He used his status as a police officer to gain their trust...
https://www.london-now.co.uk/news/26145129.former-met-police-officer-aminur-rashid-banned-policing
https://www.london-now.co.uk/news/26145129.former-met-police-officer-aminur-rashid-banned-policing
London Now
'Predatory' Met Police officer posed as 'Sofie from Clapham' in women-only chats
PC Aminur Rashid was found to have run a โcalculated and predatoryโ campaign to pursue sexual or romantic relationships with women.
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Feel total sadness when I look at all those eager young Men queuing up to fight for a Country that no longer exists today.
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Forwarded from Forgotten History UK Ireland and Scotland
War Time Belfast 1939-1945. Men waiting to enlist at the Clifton Street Recruiting Office, Belfast. (National Museums Northern Ireland)
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When HMS Victory entered service, she was the most powerful warship on Earth.
When she was launched in 1765, she represented the absolute peak of British naval engineering.
Built from around 6,000 oak trees, carrying 104 guns across three gun decks, and crewed by more than 800 men, Victory was less a ship and more a floating fortress.
At 227 feet long and weighing over 3,500 tons, she was one of the largest and most heavily armed warships of her age.
Her hull was so vast that it took six years to build and decades more to fully equip and maintain.
Then came Trafalgar.
On 21 October 1805, under the command of Horatio Nelson, HMS Victory led the British fleet directly into the combined French and Spanish line.
The battle changed European history.
Britainโs victory secured command of the seas for more than a century and confirmed the Royal Navy as the dominant naval force on Earth.
More remarkably, HMS Victory still survives today.
Over 260 years after her launch, Nelsonโs flagship remains in Portsmouth, a reminder of what England once built in oak, iron and ambition.
Few nations have ever produced ships with this level of craftsmanship, power and grandeur.
Follow
@oaksandlions
as we explore the heritage, traditions and enduring spirit of England
https://x.com/oaksandlions/status/2060066072909488150?s=20
When she was launched in 1765, she represented the absolute peak of British naval engineering.
Built from around 6,000 oak trees, carrying 104 guns across three gun decks, and crewed by more than 800 men, Victory was less a ship and more a floating fortress.
At 227 feet long and weighing over 3,500 tons, she was one of the largest and most heavily armed warships of her age.
Her hull was so vast that it took six years to build and decades more to fully equip and maintain.
Then came Trafalgar.
On 21 October 1805, under the command of Horatio Nelson, HMS Victory led the British fleet directly into the combined French and Spanish line.
The battle changed European history.
Britainโs victory secured command of the seas for more than a century and confirmed the Royal Navy as the dominant naval force on Earth.
More remarkably, HMS Victory still survives today.
Over 260 years after her launch, Nelsonโs flagship remains in Portsmouth, a reminder of what England once built in oak, iron and ambition.
Few nations have ever produced ships with this level of craftsmanship, power and grandeur.
Follow
@oaksandlions
as we explore the heritage, traditions and enduring spirit of England
https://x.com/oaksandlions/status/2060066072909488150?s=20
X (formerly Twitter)
Oaks And Lions ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (@oaksandlions) on X
When HMS Victory entered service, she was the most powerful warship on Earth.
When she was launched in 1765, she represented the absolute peak of British naval engineering.
Built from around 6,000 oak trees, carrying 104 guns across three gun decks, andโฆ
When she was launched in 1765, she represented the absolute peak of British naval engineering.
Built from around 6,000 oak trees, carrying 104 guns across three gun decks, andโฆ
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Pubs in scenic locations are set to get hammered with higher business rates in Rachel from accounts latest mistake...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2210975/britains-country-inns-be-locations-tax
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2210975/britains-country-inns-be-locations-tax
Express.co.uk
Rachel Reeves set to introduce another tax on UK pubs in 'attractive locations'
Pubs in scenic locations are being hit with higher business rates as HMRC is handed new guidance on collecting more tax from 'character properties'.
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I do hope Tucker Carlson has got good security. https://youtu.be/AHPmW-XKfCM?si=
YouTube
Doctor From Gaza Frontlines Exposes Israeli Torture Programs and Missile Attacks on Hospitals
At some point every Holocaust museum will be forced to include an exhibit on whatโs happening in Gaza right now. Itโs only a matter of time. Dr. Nick Maynard of Oxford University medical school has been a witness to the genocide.
Professor Nick Maynard isโฆ
Professor Nick Maynard isโฆ
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