield, South...
    7 KB (771 words) - 05:42, 1 October 2022
  • The Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery took place on 12 July 1987 in Cheval Place, Knightsbridge, England, part of the City of Westminster in London...
    4 KB (507 words) - 18:04, 23 December 2022
  • Massutmaning ("Mass Challenge") is non-fiction book written by Tino Sanandaji. Originally self-published[citation needed] in Swedish, the book has been...
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