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Mrs off to Blackpool so I’m entertaining my 84 yo dad. Just had to STOP him explaining the plot of the film Donkey Punch to the restaurant. – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Israel is the legally recognised authority in the West Bank under international law .
It can deny entry to anyone it likes .
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🇬🇧🏴 Alexander Robb of Dundee, 42nd Black Watch Regiment, recalled his experiences of the Battle of Balaclava:
“A Russian gunner was holding his head together. It had been struck with a cavalry sword. He was alive and was walking to the front, when my comrade called out, ‘Don’t take him to the front, take him to the rear; our doctors may make something of him.’ He was sent to the rear holding his head together. It was often spoken of years afterwards in our regiment.”
Robb also said:
“I saw one of the Greys, holding his arm that was nearly cut through. He also was able to walk. As he was passing us he said, ‘They say the Russians are not good at the sword, but I never gave a point but I got a parry,’ and he made his way, laughing, to the surgeons.”
Portrait of Piper David Muir, George Glen, Donald McKenzie and Colour Sergeant William Gardner, 42nd Royal Highlanders, posed grouped round a table with drinks at Aldershot.
Image source: IWM (Q 71646)
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#BalaclavaDay #BlackWatch #ScottishHistory #BritishArmy #CrimeanWar #MilitaryHistory #LestWeForget
Well this is just a fabulous story for a Saturday morning.
How a fan's dying wish led a Dutch football team to a tartan kit bbc.in/4smEBD2
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Did you know that before Joan Jett & the Blackhearts made “I Love Rock ’N Roll” a massive hit in 1982, Joan actually recorded an earlier version in 1979 with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS ?
Hit play and give this early punk version a spin ! 🎧👇
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The giant poppies are back on the M8! Look out for them on the grass pyramids at Junction 3A Bathgate, marking the 2026 Scottish Poppy Appeal.
Thank you to the Scottish Rugby Union, The Pyramids Business Park and LineMarkUK for making this display possible.
Marvellous end to the working week .
🦧🦦 A Belgian zoo introduced a gang of otters to its orangutans to keep them from getting bored. And then all hell broke loose!
At Pairi Daiza Zoo in Belgium, staff came up with an unusual idea: let a family of Asian small-clawed otters share a habitat with the giant ginger orangutans.
And it turned out to be a brilliant idea! The little furry troublemakers started climbing out of the water, pestering the orangutans, and challenging them to play. And the orangutans happily joined in!
An orangutan named Ujian and his son Berani became especially close friends with the otters.
In 2020, photos of this adorable and unlikely friendship went viral around the world.
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ISRAËL CONDAMNE FERMEMENT LE TRAITEMENT RÉSERVÉ AUX PERSONNES INTERPELLÉES EN FRANCE
Israël exprime sa plus vive indignation face aux conditions dans lesquelles seraient détenues certaines personnes interpellées lors des récentes émeutes en France.
Les images diffusées soulèvent de sérieuses interrogations quant au respect de la dignité humaine et des droits fondamentaux des personnes concernées.
Israël rappelle au gouvernement français et à son ministre des Affaires étrangères, Jean-Noël Barrot, que le droit international s'applique à tous, sans exception.
La participation présumée à des actes de vandalisme, de pillage ou de violence ne saurait justifier des traitements inhumains ou dégradants.
Une délégation israélienne se rendra en France afin de rencontrer les personnes concernées, d'examiner leurs conditions de détention et de recueillir leurs témoignages sur les éventuels mauvais traitements subis.
Israël appelle les Nations unies et les organisations internationales de défense des droits humains à exiger une enquête indépendante et transparente.
La France doit immédiatement garantir le respect du droit international et mettre fin à toute violation des droits fondamentaux.
La sécurité nationale ne saurait servir de prétexte à des atteintes à la dignité humaine. La communauté internationale ne peut rester silencieuse.
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🚨 SCOOP – Not a single submarine commander passed the legendary Perisher course last year
Fewer than 10 surface officers passed CQ2, for sea command
The RN need 35 passes per year to sustain.
Insiders blamed low morale & lack of sea time
thesun.co.uk/news/40752485/r…
Ladies & Gentlemen I give you … the MOD 👏
ex-HMS Iron Duke towed out of Devonport to be prepared for scrapping in Portsmouth today.
As we previously reported, £103M was spent on her 49-month LIFEX refit for about 16 months of operational availability before it was decided she was unseaworthy and beyond economical repair. Another £4.7M was spent on a project to add Towed Array sonar before it was cancelled.
navylookout.com/another-wars…
Photos K. Clarke
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Rescued East African slaves taken from a dhow aboard HMS Racoon – a British naval ship used to prevent the transportation of enslaved people. They were freed from Arab slave traders between November 1st and 4th of 1868.





























