Gymnast in Leeds sets horizontal bar backflip world record of nearly 20ft
Gymnast Ashley Watson has set a new Guinness world record performing a horizontal bar backflip. The Leeds gymnast is seen flying 5.87m (almost 20ft) through the air. Watson is a part of the Great Britain gymnastics squad and it wasn't until his sixth attempt that he managed to complete the record
Learn English in London - an introduction to learning English at EC English School London
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Rail transport in Great Britain
The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world: the world's first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825. Most of the railway track is managed by Network Rail, which in 2015 had a network of 15,760 kilometres of standard-gauge lines, of which 5,272 kilometres were electrified. These lines range from single to quadruple track or more. In addition, some cities have separate rail-based mass transit systems. There are also several private railways, which are primarily short tourist lines. The British railway network is connected with that of continental Europe by an undersea rail link, the Channel Tunnel, opened in 1994.
The United Kingdom is a member of the International Union of Railways. The UIC Country Code for United Kingdom is 70. The UK has the 18th largest railway network in the world; despite many lines having closed in the 20th century it remains one of the densest rail networks. It is one of the busiest railways in Europe, with 20% more train services than France, 60% more than Italy, and more than Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined, as well as representing more than 20% of all passenger journeys in Europe.
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Leavers' Song - Words on Screen™ Original - Leavers Assemblies School Songs
Leavers' Song by Mark and Helen Johnson
from Songs for EVERY Occasion
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© 2002 & 2007 Out of the Ark Ltd, Middlesex TW12 2HD
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Leavers songs.
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School assembly songs
Andrew & Ashley Watson Wedding Video
My sister tied the knot! It was a beautiful day, and my two friends at Lowell Productions did an amazing job capturing everything.
Trains at faversham foot bridge (thank you southeastern)
Onboard 375 801
Passing through a shambolic London Bridge station. Apologies for the dodgy camera caused by some of the jerky train movements.
Southern (train operating company) | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:09 1 History
00:06:50 1.1 2007 & 2008 timetables
00:08:29 1.2 December 2010 timetable
00:09:38 1.3 Punctuality and overcrowding
00:10:58 1.4 2016 amended timetable
00:13:20 1.5 Control of doors and strikes
00:16:23 2 Routes
00:17:43 3 Rolling stock
00:22:40 3.1 Current fleet
00:22:49 3.2 Past fleet
00:23:02 4 Depots
00:23:33 5 Future
00:25:10 5.1 Uckfield–Lewes line
00:26:06 5.2 Future of the franchise
00:27:07 6 Rolling out of smartcards
00:28:57 6.1 The Key
00:31:48 7 See also
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England. It is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since August 2001 and the Gatwick Express service since June 2008. In July 2015, the franchisee was subsumed into GTR, but the Southern and Gatwick Express brand identities were retained alongside those of Thameslink and Great Northern.
Southern rail had the most dissatisfied passengers in Britain three years in a row, according to the national rail passenger surveys 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2018 it scored poorly for reliability, punctuality and value for money.Southern operates the majority of commuter services from its Central London terminals at London Bridge and London Victoria to South London and Sussex, as well as regional services in parts of Hampshire, Kent and Surrey. It also provides services between Milton Keynes and Croydon via the West London Line.
Major destinations served include: Beckenham Junction, Bexhill, Bognor Regis, Brighton, Caterham, Crawley, Eastbourne, East Croydon, East Grinstead, Epsom, Epsom Downs, Gatwick Airport, Horsham, Mitcham Junction, Leatherhead, Littlehampton, Portsmouth Harbour, Redhill, Southampton Central, Sutton (London), Tattenham Corner, Uckfield and Worthing.
It also operates services from Brighton to Ashford, Brighton to Seaford, Brighton to Southampton and South Croydon to Milton Keynes Central.
Privatisation of British Rail | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:32 1 Background
00:02:41 1.1 To 1979
00:05:14 1.2 1980s
00:09:32 1.3 1990s
00:12:07 2 Legislation
00:14:26 3 Domestic system
00:14:35 3.1 As implemented
00:18:46 3.2 Subsequent changes
00:22:23 4 Channel Tunnel infrastructure and services
00:24:46 5 Impact
00:25:39 6 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands. Begun in 1994, it had been completed by 1997. The deregulation of the industry was initiated by EU Directive 91/440 in 1991.
British Railways (BR) had been in state ownership since 1948, under the control of the British Railways Board (BRB). Under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher elected in 1979, various state-owned businesses were sold off, including various functions related to the railways – Sealink ferries and British Transport Hotels by 1984, Travellers Fare catering by 1988 and British Rail Engineering (train building) by 1989.
It was under Thatcher's successor John Major that the railways themselves were privatised, using the Railways Act 1993. The operations of the BRB were broken up and sold off, with various regulatory functions transferred to the newly created office of the Rail Regulator. Ownership of the infrastructure including the larger stations passed to Railtrack, while track maintenance and renewal assets were sold to 13 companies across the network. Ownership of passenger trains passed to three rolling stock operating companies (ROSCOs) – the stock being leased out to passenger train operating companies (TOCs) awarded contracts through a new system of rail franchising overseen by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF). Ownership and operation of freight trains passed to two companies – English Welsh & Scottish (EWS) and Freightliner, less than the originally intended six, although there are considerably more now.
The process was very controversial at the time, and still is, and its success is hotly debated – with the claimed benefits including a reduced cost to the taxpayer, lower fares, improved customer service, and more investment. Despite opposition from the Labour Party, who gained power in 1997 under Tony Blair, the process has never been reversed wholesale by any later government, and the system remains largely unaltered. A significant change came in 2001 with the collapse of Railtrack, which saw its assets passed to the state-owned Network Rail (NR), with track maintenance also brought in-house under NR in 2004. The regulatory structures have also subsequently changed.