Hi!
If you want to learn flying R/C join a club!
There are many R/C clubs in the UK.
Flying R/C is not something you learn "in a jippy"...it takes months (years for some) and crashes are always involved so you just cant say: I want ONE airplane...

You probably have the notion that you buy a plane and then go out on some field and fly it!
It isn't that easy!!! Flying a "real" R/C plane must be learned, and this is easiest learned in a club. It also requires a lot of space. A school yard is not enough when you are a newcomer.

-But all these " ready built toy airplanes then, that you see in shops and on the net"? ...Yes you can buy them and fly them, but most of them are not considered to be "R/C airpalnes the way most of us on this forum would call "an R/C plane". They are not controlled by elevator and ailerons as a regular R/C airplane and doesn't have the power either to have adequate controllability.
There are some really good electric airplanes to start with though , like this Multiplex trainer made out of foam (impossible to crush), se picture.
Here a link to a Swedish hobby shop where you can obtain real good electric airplanes. www.MFT.nu
And here is a Danish site which has lots of electric powered models.
http://www.el-fly.dk/start.htm

Regards!
Jan K
Sweden