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ENGLAND

Capital (and the largest city) : London

National language: English

Regional languages: Cornish

Population(census 2011) : 53,012,456

Ethnic groups(2011)

85.4% White

7.8% Asian

3.5% Black

2.3% Mixed

0.4% Arab

0.6% Other

The Queen Elizabeth II David Cameron

TOWER BRIDGE (on River Thames,1894)

Buckingham Palace (1703)

Big Ben

EDUCATIONThe Department for Education

is the government department

responsible for issues affecting

people in England up to the age of

19, including education.State-run and

state-funded schools are attended by

approximately 93% of English

schoolchildren.Of these, a minority are UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE

faith schools (primarily Church

of England or Roman Catholic schools). Children who are between

the ages of 3 and 5 attend nursery or an Early Years Foundation

Stage reception unit within a primary school. Children between the

ages of 5 and 11 attend primary school, and secondary school is

attended by those aged between 11 and 16. After finishing compulsory

education, students take GCSE examinations.

OXFORD

Internet Access

In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015, 86% of adults (44.7 million) in the UK had used the internet in the last 3 months (recent users), an increase of 1 percentage point since the quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2014 estimate of 85%.

11% of adults (5.9 million) had never used the internet, falling by 1 percentage point since quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2014.

The South East had the highest proportion of recent internet users (90%) and Northern Ireland was the area with the lowest proportion (80%).

In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015, the proportion of adults who were recent internet users was lower for those that were disabled (68%), compared with those that were not disabled (92%).

In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015 the proportion of

adults aged 16 to 24 years who were recent internet

users was lower for those that were disabled (95%

recent users) compared with those that were not

disabled (99% recent users). The proportion of

adults aged 75 years and over who were recent

internet users was also lower for those that were

disabled (27% recent users) compared with those

that were not disabled (40% recent users).

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations the

best

selling papers as of January 2011 are

The Sun 3,001,822

The Daily Mail 2,136,568 and the

Daily Mirror 1,194,097.