The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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In the UK there are four countries, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, The capital of Wales is Cardiff, The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast , and the Capital of England is London. Everyone considers London the Capital of the whole UK.

Music acts who are popular today
Artist and/ or bands that have made it to the top 10 on iTunes or anywhere on the Billboard charts are: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Saturdays, McFly, Busted, Girls Aloud, Spice Girls, Cheryl Cole, Tulisa, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, JLS, Lily Allen, Take That, Robbie Williams, Pixie Lott, Cher Lloyd, Olly Murs, The 1975, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Taio Cruz, Adele, The Vamps, Tinie Tempah, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, John Newman, Labrinth, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who, Elton John, Oasis,Snow Patrol, Little Mix, The Wanted, One Direction and DJ Calvin Harris.

Popular Tourist attractions
Some of the most popular tourist attractions are Buckingham Palace, Madame Tussauds, The London Eye, Parliament a.k.a the Palace of Westminster, Stonehenge, and the Tower Bridge. The Tower Bridge is a bascule bridge which is a draw bridge and it got its name from the Tower of London. The Palace of Westminster is home to the meeting place of the House of Commons, and House of Lords. Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, England and is home to a great design of amazing rocks. Buckingham Palace is the home of the monarchy, as of right now it is Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Madame Tussauds is the original wax museum, it was founded by Marie Tussaud and has many other museums around the world. The London Eye is a gigantic ferris wheel, it towers 443 feet and the views are amazing!

Colleges of the UK
The Uk has many ast...

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... Liverpool F.C. is 2nd in the English Premier Soccer league( the team is extraordinary). What makes Liverpool famous besides their soccer team is that the departing port for the Titanic was in the cities main shipyard. Other names that made Liverpool famous are the Beatles, Ian Hart who played Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Jason Isaacs who plays Lucius Malfoy in every Harry Potter, David Morrissey who plays the Governor in The Walking Dead, and Clive Swift who was the painting of Sir Cadogan in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Newcastle-upon-Tyne is known commonly as Newcastle . The people who live in Newcastle talk Geordie which has more distinctive word pronunciations and has Scandinavian origins. Newcastle natives include Charlie Hunnam, Jax Teller on Sons of Anarchy, Rownan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean, and singer Cheryl Cole.

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