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A n Orkney farmer is part-funding her own abattoir so her rare breed Boreray sheep no longer have to be taken on a seven-hour ...
Hundreds of people in Orkney and Shetland have had their internet and phone services disrupted because of damage to a subsea ...
Scientific analysis and community-led research led to the identification of the Earl of Chatham, which was found last year.
In 1788, while heading out to the whaling ground, it was wrecked in bad weather. All 56 crew members survived.
Wooden remains of the Earl of Chatham, a British warship from 1749 that was used during the American Revolution, were discovered by a schoolboy on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Internet and phone services in Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands have been disrupted following damage to a subsea cable ...
Thousands of homes and businesses across Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the ...
A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and ...
Teenager Sienna Mosquera shot 65 to break the Stromness Golf Club female course record and jump to the top of the leaderboard ...
Gorn, who died in November 2023, has left a £470,000 legacy from his estate to Scottish agricultural charity, RSABI.
THOMAS Atkinson secured Jersey’s first gold medal of the Island Games 2025 Orkney after an excellent performance in the Men’s Triathlon. Competing in the Men’s Individual Final, Atkinson (21) ...
Teenagers Jake Brislane and Sienna Mosquera added to Bermuda’s medal tally at the Island Games on Thursday. Brislane showed determination to finish second in the men’s 5,000 metres in a time of 15min ...