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  • April 25, 2018 - Dalian, Dalian, China - Dalian, CHINA-25th April 2018: China first domestic aircraft carrier 001A can be seen in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25th, 2018. The Type 001A aircraft carrier or CV-17 aircraft carrier is a Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It is the country's second aircraft carrier after the completion of Liaoning, and the first built domestically. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 26, 2017 - Gaza, gaza strip, Palestine - Palestinians attend the screening of ''10 Years'' at Samer Cinema in Gaza City on August 26, 2017. The Samer Cinema in Gaza City, the oldest in the strip and was built in 1944 but closed for decades, hosted a special screening of a film about Palestinians in Israeli prisons. (Credit Image: © Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 24 August 2020 -  Durban Historic Grey street mosque's apartments front of the mosques gutted by fire while emergency service officials have rushed to the scene to try and extinguish the blaze.The structure has a capacity of up to 7,000 worshipers and was built in the 1930s.This makes it one of the largest and oldest mosques in the southern hemisphere.<br />
Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 24 August 2020 -  Durban Historic Grey street mosque's apartments front of the mosques gutted by fire while emergency service officials have rushed to the scene to try and extinguish the blaze.The structure has a capacity of up to 7,000 worshipers and was built in the 1930s.This makes it one of the largest and oldest mosques in the southern hemisphere.<br />
Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
    Grey-Street-mosque-fire-1.jpg
  • SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 24 August 2020 -  Durban Historic Grey street mosque's apartments front of the mosques gutted by fire while emergency service officials have rushed to the scene to try and extinguish the blaze.The structure has a capacity of up to 7,000 worshipers and was built in the 1930s.This makes it one of the largest and oldest mosques in the southern hemisphere.<br />
Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
    Grey-Street-fire-1.jpg
  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
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  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
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  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
    RTIsipausa_19964057.jpg
  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
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  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
    RTIsipausa_19964078.jpg
  • Nigua, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - Ruins of the Nigua Sugar Mill, or Ingenio Boca de Nigua, built in the 1600's in Nigua in the Dominican Republic.  In 1796, it was the site of the first slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola.  It was partially restored in the 1970's.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***
    RTIsipausa_19964082.jpg
  • July 21, 2019 - Ha'penny Bridge, At Sunset; Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland (Credit Image: © The Irish Image Collection/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 21, 2019 - Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, Bridge To Valentia Island From Portmagee (Credit Image: © Peter Zoeller/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • September 29, 2009: Vegetable Market; Nigeria (Credit Image: © James Morris/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • September 30, 2018 - South Africa - A tourist looking through tourist telescope the waterfront of Cape Town. Historic Clock Tower and Tide Gauge Victoria and Albert Waterfront Cape Town South Africa (Credit Image: © Sergi Reboredo/ZUMA Wire)
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  • January 4, 2018 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - Treetop view of the Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa (Credit Image: © Edwin Remsberg / Vwpics/VW Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • January 4, 2018 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - View from below of The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa (Credit Image: © Edwin Remsberg / Vwpics/VW Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 21, 2019 - Pier On Beach, Saltburn, North Yorkshire, England (Credit Image: © John Short/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 21, 2019 - Pier On Beach, Saltburn, North Yorkshire, England (Credit Image: © John Short/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 21, 2019 - Look-Out Tower By Bridge, Holy Island, Bewick, England (Credit Image: © John Short/Design Pics via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Modern urban scene (Credit Image: © Axiom/ZUMApress.com)
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  • April 28, 2019 - Mumbai, India - A boy is silhouetted as he stands behind burning tyres put up on fire in Mumbai, India on 28 April 2019. Climate change has featured for the first time in the manifestoes of India’s two major political parties, the Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in the 2019 general election as per media report. (Credit Image: © Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Canary Wharf, Gherkin, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - The Gherkin reflected in Leadenhall Building, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Canary Wharf, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Gherkin, St Andrew Undershaft, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Canary Wharf, Gherkin, St Andrew Undershaft, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Canary Wharf, Gherkin, St Andrew Undershaft, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 13, 2015 - Canary Wharf, London, England (Credit Image: © Image Source/Image Source/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Jan. 23, 2014 - Man on-line shopping on laptop on sofa with credit card (Credit Image: © Tim Robbins/Mint Images via ZUMA)
