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British American Racing
Formula One motor racing team
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Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
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GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites Total Film, SFX, Edge and Computer and Video Games were merged into GamesRadar, with the resulting, expanded website being renamed GamesRadar+ in November that year.
National Rail
brand name for the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain
Digital Spy
British news website
Neopets
Neopets is a free-to-play virtual pet browser game. First launched in 1999, the game allows users to own virtual pets ("Neopets") and explore a virtual world called "Neopia." Players can earn one of two virtual currencies. One currency, called Neopoints, can be obtained for free through on-site features like games, events, and contests. The other, Neocash (NC), is purchased with real-world money and can be exchanged for wearable items for pets.
Noble Automotive
company
Earl of Wessex
British noble title
Northern Ireland Executive
executive of the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly
Metro
British free daily newspaper
British–Irish Council
organization
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom
SPECS
brand of speed cameras in the United Kingdom
Baillie Gifford Prize
non-fiction writing award
h2g2
The h2g2 website is a British-based collaborative online encyclopaedia project. It describes itself as "an unconventional guide to life, the universe, and everything", in the spirit of the fictional publication ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' from the science fiction comedy series of the same name by Douglas Adams. It was founded by Adams in 1999 and was run by the BBC between 2001 and 2011.
Wales Office
UK government ministerial department responsible for Welsh affairs
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
formation of the British Army
BBC Knowledge
television channel
Hyperdub
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MTV Base
defunct British television channel
Ice Hockey UK
ice hockey federation
BBC Red Button
interactive television services offered by the BBC
Rock Sound
magazine
The Diana Award
award for persons aged 9-25 for their social action or humanitarian work
MTV Classic
defunct British and Irish TV channel
Alamy
Alamy Limited (d/b/a alamy) is a British privately owned stock photography agency launched in September 1999. It is an online supplier of stock images, videos, and other image material. Their content comes from agencies and independent photographers, or are collected from news archives, museums, national collections, and public domain content copied from Wikimedia Commons. Its headquarters are in Milton Park, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It has a development and operations centre at Technopark in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, and a sales office in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Children's Laureate
British literary honor and public service role managed by Book Trust (1999–)
Discovery History
TV station
Firebird
British blues-rock power trio
UK Athletics
national governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom
Defected Records
British record label from London
Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism
award for journalism
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award
award
UK Trade & Investment
United Kingdom government non-ministerial department
Songlines
British music magazine
ATP Recordings
British independent record label
Zizzi
Zizzi Restaurants Limited, trading as Zizzi, is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the sister restaurant of ASK Italian, both having been founded by Adam and Sam Kaye. In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of the two brands. They were subsequently bought by TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2020.
King's Volunteer Reserves Medal
The Real Tuesday Weld
British band
The British Soap Awards
award
Guardian First Book Award
British literature award
Joint Aviation Command
command within the British Armed Forces