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Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level and the current official elevation is 29,029 ft (8,848 m). It is named Everest after a Welsh man George Everest, who was born in Crickhowell (Welsh: Crug Hywel) on 4th July 1790. There is an item about this on the History of Wales Facebook page marking the anniversary of his birth. The article is printed below. The name of the mountain in Nepali is Sagarmatha सगरमाथा; inTibetan it is Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ and this Tibetan name translates as "Holy Mother".

Born on this day 1790 in Crickhowell,

Speaking at the Downing Street press briefing, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that: "Instead of quarantining arrivals from the whole world, we will only quarantine arrivals from those countries where the virus is sadly not under control."  The result is that people travelling from a named list of 59 places and 14 British overseas territories will not have to quarantine on arrival in England unless they have travelled through a place which is not exempt.

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The Voyage of Odin’s Raven now online

The story of sailing of a Viking longship from Norway to the Isle of Man 41 years ago is one of the most unusual and fascinating Manx tales of modern times.

Now it is available online thanks to a full reading of a wonderful account written by a member of the crew.

This news item (below) was published on the The History of Wales Facebook page. It records the infamous Blue Books' report. A disgraceful and direct attack on the Welsh language and culture. It spurred on the movement for Welsh self-government. A movement that is as relevant now as it ever was with ever increasing calls and growing support for an independent Wales:

"The Treachery of the Blue Books.

On this day 1847, the infamous 'Blue Books' a report on the state of education in Wales were presented to the Government.

Ailsa Craig (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid or Aillse Creag) rises out of the seas of the outer Firth of Clyde to a height of 1,109 ft (338 m). It lies nine miles offshore from the coast of South Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas) in the west of Scotland. Ailsa Craig geologically is all that remains of a volcanic plug from an extinct volcano and is 2.5 miles (4 km) in circumference.

Northumbria was one of the most important kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, lying north of the River Humber. The name derives from the Old English Norþan-hymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber". The dates for the Kingdom of Northumbria are often given as 654-954 AD, although others give an earlier date for its founding of 547. This Kingdom experienced a period of significant expansion, including into the Celtic lands of the Picts and Gaels in present day Scotland.

From The Celtic Language News:

Since its inception in 1996, Mooinjer Veggey (Little People) has been successfully promoting Manx Gaelic, through its network of pre-school groups across the Island and its support of the only Manx language school - Bunscoill Ghaelgagh. But it now needs your help to raise more money to enable the organisation to fund its goal of training further staff and production of Manx resource material.

Carnac (Breton: Karnag) is beside the Gulf of Morbihan (Breton: Ar Mor Bihanon) in the south coast of Brittany (Breton: Breizh). It is home to one of the largest megalithic complexes in Europe with over 3000 standing stones. It is famous for the unique way in which these stones are aligned in rows. They are of differing sizes and each granite stone seems to have been erected in the place where it was excavated. There are three large groups of stones Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan.

It has been announced that plans for a £6m project to redevelop the Scottish Crannog Centre on the north shore of Loch Tay are one step closer to being realised, thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland’s Community Asset Transfer Scheme.

George Orwell's dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel ' may have been set in times some 36 years ago now, but it appears that Cornwall Council planners have been reading it very carefully indeed for practical hints and tips in their employment of 'double speak'.

The reckless development of Cornwall which is placing our UNESCO World Heritage Status under real threat, is shocking but comes as no surprise when reading the results of a simple request made of the planners and submitted under the Freedom of Information Act.