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Humberside Airport

Humberside Airport

Humberside Airport is situated at Kirmington in the Borough of North Lincolnshire, England, 10 NM (19 km; 12 mi) west of Grimsby and around 15 mi (24 km) from both Kingston upon Hull and Scunthorpe, on the A18. It is a small international airport, historically owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the largest UK-owned airport group, which acquired Humberside Airport in 1999, but now sold to the Eastern Group of companies on 1 August 2012.The airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport (70 mi (110 km)), Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (28 mi (45 km)) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford International Airport (74 mi (119 km)); all of these airports offer a substantially wider range of scheduled flights than Humberside Airport, although Robin Hood Airport has also seen large reductions in holiday flights during the last 12 months. Passenger numbers at the airport peaked in the early to mid-2000s when the facility was used by around 500,000 passengers per year, however this had fallen to around 275,000 passengers in 2011. Cargo throughput at Humberside, however, reached record levels in 2011 at over 1,100 tonnes, around 10 times the level seen in 2005.
Gunwharf Quays

Gunwharf Quays

Gunwharf Quays is an area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, now home to a large shopping centre.
Leeds Town Hall

Leeds Town Hall

The Headrow, Leeds ,
Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on Park Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.
RAF Coningsby

RAF Coningsby

Royal Air Force Station Coningsby or RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It has been commanded by Group Captain Johnny Stringer since 19 October 2012.
Gosport and Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gosport and Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Gosport and Fareham was a parliamentary constituency in Hampshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Aston Hall

Aston Hall

Trinity Road, Aston,, Birmingham ,
Aston Hall is a municipally owned Jacobean-style mansion in Aston, Birmingham, England. Washington Irving used it as the model for Bracebridge Hall in his stories in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon.
City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)

City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)

City of Chester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stephen Mosley of the Conservative Party.
St George's Market

St George's Market

St George's Market is the last surviving Victorian covered market in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located on May Street, close to the River Lagan and the Waterfront Hall. Belfast Corporation (now Belfast City Council) commissioned the building of St George’s Market, which was built in three phases between 1890 and 1896. Before 1890 St George's Market was an open market and most likely contained a slaughterhouse and a meat market.The original marketThe original market was smaller than the new structure. The city surveyor JC Bretland designed the building. It was built in red brick with sandstone dressing. Externally it features Roman styled arches with Latin and Irish inscriptions - the City’s Latin motto "Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus", meaning "what shall we give in return for so much?" and the Irish phrase "Lámh Dearg na hÉireann", "Red Hand of Ireland". The main entrance arch displays the Belfast Coat of Arms. This newly covered market opened to the public on 20 June 1890.World War IIAfter heavy bombing of Belfast by German aircraft in World War II, St George’s Market was used as an emergency mortuary. Approximately 700 were killed during the bombing raids; 255 bodies were brought to St George’s Market in an attempt to identify them. Not all of the bodies were identified, so a public funeral for the unclaimed dead took place on 21 April 1941. There were separate Catholic and Protestant services held at the market and thousands of people lined the streets as the procession passed on its way to the Milltown and City cemeteries.
Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Loughborough is a constituency in Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nicky Morgan, a Conservative.
Crabble Athletic Ground

Crabble Athletic Ground

The Crabble Athletic Ground, also known as The Crabble or simply Crabble. is a football stadium located in the northern Dover suburb of River, Kent, England. It was the home of the various incarnations of Dover F.C. from 1931 until the club folded in 1983. Since then it has been the home of Dover Athletic F.C., and it was also the temporary home of Margate F.C. between 2002 and 2004, when the club's Hartsdown Park stadium was being redeveloped. The stadium has two seated stands and two covered terraces and holds a total of 6,500 fans, although in the past, crowds larger than that figure could be accommodated. It also has a clubhouse, which the club completely redeveloped in 2008.
Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)

Lewisham, Deptford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Joan Ruddock of the Labour Party.HistoryThis seat was created in 1974 since which it has been held by only two Members of Parliament.Constituency profileThis constituency takes in Lewisham's northern tip - a short stretch alongside the Thames - along with the Deptford and New Cross districts, and the centre of Lewisham itself. These are historically some of the more deprived in London with high crime rates and social problems, counter to this, more upmarket housing developments are springing up as former industrial sites are cleared away as part of an ongoing rejuvenation process.The area is relatively affordable, given the short commuting distance to Central London and Canary Wharf, via the Docklands Light Railway and South East Main Line. Goldsmiths, University of London and wider halls of residence and this is a popular living area for those staying and studying in Greater London, giving a substantial student minority to the electorate.
Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)

Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)

Daventry is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Heaton-Harris of the Conservative Party