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Welcome Leanne! Try to remove manually and disavow which you could't remove! This certainly takes time. Even after removal and disavow, it will take some time to get things going! Try local UK Links. Starting with Top UK directories like Yell, Yelp & others, you can move to few guest posts possibly! No Money Anchor Text Just a reminder! Social Media is going to help in big time! Use Hash tags to get real time shares & like of pages! Ok with content but try to make it more frequent! Regards

Here's a video from Matt Cutts himself discussing how many links you should have on your page, and if there is a limit.