A Guide to Conservation Areas in Scotland. Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.
Image caption The 63-letter word was created amid the BSE crisis. The German language has lost its longest word thanks to a change in the law to conform with EU regulations. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz-meaning law delegating beef label monitoring - was introduced in 1999 in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Welsh village's 58-letter name is the longest word on any map in Europe. British meteorologist Liam Dutton is the toast of the web today for somehow managing to pronounce LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllÂ­lantysiliogogogoch, a village in north west Wales, without missing a beat. (YouTube/Channel 4 News )