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U3A UK's Internetwork Group website for technical support - NOT for definitive
answers to your problems but a good place to check before you spend money on repairs or new equipment
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BBC Webwise - the BBC's guide to the internet
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Hairnet - internet training initiative for the older generation
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University of Albany - Internet tutorials
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Web Teacher - tutorial and reference site for beginners and intermediate users. Clear and easy to navigate, it includes a
Web Primer and a Web Tutorial covering all the basics including electronic mail, mail lists, newsgroups and much more
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GetNetWise - a detailed resource provided by a wide range of public-service and Internet industry bodies including Microsoft,
AOL and Yahoo. This site offers safe-surfing advice; also tips on everything regarding the safety and protection of your computer
from hackers and viruses as well as advice on stopping unwanted e-mails and spam
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AVG Anti-virus Free Edition software from Grisoft. This free download has both a scheduled update built-in and
a manual update feature. (Minimum system requirements: Win95; 24MB RAM; 12MB hard drive space)
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Spybot: Search & Destroy v.1.4 anti-spyware software This free, well-recommended program can detect and remove
spyware hidden on your PC which is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile that can be sold to companies.
Select one of the download centres from the screen. (Minimum system requirements: Win95; 12.5MB hard drive space)
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Setting up a free e-mail address with Yahoo!
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What is.....? - Confused by net terminology? Then try this online glossary
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Search Engines - listing of the most popular ones (Google, AltaVista, Hotbot, Search.com etc)
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Dead People Server - A database of (mostly) dead celebrities
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The Internet Movie Database - The Earth's biggest movie database
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Cantamus - World renowned girls' choir
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The Tate Gallery - including Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives
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The Louvre - admire some of the world's greatest pieces of art. Take a tour around the world-famous Louvre in Paris
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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art - much to offer the serious student of art history as well as the casual
browser in search of cultural stimulation. The museum's curators have picked out nearly 3500 objects for special treatment,
including the entire collection of European paintings with more than 40 works by Monet. Most impressive is the Timeline of Art History.
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The Art Renewal Centre - Lovers of Victorian Art will delight in the treasures to be seen on this gigantic online museum,
which aims "To create the largest on-line Museum on the Internet, with hundreds of thousands of high quality images of all the
known works of the greatest painters and sculptors in human history"
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Victorian Art - A U3A member's art site dedicated to Victorian Art
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BBC site 'Painting the Weather' - presenting the BBC's exhibition of weather paintings from 50 British galleries in an
ingeniously accessible way with each one being 'zoomable'
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The Web Gallery of Art - a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic,
Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800), currently containing over 12,100 reproductions. Maintained by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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WetCanvas - Cyber Living for Artists - a very good artists' website
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Francis Frith photographic classics - 300,000 photos of 7,000 UK towns and villages taken between 1860 and 1970
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National Maritime Museum - a huge archive of maritime images
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Artcyclopedia.com - a website for scanning 1200 cultural institutions to find the
World's finest artworks. Enter artist, title or museum into the powerful search engine
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BBC History - a BBC website to help you get more out of your interest in history
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History World - magnificent history website, with 400 separate histories and 4000 tagged events
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Imperial War Museum - 45,000 objects, ranging from photographs and soundbites to maps, documents, paintings and personal
diaries are being digitised and added to this website between now and summer 2006
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The Palace Theatre, Mansfield
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Nottingham Theatre Royal and Royal Centre
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Nottingham Playhouse
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Sheffield Theatres - comprising the Crucible, Lyceum and Studio Theatres
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Department for Work and Pensions - pensions and retirement benefits
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The Pension Service website - published by the Government, this website provides information for individuals about
pensions and other pensioner benefits in the UK, whether you are planning for the future, are about to retire or have already retired.
With a link to the Pension Tracing Service, for 'lost' pensions
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Entitled To ... - enables families and senior citizens to check whether they are receiving the correct amount of tax credits
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HM Revenue & Customs - the new department responsible for the business of the former Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise
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UK Banks and Building Societies
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MONEY Supermarket - compare each provider and apply online (current accounts, credit cards, savings accounts, ISAs,
personal loans, home insurance, etc.)
