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===United Kingdom=== In 2002, an advisory panel for the religious education syllabus for [[England and Wales]] recommended introducing BCE/CE dates to schools,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-531644-ad-and-bc-become-cebce.do |title=AD and BC become CE/BCE |date=9 February 2002 |access-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220120909/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-531644-ad-and-bc-become-cebce.do |archive-date=20 December 2011 |work=This is London}}</ref> and by 2018 some local education authorities were using them.<ref name=Tel-NT /> In 2018, the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] said it would continue to use BC/AD as its house style.<ref name=Tel-NT>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/12/national-trust-tells-properties-stick-anno-domini-historic-site/ "National Trust tells properties to stop dropping BC and AD out of fear it might offend non-Christians"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', by Henry Bodkin, 12 November 2018</ref> [[English Heritage]] explains its era policy thus: "It might seem strange to use a Christian calendar system when referring to British prehistory, but the BC/AD labels are widely used and understood."<ref>[https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/history/stonehenge-glossary/ Stonehenge glossary, "BC and AD"] English Heritage</ref> Some parts of the BBC use BCE/CE, but some presenters have said they will not.<ref name=Tel-NT /> As of October 2019, the BBC News style guide has entries for AD and BC, but not for CE or BCE.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC News style guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/collections/news-style-guide |website=BBC |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> The style guide for ''[[The Guardian]]'' says, under the entry for CE/BCE: "some people prefer CE (common era, current era, or Christian era) and BCE (before common era, etc.) to AD and BC, which, however, remain our style".<ref>{{cite web |title=Guardian style guide |url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-c |website=Guardian |access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
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