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  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
    MEGA163636_013.jpg
  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • May 19, 1972 - Paris, France - PRINCE PHILIP, Duke of Edinburgh along with the Duchess of Windsor, WALLIS SIMPSON, QUEEN ELIZABETH II and PRINCE CHARLES visit EDWARD VIII at home, because he is dying and can no longer take the stairs. PICTURED: Members of the Royal Family leaving the Duke's home after a visit. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Sep. 16, 1957 - Balmoral, England, U.K. - The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, ELIZABETH WINDSOR (named Elizabeth II) became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. PICTURED: ELIZABETH II and PRINCE PHILIP, with both their children PRINCE CHARLES and PRINCESS ANNE at Balmoral Castle. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Aug. 9, 1951 - London, England, U.K. - The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, ELIZABETH WINDSOR (named Elizabeth II) became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. PICTURED: QUEEN ELIZABETH and PRINCE PHILIP with their children PRINCE CHARLES and PRINCESS ANNE.  (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • June 9, 2017 - SâO Paulo, São paulo, Brazil - Protesters protest in SP against decision of TSE on Dilma-Temer plate. The group was bantering critics of the minister Gilmar Mendes, president of the court and responsible for the vote of minerva that defined the trial..A group of protesters protested last night (9), on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, against the decision of the Superior Electoral Court that rejected the cassation of the Dilma-Temer plate. Demonstrators carried Brazilian flags and banners criticizing Minister Gilmar Mendes, president of the TSE and responsible for the vote of minerva that defined the outcome of the trial. They also defended the Lava Jato operation and praised Judge Sérgio Moro. (Credit Image: © Cris Faga via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 25, 2017 - Washington, DC, United States - President Donald Trump delivered the keynote address for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Credit Image: © Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 4, 2017 - SâO Paulo, São paulo, Brazil - Pollution rates in São Paulo are twice as high as the ceiling established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider acceptable air quality. The data is part of a survey that analyzes the situation of 3,000 cities around the world. The survey focuses on the evaluation of PM 2.5 particles, the smallest and with the greatest potential to directly affect the lungs. A city can only be considered to have clean air if it presents an average of at most 10 micrograms of PM 2,5 per cubic meter. Any value above poses a health risk. For São Paulo, the rate would be 19 micrograms of PM 2,5 per cubic meter (data for 2014) - almost twice the limit defined by the WHO. (Credit Image: © Cris Faga via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Feb. 21, 2014 - Bilbao, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN - Zubizuri or Calatrava Bridge and Isozaki Atea Towers. Bilbao, Spain. (Credit Image: © Mikel Bilbao Gorostiaga/VW Pics/ZUMA Wire)
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  • Feb. 21, 2014 - Bilbao, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN - Zubizuri or Calatrava Bridge and Isozaki Atea Towers. Bilbao, Spain. (Credit Image: © Mikel Bilbao Gorostiaga/VW Pics/ZUMA Wire)
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  • “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. 13 Feb 2018 Pictured: Helen Mirren attends the “La vedova Winchester” photocall in Rome on February 13, 2018. Photo credit: Stefano Costantino / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • PEARL HARBOR (Sept. 5, 2013) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770), foreground, passes the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) as Tucson departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a deployment to the western Pacific region.  (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released) 130905-N-DB801-268<br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • Italy, Rome - November 21, 2018 .Anti Mafia police operation.Eight luxury villas illegally built in Rome by alleged mobsters clan Casamonicas are demolished. .The operation on the east side of the Italian capital was 10 months in the planning, involved 600 municipal police and begin in the presence of Mayor of Rome. The Casamonica family has been associated with crime in the south-eastern quarters of Rome for several decades. (Credit Image: © Zucchi/Insidefoto/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • Italy, Rome - November 20, 2018 .Anti Mafia police operation.600 policemen confiscated eight luxury villas illegally built in Rome by alleged mobsters clan Casamonica.Here Virginia Raggi,  mayor of Rome (Credit Image: © Roma/Giacomino/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • Italy, Rome - November 20, 2018 .Anti Mafia police operation.600 policemen confiscated eight luxury villas illegally built in Rome by alleged mobsters clan Casamonica / Here Prime Minister Matteo Salvini (Credit Image: © Roma/Giacomino/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • Italy, Rome - November 20, 2018 .Anti Mafia police operation.600 policemen confiscated eight luxury villas illegally built in Rome by alleged mobsters clan Casamonica (Credit