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    The British Faced the Blitz with Courage and Unity is a Myth Use the sources, and your own knowledge. To explain whether you agree with this statement. In this question I am asked if I agree or disagree with the statement 'The impression that the British faced the blitz with courage and unity is a myth' by using the sources and my own knowledge. I disagree with this statement to a certain extent because there is many useful sources telling me how well the British people

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    The Jack the Ripper Murders happened in the East End of London in 1888 and, although the Whitechapel Murderer was only a threat to a small section of the community in a small part of London, the murders had a huge impact on society as a whole. A thing that puzzles a lot of people about this ancient murder spree is why the crimes are still so famous, even though over a hundred and twenty five years has gone by since they occurred. If Jack the Ripper only had five victims, then he wasn’t a particularly

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    Over a hundred and twenty-five years later Jack the Ripper, a murderer from the East End of London, who has yet to be found and more than likely to be dead by now, still rings bells of interest as well as terror all over the world. His case is known as “The Whitechapel Murders,” and has yet to be solved. During the era in which Ripper was active, there were eleven murders committed in London; however, the Ripper is only believed to be directly responsible for five of these victims (“The Whitechapel

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    Healthcare Inequality and the UK Poor The United Kingdom is one of the most technologically advanced and financially able countries in the European Union and the world. According to economic scale, the UK has the sixth largest economy (by GDP) in the world and the third ranked economy in the European Union (behind only Germany and France). However, the united kingdom has some of the largest healthcare inequalities in all of the EU. A recent study by the House of Commons Health Committee (2009)

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    This research paper is about Jack The Ripper, a legendary killer in London,1888. This legendary killer has said to be committed an unknown number of murders including 5 canonical. He terrorized London and was never captured or even identified. The fact that he did all this and stayed a mystery is why I believe he is real. I was sceptical about the legend about him thinking the other possibilities like the fact about other killers during that time murdering about the same time as Jack and why he is

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    Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. He crept around the East End of London looking for women who it seemed like no one would miss. Leaving very few clues behind and taunting letters, he mocked the police and people of London. Our ever changing understanding about Jack the ripper demonstrates how difficult it can be to identify a killer. So was this person that people called Jack the Ripper? “Now as then, monarchs, investigators and the general public do not know

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    as respectable members of society. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, shows the antithesis to the Victorian ideal when examining the duality of his characters. Similarly, Ackroyd reveals a truth about Victorian London which is typically disregarded in his critical look at the Jack the Ripper murders. Both Stevenson’s novel and Ackroyd’s introduction in “Jack the

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    how they functioned and how they came about attempting to solve the crime. Then, we must look at the Jewish immigrants and why they may have been targeted as murderers. Jack the Ripper has been accused of murdering five prostitutes in the East End of London. Each of these killings happened late at night with the bodies, badly stabbed and mutilated in most cases, found early the next morning. These five women have since been called the “canonical five”. There are many cases of people who believe

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    mutilation of five women in 1888 in London’s East End. People could only speculate about Jack’s life of committing murders since he was never caught. The British serial killer received his famous name “Jack the Ripper” from a letter written by an individual that claimed to be the person responsible for the killings. His murders took place with close proximity of each other. The killings of the Ripper took place in Whitechapl, Spitafields, Aldgate, and the city of London proper. “The metropolitan police file

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    Buckinghamshire, via central London, to Essex and South East London. Through this it will help their external stakeholders such as commuters, local council and community life easier through the environment sustainability. The impact that the crossrail project is having on commuters is that because of the construction works there have been disruption to buses and different

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