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Luton (/ ˈ l uː t ən / ⓘ) [7] is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England.The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. [5] [8]Luton is on the River Lea, 32 miles (50 km) north-west of London, [9] 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Hertford, 20 miles (32 km) south of Bedford [9] and 23 miles (37 km) south-east of Milton Keynes.
The Bedford OY is an army lorry (truck [a]) built by Bedford for the British Armed Forces and introduced in 1939. It was based on Bedford's O-series commercial vehicles with a modified front end and single rear tyres.
The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch [1]) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The Firth of Clyde merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula and Corsewall Point on the Rhins of Galloway . [ 2 ]
Ayrshire coast at Largs, Scotland looking north Haylie Chambered Tomb The Noddsdale (Brisbane Glen) road in autumn Construction work in progress on Largs pier as MV Loch Riddon arrives on the service from Great Cumbrae. There is a neolithic tomb behind Douglas Park. Known as the Haylie Chambered Tomb, it was once covered by a cairn of stones ...
The LDV Convoy is a light commercial van that was manufactured from 1983 until 2006. The Convoy and its predecessors were wider and longer versions of the Freight Rover Sherpa, based on the Leyland Sherpa series of vans from 1974 and later known as the LDV Pilot.
For most administrative purposes, the base level of sub-division in Scotland is now that of communities, which may elect community councils. The main role of these bodies is to channel and reflect local opinion to other bodies; they otherwise have very limited powers. There are around 1,200 communities in Scotland.
The M939 is a 5-ton 6×6 U.S. military heavy truck. The basic cargo versions were designed to transport a 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) cargo load over all terrain in all weather. The basic cargo versions were designed to transport a 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) cargo load over all terrain in all weather.
At about the same time, Gaelic tribes from Ireland invaded the north-west, absorbing both the Picts and Britons of northern Britain, eventually forming the Kingdom of Scotland in the 9th century. The south-east of Scotland was colonised by the Angles and formed, until 1018, a part of the Kingdom of Northumbria .