Image: © Roma/Giacomino/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • July 21, 2017 - Ontario, Canada - TORONTO, ON. July 21, 2017 -A set of wooden stairs built by a Toronto senior for $550 to Tom Riley Park, have been removed by city workers early Friday morning after officials deemed it unsafe. (Anne-Marie Jackson/Toronto Star) Anne-Marie Jackson/Toronto Star (Credit Image: © Anne-Marie Jackson/The Toronto Star via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 16, 2017 - Athens, Greece - Protesting hospital staff sit in front of a wall that they built at the entrance of the Greek Finance Ministry with a banner depicting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Thipras , Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos wearing ties reading in Greek '''Ministry of broken promises'' and '' We drown in debt and bailouts'' in central Athens. After months of haggling that raised fears of another escalation in Greece's debt crisis, the 19-country eurozone agreed late Thursday to clear the release of a further 8.5 billion euros  after the Greek government delivered on an array of reforms. (Credit Image: © Eurokinissi via ZUMA Wire)
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  • January 2, 2018 - Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Shanghai, CHINA-2nd January 2018:(EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) ..Shimao Wonderland Quarry Hotel,the world's first five-star hotel built in quarry is under construction in Shanghai, January 2nd, 2018. The hotel is designed by renowned designer Martin Jochman. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES OF ‘BUCKINGHAM PALACE’ BUILT BY TAX FRAUDSTER IN PAKISTAN These are the first pictures of a Pakistani ‘Buckingham Palace’ which now lies empty after allegedly being built by a UK fraudster. Previous aerial images of Mohammed Suleman Khan’s palatial property did not show the true extent of the jailed tax dodger’s dreams. Khan was caged in April 2014 for four years over a tax fraud of £450,000. He was sentenced to a further ten years in 2016 for refusing to pay back £2.2million. But it’s nearly 4,000 miles away in the Pakistani town of Ghorgushti, 50 miles from the capital Islamabad, Khan’s ambitions still resonate with the community, many of whom have close links to the UK. There on a two-acre site a huge construction lies mostly deserted complete with high walls and imposing turrets. According to locals in the town – known as ‘mini London’ because of its strong links to the UK – Khan allegedly bought the site for his palace around eight years ago. However, since his jailing the site has remained unfinished and become a ‘no-go area’ with around a dozen armed security guards around it. When police first investigated Khan they uncovered blueprints for a ‘Buckingham Palace’ like building in Pakistan. Plans reportedly showed a cinema, library and servants’ quarters, and private security accommodation. It was estimated the construction would have cost £2.3million, although there has been no official record of ownership. Now the luxurious surroundings of the palace appear remain but without a resident ‘Don’ as locals said Khan was known to inhabit them. One neighbor said: “If you try to get into or jump from the wall they will shoot you, they often do aerial firing at night too.” The compound is closed with wooden panels barring the front gate, it has minaret security towers on each corner, which is not unusual in such big compounds elsewhere in Pakistan. Neighbors estimated there are around 30 to 40 ro
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules spor
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok and wallaby Ned at his Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok inside the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craf
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok with wallabies Kelly (left) and Ned (right) at the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasma
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok and wallaby Ned at the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rule
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows (left to right) Kelly and Ned the wallabies at Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Ti
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows an Australian hat on the wall at the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, bo
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rule
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows an Australian AFL poster on the wall at the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim T
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok with a happy local at the bar of his Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Ti
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok behind the bar in his Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books o
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Kok/Magnus News Agency. Pic shows Dave Kok, with his wife Louise, 38, daughter Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, 4, and Toffee the dog aged four. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Ti
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows the David Kok and (left to right) wallabies Ned and Kelly at the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with T
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rule
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rule
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok outside his Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush cra
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows some of the Australiana in the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Kok/Magnus News Agency. Pic shows Dave Kok, with his wife Louise, 38, daughter Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, 4, and Toffee the dog aged four. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Ti
