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Bernard Lewis (born 10 February 1926) is the English entrepreneur behind the River Island fashion brand and clothing chain. Early life [ edit ] He was born on 10 February 1926, and educated at the Jewish Free School , and Northern Polytechnic Institute .
Richard Bradbury. Richard Edward Bradbury CBE (born 4 February 1956), is a British retailer who was chief executive of River Island (2008–2011), [1] the high street fashion brand founded by Bernard Lewis with worldwide annual sales in excess of US$1 billion. [2]
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK) or Britain, [k] is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [13] [14] It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to the Tweed on the Scottish border.
For details of rivers of the United Kingdom, see. List of rivers of England. List of rivers of Scotland. List of rivers of Wales. Northern Ireland: see List of rivers of Ireland and Rivers of Ireland. Longest rivers of the United Kingdom.
River Avon, Bristol. / 51.53028°N 2.27389°W / 51.53028; -2.27389. / 51.50611°N 2.71833°W / 51.50611; -2.71833. The River Avon / ˈeɪvən / is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is loaned from an ancestor ...
A river island is any exposed landmass surrounded by river water. Properly defined, it excludes shoals between seasonally varying flows and may exclude semi-coastal islands in river deltas such as Marajó . These islands result from changes in the course of a river. Such changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing ...
There are 188 permanently inhabited islands in total: Isle of Man: 1. Republic of Ireland: 62 and a part of Ireland. United Kingdom: 123 plus Great Britain and a part of Ireland. England: 19 and a part of Great Britain. Northern Ireland: 1 and a part of Ireland. Scotland: 97 and a part of Great Britain. Wales: 6 and a part of Great Britain.