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On this day in 1728, Captain James Cook was born 🧭
Born in Marton-in-Cleveland, right here in North Yorkshire, the son of a Scottish farm labourer.
He grew up in Great Ayton, took his first apprenticeship with a Whitby ship owner and went on to chart more of the world's coastline than any explorer before him.
New Zealand, Australia's east coast, the Hawaiian Islands and vast stretches of the Pacific.
A farmer's son from the Yorkshire countryside who ended up redrawing the map of the world 🌍
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Every penny of income tax paid to the government by every worker in Britain, goes straight to pay benefits. In fact, the benefits bill is higher than the amount of income tax received. The government then spends £21 billion a year on foreign aid. Foreign aid is where they take money from hardworking people in Britain and give it to corrupt officials in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia amongst many others. Every gimmigrant who is shipped in by this government, costs hardworking tax payers £40,000 per year. Each and every one. This country is £3 trillion in debt. You cannot even comprehend that amount. What is Andy Burnham’s solution? A few pence off gherkins and marmalade, and an extra £1.27 per month on post office fees. Any MP from any party that tells you they’ll fiddle around with a penny here or there on tax is being disingenuous in the extreme. This is not the time for fiddling as the ship goes down, it is a time for leadership. A time for a vision for Britain that makes Britain great again and that means a Britain that is fair. Fair for those who contribute. Not for those who don’t. A Britain that looks after British people. The rest of the world can look after themselves.
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The weather may be wild, but nature definitely knows how to put on a show.
The waterfalls are even more powerful, the water rushing with incredible force and the sound is simply something else.
📍Hawes, Yorkshire Dales – at Hawes, England
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The main reason not to trust Russians, explained by Harry Truman.
“Do you trust the Russians?”
“No. Period.”
“Why?”
“Because they broke every agreement they ever made with me.”
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Свидетельства Ибн Баттуты: Знаменитый арабский путешественник XIV века действительно оставил полные удивления записки о Золотой Орде. Его поразило, что тюркские женщины не прячут лица, пользуются огромным уважением, сидят рядом с мужьями на пирах и ведут дела наравне с мужчинами.
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⚔️ Los GUARDIANES de MADRID 🐻 — Cuando las estatuas cobran vida...
Hay fantasías que deberían dejar de serlo... 😏🍿🍿
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🟠NEW: Storm Boelo knocks people OFF THEIR FEET as ferocious winds and driving rain lash Blackpool.
#StormBoelo
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Newquay Cornwall .. storm Austin / Boelo
I’d be 💩ing myself if I’d been on that boat
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90,000 homes in Scotland and the north of England remain without power after flooding and high winds caused by Storm Boelo.
Clean up efforts have been hampered by strong winds which have continued to gust up to 85 miles an hour. Some schools in Scotland will stay closed today because they don't have heating or water. The Met Office has issued another yellow warning for wind on Tuesday for much of Scotland and other northern areas.
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Умер художник‑постановщик сериала «Ликвидация», арестованный летом в Москве по делу о госизмене
О смерти 52-летнего Александра Кондратова сообщил правозащитный проект «Первый отдел». Кондратова 23 октября госпитализировали из следственного изолятора в Боткинскую больницу.
Мужчину задержали в аэропорту Внуково 5 мая. До возбуждения дела он находился под «карусельными арестами».
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