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows (left to right) Kelly and Ned the wallabies at Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Ti
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Kok/Magnus News Agency. Pic shows Dave Kok with his gum tree. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok in his Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft an
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows Australian and Shetland books in the Aussie-themed Outpost in the Shetland Islands. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, bo
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  • EXCLUSIVE: An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian Dave Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now Dave lives with his Shetland native wife Louise, 38, and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker Dave came to the islands in the late 90s and since 2016 has been building his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. Dave’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Tasmanian beers, Tim Tams, books on bush craft and Aussie Rules sporting memorabilia. Locals use the Outpost as their local bar and meeting place, as the nearest pub or café is three bridges and three islands away. And visitors can now enjoy the Outpost’s wallabies Ned and Kelly who David brought to the island this winter. Based on the Shetland Islands latitude the marsupials could be the most northerly of their species anywhere on the planet. Dave said visiting Australians are often surprised to find the antipodean paradise in such a remote location. 16 Feb 2018 Pictured: Pic from Dave Donaldson/ Magnus News Agency. Pic shows David Kok in the background with wallaby Ned in the foreground against a backdrop of the Shetland countryside. An Australian man has created his own Outback outpost 11,000 miles from home on the Shetland Islands – and he even has WALLABIES. Tasmanian David Kok, 42, has built his own Aussie oasis on the Scottish archipelago after deciding to settle there when he was travelling Europe. Now David lives with his Shetland native wife Louise and two daughters Caitlin, 11, and Ruby, aged four. Social care worker David came to the islands in the late 90s and has built his own watering hole choc-full of Australiana on the island of Burra. David’s place ‘The Outpost’ is a renovated wooden porta cabin filled with Ta
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  • *PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE* Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. 23 Oct 2018 Pictured: Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. Photo credit: P & P/Marksman / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • *PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE* Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. 23 Oct 2018 Pictured: Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. Photo credit: P & P/Marksman / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • *PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE* Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. 23 Oct 2018 Pictured: Matt Damon was set on fire while filming scenes for his new movie Ford v. Ferrari outside of Los Angeles, CA. The actor who plays race car driver Carroll Shelby filmed the scenes at a private airport outside of Los Angeles where the production built a mock up race track. The film also stars Christian Bale who plays Ken Miles. Photo credit: P & P/Marksman / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Sella McCartney has infuriated her neighbours in The Hamptons by building a 5ft high sea wall that blocks her community’s decades-old private access to its beach. The fashion designer and husband Alasdhair (correct) Willis paid $1.7million for their three-bedroom ocean front home and adjoining land three years ago. But erosion is claimed to have destroyed 40 feet of frontage in just one year so they joined with an adjacent neighbour to build the wall to save both properties. However, the imposing 230ft wide sandbag structure also runs across a beach entrance road between the two homes that is for everyone living in the private avenue. It slopes up on the avenue side but has had a 5ft sheer drop on to the beach since October last year because a storm washed away the sand that made it resemble a dune. This has made it impossible for most of the residents, many of them elderly, to get down on to the beach. Some neighbours, many having lived for decades in the quiet lane in Amagansett, Long Island, New York, have now branded the designer, 47, arrogant and high-handed. Despite The Hamptons being a millionaires’ playground with high property prices, most residents in the private avenue have lived there for many years and hold down regular jobs or are retired. Stella and her family are believed to have spent part of last summer at the modest 1176 sq ft home. She has four children with Alasdhair, the creative director at boot brand Hunter. The couple advertised the home as a summer rental in 2017 for up to $30,000 a month. Stella’s dad Sir Paul, 77, has had a home in uber-fashionable Amagansett since the 1990s and pal Gwyneth Paltrow, 46, also has a house there. Stella and the neighbour’s wall went up in July last year. But her permit with East Hampton council expired in April. She is now applying for a time extension– but is willing to remove the sandbags across the 30ft wide access and run them round the side of her house, according to the latest pape
