Google should be where you get the "background information". And I am sure making a google search is much simpler and faster than starting a thread here and waiting for replies.

asking here is for people who have personal experiences to share...but details, you have to research yourself....

i know there is a regular bus service between nottingham and lhr, but details on schedule, fares, bags, i can't remember, just that it takes about 3 hours...

There are specific places which they recognize.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ing-in-malaysia

EDIT:
Just sent my visa application form and documents to VFS Global Malaysia in Wisma MCA. Hope everything goes well. 
Would like to share with you all some differences I saw compared to when I first applied in year 2011:
- They now provide 'pre-application scrutiny' service on 3rd floor of the building, that's where the security guards on 19th floor directed me to go when I reached there half an hour before my appointment time. On 3rd floor they'll organize and check the documents which you want to submit, and sealed in an envelope which you can just passed to the counter on 19th floor straight away when your number is called. So you should actually go to 3rd floor first, and they'll start scrutinizing your documents about 5 minutes before your appointment time.
- Education certificates and financial evidence are optional, but I submitted them all anyway since I brought everything there. Please bring a photocopy of the documents that you are going to submit, keep this in your mind: if you want to have the original copy back when you're collecting your passport, send the photocopy version along. This includes the TB screening certificate.
- For Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), they asked me to provide the exact amount that I paid for IHS, which isn't written on the email with IHS reference number, it's in another email they sent, so do take note.
- On 19th floor, the queue system still have rooms for improvement, cause it doesn't have a display which shows the queue number, and you have to listen to the announcement to know it's your turn.

That should be all, everything else is pretty much just follow the instructions.

Hope this post helps.

Wow, the Ringgit against the  pound is now RM6.29.

Looks like no brakes and yet to see the hike in interest rates in US and UK.

Wow, the Ringgit against the  pound is now RM6.29.

Looks like no brakes and yet to see the hike in interest rates in US and UK.

Hey! Just wondering if you submitted IHS reference number email receipt as well? They asked me the same question regarding the amount, and I showed both the payment receipt and IHS reference number but they return it back to me so I thought it wasnt necessary hahaha so confused

FYI, it reached 7.1 in 2007, so it still has legs.... lol

Is anyone going to Sheffield this September?
I am alone and a little nervous. Already 20 but going to the international college of the University of Sheffield.