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3 days ago · t. e. British Poles, alternatively known as Polish British people or Polish Britons, are ethnic Poles who are citizens of the United Kingdom. The term includes people born in the UK who are of Polish descent and Polish-born people who reside in the UK. There are approximately 682,000 [5] people born in Poland residing in the UK.
2 days ago · The Representation of the People Act 1985 gave British citizens abroad the right to vote for a five-year period after they had left the United Kingdom. The Representation of the People Act 1989 extended the period to 20 years; and citizens who were too young to vote when they left the country also became eligible.
2 days ago · Bloomsbury, London. Yates, believed to be 23, was a prostitute who was murdered by a customer at 12 Burton Crescent (now Cartwright Gardens), Bloomsbury, in the early hours of 9 March 1884. She was strangled and beaten, and her purse and a ring were taken. Yates's age and real name are unconfirmed.
5 days ago · Crown-in-Parliament. Queen Elizabeth II. Sessions. 1st. 21 June 2017 – 8 October 2019. 2nd. 14 October – 6 November 2019. In the United Kingdom's 2017 general election, 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. A record number of women (208) were elected as MPs.
2 days ago · People's Army of Vietnam and Viet Cong: During the months and years that followed the Battle of Huế, which began on January 31, 1968, and lasted a total of 28 days, dozens of mass graves were discovered in and around Huế. North Vietnamese troops executed between 2,800 and 6,000 civilians and prisoners of war.
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May 24, 2024 · The origins of the English monarchy lie in the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, the Anglo-Saxons consolidated into seven kingdoms known as the Heptarchy. At certain times, one king was strong enough to claim the title bretwalda ( Old English for "over-king").
