Most schools will have a written explanation of what they expect from their prefects, either as a school document or on the school website, so you should look at the one for your school to get exact information. Generally, prefects are given different... (read more)

The best place to get information for this is the UK Border Agency. If you click here you will find instructions. You should start by clicking... (read more)

The UK Border Agency is responsible for protecting the country's borders and making sure that nobody enters illegally or without the right documentation. Their website gives information about whether... (read more)

Of course London has all the usual chain stores that you find anywhere in the UK, often with a better selection of goods than you find elsewhere, so if you have a favourite chain store it's worth checking out a London branch. For shops specific to London,... (read more)

When used as a noun, the word career usually means your profession or line of work, pursued over a number of years. It's not the same as a job, which can be as long or short as you like (you can have a job even just for a day). Also, if you talk about... (read more)

As far as we know at present, she doesn't have a boyfriend. There has been speculation about her love life ever since her split from Tom Cruise, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Recently it was thought she was seeing a new man, but it turned out to... (read more)

It stands for Europe or European, because it is a guarantee of standards used throughout the European Union. When goods are packaged, to qualify for an e-mark they... (read more)

According to their website, it is very easy, there is no obligation and nothing to pay. However, some users have reported problems - if you put 'problems cancelling netflix' in a search engine you will see some comments... (read more)

If you type 'best films of 2012' in a search engine you will get plenty of recommendations for good films - though as it is only October, there is still time for some more to be released. One of the biggest successes this year has been The Hunger Games,... (read more)

Since 20 August 2012 the government has been the Federal Government of Somalia. Before that, there was a brief caretaker government, following a long period of near anarchy when government forces had little actual power. Since August, the country has... (read more)

Ask any Spahish person and, like people everywhere, each one will probably tell you his or her home town is the best place in the world! But if you want a big city, you could look at Valencia.... (read more)

The hottest town in Spain is Bailen, in Jaen, which averages 30.3 degrees in August and 30.2 in July. Bailen is a town rather than a city, and like many of the hottest places in Spain it is in the southern part of the country (Jaen is in Andalusia, in... (read more)

The longest ever Keepie Uppie was performed by a British football freestyler called Dan Magness, who managed to juggle a ball continuously for 26 hours in June 2010 in Hong Kong. The rules are that... (read more)

Many spectators were surprised when Europe won the 2012 Ryder Cup on 30 September. You can view the full result here. It had seemed most likely that the US would win; the team needed only four and... (read more)

The word 'dollar' referring to a currency is Czech in origin. It comes from the word 'Thaler' or 'Taler'. This itself comes from a valley ('Thal' in Czech or 'Tal' in German) called Joachimsthal, in Bohemia (now Czech). This area was made rich by silver... (read more)

This year, both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have had to review their recipes after one of their ingredients was deemed to be carcinogenic. This is a caramel flavouring called MEI, and the company has to use less of it or put a cancer warning on the bottle or... (read more)

Quentin Tarantino has won an Oscar jointly with writer Roger Avery in 1994 for the screenplay for Pulp Fiction, the next film after Reservoir Dogs that made him internationally famous. He was also nominated for best director for that film, but didn't... (read more)

There are elements of fact in it. Of course, there really were attempts to kill Hitler and other high ranking members of the Third Reich, and other films have been made about these. But the main idea of Tarantino's film - the idea of a special mission... (read more)

Google for Entrepreneurs is meant to bring together and support business people and startups from all over the world. Their most recent event was held in 28 cities in different countries. To see if this initiative has anything to offer you, the best way... (read more)

There are companies, like Colortyme, which instal rental agent software openly and you can remove it from your list of programs in the same way as you would remove any... (read more)