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DIRECTORY
Mobile Phones
Carphone Warehouse
∑ carphonewarehouse.com
EE
∑ ee.co.uk
O2
∑ o2.co.uk
Post Office Phonecard
∑ postoffice.co.uk
Three
∑ three.co.uk
Vodafone
∑ vodafone.co.uk
Override Providers
A traditional post office with postcards for sale in Cornwall
18185
Large urban post offices have Dorset Echo and the Cornish ∑ 18185.co.uk
a poste restante service, where Guardian. Many newspapers Postal Services
letters can be collected. All can now be read online.
correspondence should be Post Office
addressed to the recipient at ∑ postoffice.co.uk
Poste Restante, followed by Television and Radio Royal Mail
the address of the relevant post All television in the UK is now ∑ royalmail.com
office branch. To collect your digital. The state­run BBC (British
post, you will have to show your Broadcasting Corporation) has Newspapers
passport or another form of eight national TV channels,
official identification. Overseas several regional channels Cornish Guardian
post is kept for one month. (including many covering the ∑ cornwalllive.com
Main post office branches South Coast) and a reputation Daily Mail
offer various mail services, but for making some of the world’s ∑ dailymail.co.uk
there are also small branches in best television. Its commercial Daily Mirror
newsagents, grocery stores and rivals include ITV, Channel 4 ∑ mirror.co.uk
general information and Channel 5. ITV Dorset Echo
centres. Post offices is known for its ∑ dorsetecho.co.uk
are usually open soap operas and
from 9am to 5:30pm game shows; The Guardian
Monday to Friday, Channel 4 shows ∑ theguardian.com/uk
and until 12:30pm reality and chat The Sun
on Saturday (some­ The Times, one of England’s shows; and ∑ thesun.co.uk
times longer). national newspapers Channel 5 relies The Times
on US imports and ∑ thetimes.co.uk
TV movies. There are more than
Newspapers 60 freeview TV channels, Television and Radio
British national newspapers including high­definition ones BBC
generally fall into two categories: (depending on area), and many ∑ bbc.co.uk
broadsheet papers, such as hotels have hundreds of national
The Times and The Guardian; and international channels via Channel 4
and tabloids, which are heavy subscription services. ∑ channel4.com
on gossip, such as the Daily Mail, The BBC’s radio stations Channel 5
The Sun or the Daily Mirror. The range from pop music on ∑ channel5.com
weekend newspapers, more Radio 1 (97.6 FM) to current ITV
expensive than dailies, are packed affairs and drama on Radio 4 ∑ itv.com
with supplements on the arts, (92.5 FM). There are also many
entertainment, travel, listings local commercial radio stations, Radio 1
∑ bbc.co.uk/radio1
and reviews. Free newspapers, such as the South Coast’s
with an emphasis on celebrity SAM FM (106.6 MHz FM). Radio 4
gossip, are given away at railway Full TV and radio schedules ∑ bbc.co.uk/radio4
and Tube stations in London. appear regularly in newspapers SAM FM
Local papers are available across and listings magazines; you can ∑ samfm.co.uk/southcoast
the South Coast, including the also find them online.

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