The Law

The most famous police station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London. The police they've all got a blue light outside to show they are police stations. For most people the police are the face of the law. They can arrest people in the street, but they also give information. We visited a new police station in Lewisham, an area in south-east London. A suspected criminal is being charged with a crime. Next they take fingerprints to check the person's identity. They also take mouth swabs for analysis of DNA. Suspects can be kept in the cells at the police station for several hours. This suspect spent a whole night in the cells.
Next day he went to court. Here three magistrates listen to evidence from the police and witnesses. They then decide if the person is guilty or not guilty.
The evidence that the police collect from a crime scene is analysed in the laboratories like this. They can examine and analyse material from the crime scene to find out exactly what happened.
The police are the most obvious part of the law in Britain.

Supermarket

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in Britain. The five biggest supermarkets sell 80% of all groceries - that's food and drink. Tesco is the biggest. It's got nearly 2.000 shops in GBritatin and is the third biggest supermarket in the world.

In the larger supermarkets you can buy just about anything. The very big supermarkets are usually on the edge of towns and most people drive to them. And while they are there with their car, customers can buy petrol too. There are many more supermarkets now than 20 years ago. People find it very convenient to do all their shopping in one place. Tesco online delivers over 100.000 orders each week in Britain and Sainsbury's delivers 30.000. It's becoming a very popular way to shop.

But not everyone likes supermarkets. So people without cars have less choice. As a result, the big supermarkets have started to open small shops in town and city centres. Many supermarkets are open 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Soap Opera

The most popular British soap operas are Eastenders and Coronation Street. These are popular dramas about the lives of ordinary people. Many people are addicted to soap operas. The soap opera contain previews of the next week's shows, so that fans can find out what's going to happen next. Soap operas have got information about the actors and stories from future episodes.

Eastenders is set in the east end of London and has been broadcast since 1985. It was first broadcast in 1960. Then there's also Emmerdale which takes place in a village in the Yorkshire countryside. It started in 1972 and is on TV every evening from Monday to Friday.

Scotland

There are four main regions in Britatin. Scotland is in the north of the Britain. Its famous for this lakes. There are a lot of plants and nature. The majory people of Scotland live in Glasgow and Edinburgh. There are a lot of historic buildings. There are a party's in Scotland, too. There are a rare instruments. Scottish people have got a traditional sports. Glasgow it's a good city, because there are a lot of architects. The Scottish wiscky it's a good wiscky. The tourists enjoy with the fishing and the castles.