Escaped horses, one covered in blood, galloping through the streets of London (2024) photog. Jordan Pettitt
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Konks for sale! 1 careful owner (deceased)
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April's Full Pink Moon rising at StonehengeUK
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The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said.
The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), were looted from the court of the Asante king during the turbulent 19th-century clashes between the British and the Asante people.
Ghanaian authorities have for years tried to reclaim gold treasures looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom, which is also known as Ashanti.
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Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
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Since 2015, the UK has licensed £487 million ($617 million) worth of weapons to Israel. However, this does not include equipment exported via open licences. In particular, 15 per cent of the value of every US-made F-35 combat aircraft, which Israel uses to bomb Gaza, is made in the UK, exports for which are covered by an open licence with no limit on the quantity or value of exports. CAAT estimates conservatively that the work on the 36 F-35s exported to Israel up to 2023 has been worth at least £368 million ($466 million) to the UK arms industry.
Sandi, ‘UK is ‘complicit’ in Israel's killing of British aid workers in Gaza, says CAAT’, Middle East Monitor
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Graves and memorials through the gate at the of Egyptian Avenue in Highgate Cemetry
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Happy 6th birthday to our adorable Prince Louis of Wales 23 April 24
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Walking through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel
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