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| EMERGENCY |
| If there's a 'major incident', a
national crisis or a local disaster and you need help or information, the
government now has a central co-ordinating centre accessible via the
internet |
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| TRAVEL |
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| To find out anything about towns
in the UK, try the Knowhere index or
This Britain
Internet Directories |
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| MAPS |
Local street maps
World-wide maps
Millennium
maps
Satellite maps
(currently under re-construction)
Old maps |
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| Well, I never knew that!
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Have you ever seen a map that has
an arrow pointing where you're standing? The arrow usually reads "You Are
Here". Did you know it has a technical name?
It's an IDEO locator. |
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| Find your way there by
car |
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| First of all, find the cheapest
petrol in your postcode area via
Petrolbusters. You can
also find out which garage actually has any petrol left during any future
petrol crisis! |
| And if you want to save money
and the environment then check in at
goingmyway.co.uk, a site
with government backing which will enable you to share a lift for school runs,
long-distance travel and more. |
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 has a
fantastic new route planner and location finder.
You can personalise the RAC site so that news of traffic jams on your
frequently used routes appear on the home page. |
And, if you are travelling any
distance, especially with children, PLEASE
Rand McNally
if you are in the States. |
| Highly recommended route
finder is the new
McDonald's trip planner. It can give you a breakdown of
the route, road by road, with mini maps of each directional change (click for
manoeuvre maps). And it will help you break up your trip by finding McDonald's
restaurants along the way! |
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McDonald makes you think of nutrition and food safety then click
here for important health
information . |
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| Travelling by
train? |
All you need to know about
timetables is here at the
UK rail
planner
and you can buy your tickets on-line
here. You can even
download your booked train journeys to your electronic calendar (eg Act! or
Outlook) through their Infuzer service. |
 Latest
information
about today's late-running trains. It lets you know what solutions are
being proposed and when the problem is solved. |
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coach... |
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Who? What? Where?
on the World Wide Web
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I use these links constantly - I hope you find them useful. too - please share
with us your own 'must have' websites
See also our page on useful websites where
you can search the web or ask a direct question and get an expert answer in
real time.
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What's On NOW! |
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Click the multi-channel icon and
you'll find everything on the five terrestrial channels for the next few hours,
well laid out and easy to use.
Click elsewhere on the site and you can find out what's on at the cinema, at
the theatre, etc.
Here's an interesting page that gives you all the info you need in order to
trace books
relating to this week's TV viewing. You can find this week's listing by
changing the number in the URL (Week 41=w/c 21 April 2002)
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Planet 101 |
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All you ever wanted to know about everything!
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What's the time?
Go direct to Greenwich |
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Alternatively,
Co-ordinated Universal Time(=GMT=UTC) gives you the exact time
accurate within a second. The site also provides a map of US Time Zones.
The UK is GMT + 1 during Daylight Saving time (ie British summer-time - remember the
rhyme : 'Fall back, spring forward').
Local Times Around
the World gives the dates for daylight saving times throughout the world
plus latitude and longtitude of places.
You can find all sorts of fun, interactive calendars at
www.timeanddate.com (how
many days between dates, how old will you be 50,000 minutes after your birth,
etc).
The Earth Calendar is a daybook of
holidays, cultural events and celebrations around the world. You can search by
holiday, religion, country or date.
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Weather
Free 5-day forecast
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The
most accurate weather forecasts around using the
Solar Weather Forecast
technique. The SWT claims to surpass all previous methods used to forecast
weather for any period beyond 5 days. Which is why I guess only the five day
forecast is free!
There is a £1.50 per minute phone line for more
detailed and longer term forecasting for those planning for weddings and
special events!
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Who's making the decisions? |
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For
education-related organisations and campaigns, and for government websites,
check here. MPs and their
constituencies are listed
here or you can
email the House of Commons Information
Office to enquire or comment.
Best of all, tho', you can web-fax
yourMP through this excellent website which gives clear and easy-to-use
information. There's also an easy way to find out through your postcode who is
your MP and who is standing in the election.
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$ into £? |
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Buying something from a US website?
This is how much
shipping will cost
(and how long it will take)
and here is the Personal Currency
Assistant
to translate those $ into £.
It will stay with you in a popup window as you surf the web until you actively
shut it down
Get to grips with the Euro
More conversions at
for weights, distance, volume, area, speed, temperature, computer storage and
more!
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Looking for someone? |
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BT's on-line directories are
here
but 192's services are improving all the time
www.192.com searches the electoral register, too
There's 25% off UK InfoDisc this month
New kid on the block
UK Phonebook.com
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Telephone codes |
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The
UK Telephone Code Locator
takes telephone numbers, access/short codes, exchange names or the name of a
location and will tell you where the area is, map location, BT charge
information and nearby exchange names.
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Post Codes and Postage Rates |
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Post codes online
- work out an address from a postcode or a postcode from an address. You may
occasionally have to try a few times as it gets very busy - so, if you can't
wait, try offline Mon-Fri 9-5 on 0345 111222.
Current
postage rates.
The postal rates calculator will work out the cost of the item you want to send
if you know the weight (tried using your kitchen scales?) or send for Royal
Mail's
Easyweigh).
The Royal Mail changes the URLs for its services surprisingly frequently - so
if the above links don't work, just got direct to www.royalmail.com |
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More to come...
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Help us help more mums!
Tell
a friend
about this website! |
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| Have you ever wondered what
those credit agencies have got on file under your name? I did! Try
Check my
File for a free credit score, credit ratings and local
information. |
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Fed up of junk mail and people
phoning you up to sell you stuff??
You need to contact the
MPS (Mailing
Preference Service) and the TPS
(Telephone Preference Service) to make sure they go away. Got a fax? Stop
unwanted faxes at the
FPS.
It can take up to six months for the process to take effect - here's an
alternative
opinion with some useful guidance. |
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| How to complain! |
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| Telephone bills |
| Want to check BT's prices
against the competition? For an impartial guide endorsed by the
telecommunications industry regulator, visit
www.phonebills.org.uk |
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| Telephone numbers |
Have you changed all the numbers
in your little black book? Have you told all your friends about your own number
change?
What you need to know:
All mobile numbers now begin with 07.
Most area codes still begin with 01 but six areas have now switched completely
to 02.
08 numbers are freephone and special rate
09 numbers are premium rate |
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| FREE desktop utility program
that you can
download |
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(NB Searches don't yet include pages still on the old
DKlearning site or the Newsblogger) |
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Need something translated?
Altavista's
Babelfish
will translate anything from a phrase to a whole website
for free ! |
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| Searching on the WWW |
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See our new MEGA directory of
websites for mothers!
(Click on the topic that interests you then scroll down for listings in that
category - come back for more, it's growing daily |
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| Add your own 'must have'
websites here |
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