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☆ British divers retrieved an 80-pound brass bell from the only American destroyer sunk in World War I more than 100 years after the ship was torpedoed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewMore than a century after a German U-boat torpedoed the USS Jacob Jones off the coast of Britain during World War I, a team of divers retrieved the American destroyer's massive brass bell. On December 6, 1917 — eight months after the US joined the fight — the Jacob Jones was attacked by a submarine off the southwest coast of Britain. But the effort to retrieve the Jacob Jones' bell was pursued because of plundering concerns, retired Rear Adm. Sam Cox said in a statement about the mission. AdvertisementMost wreck sites from both World War I and World War II have been stripped of their valuable items; anything brass or bronze is gone, Cox told The Post. The Jacob Jones was the first and only US destroyer lost in the war, according to the US Naval Institute.

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☆ Royal destinations you need to visit in the UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A version of this story appeared in the July 7 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. Research in 2011 by Visit Britain found that around 60% of tourists to the UK are likely to visit places associated with the royal family, according to Ross Bennett-Cook, a visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture and Cities at London’s University of Westminster. While there is no more recent data on royal sites specifically, in 2022 Visit Britain found that history and heritage were the biggest pull factors for tourists. Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesCornwall: Dear to local and international tourists alike, Cornwall, on the southwestern tip of the UK pointing out into the Atlantic Ocean, is also a special destination for the royal family. The medieval parish church of St Mary Magdalene is regularly used as a place of worship by members of the royal family and dates back to the 16th-century.

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☆ How a man called Alastair Martin helped increase the value of Prince William's property empire by $350 million in less than a decade
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prince William has inherited a property empire worth $1.2 billion from his father King Charles IIIIn the past nine years, the value of the Duchy of Cornwall's assets has risen by $350 million. When he took over, records show the duchy was making profits of £28 million ($32 million) on assets worth £763 million ($880 million). Since then revenues from commercial activities and the sale of goods has risen by about £5 million ($5.8 million), while agricultural income has barely changed. Last year, the estate bought property worth nearly £42 million ($48.5 million), including several housing developments. But rising activity means operating costs have also doubled, with the duchy now spending more than £6 million ($6.9 million) on its wages bill.

☆ Majoritatea locuitorilor Angliei vor reintra sub restricții severe chiar și după încheierea lockdown-ului
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Majoritatea locuitorilor Angliei vor reintra sub restricții severe chiar și după încheierea carantinei generalizate instituite până la 2 decembrie pentru a limita transmiterea accentuată a coronavirusului. „Măsura carantinei generalizate a permis inversarea cu succes a curbei epidemiei, cu o scădere a numărului de infectări şi de spitalizări. Peste tot în Anglia, magazinele cu produse neesenţiale vor putea începe să funcţioneze din nou, iar şcolile vor rămâne deschise. Întâlnirile între persoane din gospodării diferite vor fi interzise, atât la interior, cât şi în spaţii deschise, exceptând parcurile, conform Agerpres. Locuitorilor din zonele cu restricţiile cele mai severe li se va propune o campanie de testare în masă, cu teste rapide.

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