Shops in Britain may soon be allowed to sell their products in pounds and ounces as the imperial measurement system is set to be revived in the UK. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce ...

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Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

Brexit minister Lord Frost announced on Thursday that the ban on making imperial measurements in shops “stand out more” than metric units could soon be lifted, as the government is looking to unpick ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to revive Britain's traditional system of imperial measurements, such as pounds and ounces, in a post-Brexit move that has divided the public and businesses.

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Oxford University in the UK has now decided to educate its students on the basis of the Imperial system of measurement. As you know there are two systems in use today. One is the Imperial and the ...

Potatoes are displayed for sale in imperial measurements in Darlington England on September 6, 2018. Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP (Getty Images) The UK government has released a 23-item list of things it ...

Recently I heard a news item on TV that the European Union has agreed to allow the United Kingdom to keep the imperial system of measurement (foot, pound) in parallel with the metric system (meter, ...