MotoGP Silverstone
01.09.2013 | Silverstone - Silverstone Circuit
Communications
Telephone: Country code: 44. There are numerous public call boxes. Some boxes take coins, others phonecards or credit cards.
Mobile Telephone: Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is mostly good, but can be patchy in rural areas.
Internet: There are Internet cafes and centres in most urban areas. Some multimedia phone booths, often located at main railway stations and airports, offer touch-screen access.
Media: The British media are free and able to report on all subjects. The variety of publications reflects the full spectrum of political opinion.
Post: Stamps are available from post offices and many shops and stores. There are stamp machines outside some post offices. Post boxes are red. First-class internal mail normally reaches its destination the day after posting (except in remote areas of Scotland), and most second-class mail the day after that. International postal connections are good.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1730 and Sat 0900-1230, although some post offices are open much longer hours.
Press: Dominated by about 10 major newspapers, UK circulation figures are amongst the highest in the world.
• Broadsheets are The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer (on Sunday) and The Times.
• The more popular tabloid newspapers are The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror and The Sun.
• Most papers have an associated Sunday newspaper, though there are some independents.
• There are also daily regional newspapers.
• The London Evening Standard is produced in several editions daily, the first being at midday.
Radio: • BBC Radio’s national services include music stations Radio 1 and Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live.
• BBC Radio also has regional broadcasts (see individual country sections).
• BBC Asian Network targets Asian communities in the UK.
• BBC World Service can be heard worldwide via shortwave and increasingly on FM relays; it has programmes in more than 40 languages.
• Commercial stations include music station Virgin Radio,sports station Talk Sport and classical music station Classic FM.
• There are hundreds of privately owned radio stations.
Telephone: Country code: 44. There are numerous public call boxes. Some boxes take coins, others phonecards or credit cards.
Mobile Telephone: Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is mostly good, but can be patchy in rural areas.
Internet: There are Internet cafes and centres in most urban areas. Some multimedia phone booths, often located at main railway stations and airports, offer touch-screen access.
Media: The British media are free and able to report on all subjects. The variety of publications reflects the full spectrum of political opinion.
Post: Stamps are available from post offices and many shops and stores. There are stamp machines outside some post offices. Post boxes are red. First-class internal mail normally reaches its destination the day after posting (except in remote areas of Scotland), and most second-class mail the day after that. International postal connections are good.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1730 and Sat 0900-1230, although some post offices are open much longer hours.
Press: Dominated by about 10 major newspapers, UK circulation figures are amongst the highest in the world.
• Broadsheets are The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer (on Sunday) and The Times.
• The more popular tabloid newspapers are The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror and The Sun.
• Most papers have an associated Sunday newspaper, though there are some independents.
• There are also daily regional newspapers.
• The London Evening Standard is produced in several editions daily, the first being at midday.
Radio: • BBC Radio’s national services include music stations Radio 1 and Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live.
• BBC Radio also has regional broadcasts (see individual country sections).
• BBC Asian Network targets Asian communities in the UK.
• BBC World Service can be heard worldwide via shortwave and increasingly on FM relays; it has programmes in more than 40 languages.
• Commercial stations include music station Virgin Radio,sports station Talk Sport and classical music station Classic FM.
• There are hundreds of privately owned radio stations.