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This represents an average annual growth rate of 0.5%. Over the same period, the population of England is projected to grow by 5.9%; for Wales, this figure is 3.1%, while for Scotland and Northern Ireland the figures are 3.2% and 4.2% respectively. These projections did not allow for any possible effects of the UK leaving the European Union. [39]
Means to bridge the gap [2] or part of it include: Using stored food: but stored potatoes sprout if kept too long in warm weather, and salted-away meat is used up or goes bad in store. See the origin of lent. Autumn-sown broad beans: this is risky as seeds could be killed in the ground if it freezes.
Designated areas of green belt in England; the Metropolitan Green Belt outlined in red. In British town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth.The term, coined by Octavia Hill in 1875, [1] [2] refers to a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where local food growing, forestry and outdoor leisure can ...
Sycamore Gap tree was made famous by actor Kevin Costner when it appeared in his 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, and was voted English Tree of the Year in 2016 in the Woodland Trust’s ...
Gapforce is a UK-based gap year and student volunteering provider. Founded in 1989, [1] Gapforce is a provider of structured adventure travel programs, volunteer projects, conservation placements and outdoor training courses. Gapforce is based in the United Kingdom and has in-country staff all around the world.
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Gapyear.com (company name The Gap Year Company Ltd) [1] was started in the UK, in 1998, by Peter Pedrick and Tom Griffith. [2] [3] [4] It was one of the world's first social media networks [5] [6] and focused on assisting young and old volunteers and backpackers to take a gap year.
The June gap occurs in Ireland and Great Britain when there is a shortage of forage available for honey bees, typically occurring in June. Subsequent to the massive volume of pollen and nectar produced by trees and hedges in the spring, there is a reduction in the amount of nectar available to the bees due to long grasses suppressing many ...