I have bourght my domain name for £5.69p for 2 years and web space for £65.00 for 1yr but i get an awefull lot for my money. I get a home page/main site + forum with chat, gallery and games arcade, blog, i get 25 email address's and i can have up to 6 sub domains. I'm happy with what i get.
Here is another free website you can look at....
Create a free website at Webs.com
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Piczo is also a free website community you can have a friends list. Take a look at one of mine as a preview i have 3 alltogether with differant themes. Piczo is also a good place for storing and showing off pictures.
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