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Moneyfacts - independant financial website
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Moneynet - presenting personal financial data in a clear and easy-to-understand format
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Money Saving Expert - Martin Lewis's money-saving site
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FIND - internet directory for UK financial websites
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Interactive Investor International - good investment and financial information
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Morning Star - web site for checking the performance of your investments
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Insurance Supermarket - Website to shop around for your insurance requirements
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Insurancewide.com comparison website - access to a wide range of insurance products. Quick and easy to use quotation
systems requiring minimal input. Get motor, home, travel, lifestyle insurance quotations from a range of insurers
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Confused.com Insurance website - car insurance and/or home insurance online, only one form to fill, with searches of
96% of car insurers on the net and 65% of online home insurers
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Community Legal Service Direct - includes interactive calculator to check for eligibility for legal aid,
directory of legal service providers, and direct online access to materials and links on a wide range of legal
issues including benefits and consumer affairs. Also a series of legal rights leaflets
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Her Majesty's Court Service website - with information on procedures and processes and online forms
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Adviceguide - up-to-date, independent advice around the clock from Citizens Advice Bureaux
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Law on the Web - free, legal information and advice site from web-friendly solicitors
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UK Government Directgov website
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National Statistics online - home of national statistics
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Hansard - Parliamentary proceedings
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The Royal Family - the official website of the monarchy
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Gateway to the European Union - European Union affairs and integration
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One Across - crossword clue solver!
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Grandma Alice's Crossword Cracker! - the site for crossword, anagram and acrostic lovers... uncluttered, powerful,
free and fast! (Use dots for missing letters)
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HotCourses.com - if you want to learn a language, or just something to stimulate your mind, then this site offers
everything from German and Gujurati to golf and sailing. Also useful for keeping grandchildren occupied!
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ClassicReader.com - where you can read, search and annotate great works of literature, by authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy,
Shakespeare and many others, free of charge. The collection currently contains 3061 books (including 1703 short stories) by 320 authors
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Planet Rugby - topical news about club and international rugby from across the World
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Cricket365.com - cricket news from 'the World's ultimate cricket resource'
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Crocus - 'gardeners by nature' - a site offering copious advice to all gardeners. Extensive tips and 'problem solving' sections
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PetPlanet.co.uk - for a serious look at your pet and information on different breeds and their characteristics. Database of useful
contacts including vets, kennels and (when travelling) pet-friendly hotels
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Streetmap.co.uk - locate streets by entering just the street name (or postcode) in the QuickSearch box. Streetmap will list all
possibilities in the UK for you to select from, followed by a display of the relevant street map and partial postcode
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Nottingham Travelwise Service - just about everything concerning public transport in Nottinghamshire. Includes bus and
community bus information, Nottingham Express Transit (the new tram system), rail and airport information, weekly roadworks incidents,
taxi information in Nottingham, bus and rail timetables, parking, a bus planner, Robin Hood Line, and even locations of speed cameras!
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The National Rail website - the gateway to the national rail network - Invaluable site for all rail travellers looking for
latest news and emergeancy rail news. Has links to the Train Operating Companies, Eurostar, Heathrow Express and Rail Europe
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The Trainline.com - book tickets online. Also access timetables
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The National Express website - for journeys throughout the UK by the National Express coach network
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Stagecoach - bus travel and timetables
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Trent and Barton Buses - bus travel and timetables online
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Web Weekend Breaks - lets you book weekend breaks according to your interests
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Bargain holidays.com - package holidays, cheap flights and short breaks
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LastMinute.com - special offers on last minute travel, flights, hotels, and entertainment
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Travelcare, part of the Co-op group - for on-line flights, accommodation, commission-free travel money, late charter flight search,
as well as scheduled flights
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Travelocity - a catch-all site for every form of journey. Has a Fare Watcher to help browsers locate best flight deals
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Travelleronline - the independent traveller's club, offering travel magazines, links to other sites, maps, language tuition
and flight arrival times
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Laterooms.com - good for late bookings in hotels, including the UK
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The Foreign Office website - advice, assistance and travel tips for British nationals travelling overseas
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The Lonely Planet Travel Guide - frequently updated site that offers all you need to know in planning a trip
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Gatwick Airport Parking - Parking4less provides a Gatwick Airport Parking service where you can compare
prices at over 10 Gatwick parking sites
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Frixo - road / motorway traffic reporting site - Gives users up-to-date information as the site gets updated
every 3 minutes via feeds from various sources including the Government's official 'Highways Agency' site.
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The Mansfield CHAD online
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The Ashfield CHAD online
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The Derbyshire Times online and Chesterfield Today
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The Nottingham Evening Post and other local events and information
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Sheffield Today with local events and information in the Sheffield area
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The Times and Sunday Times online
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Electronic Telegraph - The Daily Telegraph online
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Newspapers and current affairs - site carrying links to several English and Scottish newspapers
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The Washington Post online
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USA Today online
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NASA
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Newreg.com - searches for vehicle registration plate availability
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DVLA website - includes explanations of the new vehicle registration mark system
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The BBC weather service - 5-day weather forecasts for the Mansfield area
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Royal Mail - postal prices and postcode/address finder
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The CIA Factbook website - the most exhaustive repository imaginable of data on all countries of the world
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