Dope from UK province to the north (4)
I believe the answer is:
info
'dope' is the definition.
(dope can informally mean information)
'uk province to the north' is the wordplay.
'uk' becomes 'of' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'province' becomes 'NI' (short for Northern Ireland, a province of the UK).
'to the north' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'of'+'ni'='ofni'
'ofni' back-to-front is 'INFO'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for info that I've seen before include "News" , "Data received and understood (abbr)" , "Facts (abbr)" , "Gen (colloq.)" , "Knowledge (colloq.)" .)