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Whether you are already living in the UK, planning to come, weighing up your options for the future or just looking for a top-notch guide to work, rest and play, UKLife offers just the insight you need.

We bring you the very best of contemporary British fashion, style and celebrity, sport, music, film, giveaways and much more.

UKLife is produced by The Independent, with assistance from the British Council and Visit Britain. The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational and cultural relations.

Here we explore the UK hip hop scene, interviewing ground-breaking DJs and recommending the best British hip hop clubs, as well as the best new British bands and albums.

We take a look at the UK film industry, reporting on the growing movie industry and speaking to those in front of and behind the cameras who bring magic to the big screen.

The UKLife team has travelled all over, recommending the best days out and nightlife hotspots in this issue's targeted regions, the North-west and the South-west. Interviews with locally born celebrities give further insight into all that these areas have to offer.

Fashion, music, film, sports, reviews and interviews - and, as if that wasn't enough, listings to give you a hand with more practical issues of benefits, health and education. That's what UKLife is all about.

Foreign aid, please
09 October 2003
British universities want to offer stipends to foreign postgraduate students, but the law is getting in the way.

Essential student contacts
01 October 2003
If you are planning to bring spouses or children into the UK with you while you study, make preparations well in advance

Street talk
01 October 2003
A new method of learning English puts the emphasis on the way people really speak.

Safe hands
01 October 2003
Chris Read, the England wicketkeeper, talks to Ed Poultney about his passion for the national summer game

Arch of triumph
01 October 2003
The new Wembley stadium is rising from the ashes of controversy

Game for anything - get in on the action
01 October 2003
UK sporting venues are renowned worldwide - some are steeped in history, others boast state-of-the-art facilities.

Cut out for the catwalk
01 October 2003
Fashion designers need talent, but without business sense they fall apart at the seams

Best of British world-class cinema
01 October 2003
Zoe Frampton reviews the best UK films of 2003

Great performance: Top Brit flicks
01 October 2003
British film is enjoying a renaissance. Catherine Quinn looks at recent hits and promising productions to come.

Best of British new indie albums
01 October 2003
What top tunes should be pumping on your stereo

Mersey beats the place to be
01 October 2003
Dancing all night? Damo Jones checks out the sounds of Liverpool

Top hip hop DJ Skully
30 September 2003
The award-winning turntablist talks to Jessica Moore about the health of the UK hip hop scene

About a Brummie: Frank Skinner
30 September 2003
City Watch: Birmingham

City Watch: Birmingham
30 September 2003
An ever-changing cultural melting pot, Birmingham, England's Second City, offers world-class attractions.

Richard Herring, standing up for his roots
30 September 2003
Regional focus: The South-west

Hot Spots: The South-west
30 September 2003
Whatever your taste or budget, the South-westhas something for everybody.

Days out: The South-west
30 September 2003
World-famous festivals, beaches, wildlife... it's all here

A relaxed pace ...or drum'n'bass
30 September 2003
Regional focus: The South-west

Mark Owen: Take this
30 September 2003
Regional focus: The North-west

Days out in the North-west
30 September 2003
There's the Blackpool Illuminations and a whole lot more. Switch on and chill out with David Budds

Northern lights, stars and bars
30 September 2003
Music, football and nightlife come together in the North-west.