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A UK TEAM OF SATELLITE HISTORIANS CLAIM TO HAVE MADE HISTORY-CHANGING DISCOVERY OF THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS WITH PIX AND VIDEO – LINK TO VIDEO TRAILER OF FILM MADE OF DISCOVERY http://ingeniofilms.com/elements/atlantica/ DOWNLOAD LINK TO IMAGES: https://we.tl/t-9t8GLOOvz7 By Magnus News Agency A UK team of satellite historians claim to have discovered the true location of the lost city of ATLANTIS. Ground-breaking antiquity specialists Merlin Burrows believe the ruins of the legendary civilization can be found in modern-day southern Spain. The exact location is somewhere north of the city of Cadiz, Andalucía, centred around the Doñana National Park, which the UK historians believe was once a vast inland sea. And they claim from the park south and north there is further evidence of the ancient civilisation, with 15 other settlements dotted along the coastline. Atlantis was recorded in the writings of Greek philosopher Plato who lived around 400BC. He described an advanced island civilization that ruled a vast maritime empire, some 9,000 years before his own era. The city of Atlantis at the centre of this empire was described as having, among other features, an enormous harbour wall, huge entrance pillars, a temple to the god Poseidon and massive circular pieces of land carved out by the Atlanteans to live on. It is thought a cataclysmic natural disaster, such as a tsunami or volcanic event, eventually wiped out the Atlanteans, consigning their legacy to legend. But now using unique satellite investigation techniques, aerial photography and ground observations of the site, British experts believe they have found all the features of Atlantis Plato described and evidence of how they were destroyed. Although some scholars believe Atlantis to be a myth, Merlin Burrows claim their discoveries will once and for all prove the lost civilization existed. Maritime historian Tim Akers, head of research at Merlin Burrows, said not only had they discovered Atlantis
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A UK TEAM OF SATELLITE HISTORIANS CLAIM TO HAVE MADE HISTORY-CHANGING DISCOVERY OF THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS WITH PIX AND VIDEO – LINK TO VIDEO TRAILER OF FILM MADE OF DISCOVERY http://ingeniofilms.com/elements/atlantica/ DOWNLOAD LINK TO IMAGES: https://we.tl/t-9t8GLOOvz7 By Magnus News Agency A UK team of satellite historians claim to have discovered the true location of the lost city of ATLANTIS. Ground-breaking antiquity specialists Merlin Burrows believe the ruins of the legendary civilization can be found in modern-day southern Spain. The exact location is somewhere north of the city of Cadiz, Andalucía, centred around the Doñana National Park, which the UK historians believe was once a vast inland sea. And they claim from the park south and north there is further evidence of the ancient civilisation, with 15 other settlements dotted along the coastline. Atlantis was recorded in the writings of Greek philosopher Plato who lived around 400BC. He described an advanced island civilization that ruled a vast maritime empire, some 9,000 years before his own era. The city of Atlantis at the centre of this empire was described as having, among other features, an enormous harbour wall, huge entrance pillars, a temple to the god Poseidon and massive circular pieces of land carved out by the Atlanteans to live on. It is thought a cataclysmic natural disaster, such as a tsunami or volcanic event, eventually wiped out the Atlanteans, consigning their legacy to legend. But now using unique satellite investigation techniques, aerial photography and ground observations of the site, British experts believe they have found all the features of Atlantis Plato described and evidence of how they were destroyed. Although some scholars believe Atlantis to be a myth, Merlin Burrows claim their discoveries will once and for all prove the lost civilization existed. Maritime historian Tim Akers, head of research at Merlin Burrows, said not only had they discovered Atlantis
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey in India A 50-year-old Indian man has singlehandedly scraped though hills for a period of two years to make an 8km stretch of road to ensure that he and wife can meet their school-going children more often. Jalandhar Nayak, a small-time farmer from Kandhamal district of east Indian state of Odisha, constructed the first stretch of the road all by himself with just a pick axe and crowbar by working from dawn to dusk since 2016. So how did he stumbled up on the idea? “At the time of birth of our first child, my wife was home. When she went into labour pain, I tried to take her to the nearby health centre. But we couldn't reach there in time and she had to deliver the baby on the way. It was then the idea of building a road struck me first. I thought to myself, if having no roads in the village is causing us so much of problem to us, it would cause the problem to our children, too,” said Nayak, explaining how he stumbled upon the idea of contracting road." According to the Nayaks, the government has been giving assurance of building a road for decades in the area, but they never moved anything on the ground. Jalandhar’s father father who is 80 now, tells about the same hollow assurances that he got from the administration in his youth.   “When my children grew up and started going to school, it would take them three hours one way to go the school trekking though the mountainous terrain. Since they cannot commute to and from the school everyday, we had to get them enrolled in a residential school, a 15km away from home.   Nayak’s children spend six days in the school and return home on seventh day. But trekking though five hills is not a child play, the journey used to make them tired and exhausted. “This made me more determined to tear though the mighty mountains to pave way for my children. I didn't want my children to meet the same fate as mine. Hence, I decided to go ahead with the plan of road construction -- with or withou
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