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BAAF managed the Adoption Register for England and Wales, under contract with the UK and Wales governments, Scotland's Adoption Register, which is funded by the Scottish Government, and the Adoption Regional Information System for Northern Ireland (ARIS) for the Northern Ireland Executive. These registers maintain records of children waiting to ...
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In the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Parliament provided that an application to adopt a child in England and Wales could be made by either a single person or a couple. The previous condition that the couple be married was dropped, thus allowing a same-sex couple to apply. The Lords rejected the proposal on one occasion before it was passed.
Harry Mount was born in 1971. His father, Sir Ferdinand Mount, Bt, FRSL, is also a journalist, and was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.One of his second cousins is the former British prime minister David Cameron.
9 July – John Dyke, Wales international rugby union player, 76; 24 August – Dai Edwards, Wales dual-code rugby international, 64 [50] 25 August – Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player, 54; 30 August – "Taffy" Jones, First World War flying ace, 64 [51] 31 August – Edith Picton-Turbervill, social reformer, writer and ...
The Oldie is a British monthly magazine written for older people "as a light-hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity", according to its website. [2] The magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams , who was its editor for 22 years, following 23 years as editor at Private Eye .
Lewis has claimed that he tries to find a unique structure, voice and tone suited to the subject of each of his biographies. This often results in his adoption of an idiosyncratic biographer's persona, which can sometimes be misunderstood by readers who are looking for a more conventional cradle-to-grave approach.
Llandderfel is a village and a sparsely populated community in Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, formerly served by the Llandderfel railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Glan-yr-afon , Llanfor , Cefnddwysarn and Frongoch .