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December 27th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Leon Watson
Last updated at 10:22 PM on 26th December 2011
Thousands of barmy Brits took to the beaches today for the balmiest Boxing Day for 28 years.
Temperatures around the country were up in the teens with Fyvie Castle in Scotland reaching 15.5C in 1983.
The record temperature for December 26 is 16C in Haddington, East Lothian, and the next highest 15.5C in Raunds, Northamptonshire.
Five hundred fancy dress-clad Boxing Day revellers took part in the Tenby Boxing Day Swim in the cold seas off west Wales resort
The picturesque seaside resort of Tenby became a magnet for hardy revellers seeking to shake off Christmas Day excess with a brisk sea dip
Boxer Tony Jeffries (right) was out at the annual Boxing day dip at Seaburn Beach, Sunderland, and the annual Aberdeen Lions Nipper Dipper Boxing Day event (left) attracted a few hardy souls
But today, according to the Met Office, across most of the country the temperatures never got below 8C or 9C.
Forecaster George Goodfellow said: ‘The only places were it got higher were in the fells of Northern Ireland and on high ground.
‘It has been unseasonably warm both on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.’
The coldest urban area in the UK is believed to have been Aberdeen, where the mercury fell to 8.5C.
More paddlers showed off their costumes at Seaburn Beach
Bathers take to the water at the North Beach in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in the resort’s 41st Boxing Day Swim
The heat will remain on until the weekend when a north east wind is expected to blow in with a chill factor.
Mr Goodfellow said: ‘We’re expecting more unsettled weather come on New Year’s Eve and parts of the country will get some rain.’
Among the swimmers braving the Boxing Day water were those taking a
dip in fancy dress at events in Tenby and Pembrey in west Wales and
Seaburn Beach near Sunderland.
But, they weather wasn’t so good in
Shetland where around 500 homes are still without power after hurricane
force winds hit the islands on Christmas Day.
Hundreds of people in fancy dress also took a plunge at Pembrey Park, west Wales, for this year’s Walrus Dip
At the peak of the problems, Scottish
Hydro Electric Power Distribution said there were 5,500 homes without
electricity as gusts of more than 100mph were recorded on the islands
yesterday.
The power
company said it has drafted in engineers from the mainland who are
continuing to work to restore supplies to the remaining homes.
Company spokeswoman Samantha O’Connor
said: ‘There are around 500 still without power, but most of them are
due to the same issue and we hope to have that repaired by 11pm.
‘Fifty homes will definitely not have
power restored tonight because of an overhead network problem but we
have contacted all of those affected by this to keep them updated.
(Left to right) Nesika Sterling, Lauren Fixen and Amber Sterling enjoying the water at Seaburn Beach
‘We would like to apologise to all of those affected by the interruption to the supplies in Shetland.’
The company said engineers will work
until 11pm today and resume early tomorrow morning to restore power to
the remaining properties.
Mainland Scotland also experienced high winds with gusts of 80mph-90mph yesterday.
The
high winds also caused difficulties for a coastguard helicopter as it
evacuated a female patient from the island of Yell to the main island of
Shetland at around 2.30pm yesterday.
The helicopter landed at Sumburgh Airport and the patient was transferred to hospital in Lerwick by ambulance.
Shetland Coastguard said the winds were hurricane force yesterday.
Forecasters said strong winds might return mid-week.
Daniel Adamson, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, said: ‘On Wednesday it looks as if we could see gusts as strong as between 70mph and 80mph, mostly in exposed places.’
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Those girls cannot be British, they are not fat with tattoos………
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I don’t understand British logic or humor but have to admit some good looking chicks there.
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The DM always lie and get it wrong- Virginia Bottomley. Get what wrong? Watch my lips, love, the DM does NOT predict the weather, it only REPORTS Met Office forecasts, that should be obvious to the most brain-stressed individual – though I doubt if ther’es a brain involved if you think DM actually does do the job the Met Office is incapable of doing!
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O ye it was so warm I ate my Xmas dinner in my bikini in the garden with my sunglasses on….are the dm crackers??
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Love it.
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Some good looking chicks in Tenby eh
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Some good looking chicks in Tenby eh
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Knowing you’re taking part in that the next day with all those slim people around would definitely make me eat a little less at Christmas dinner!
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Didn’t feel the heat, they’re bonkers.
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What a shame holly ivy are evergreen!
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