He suggested another possible future could be like the Faroe Islands - which is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Councilor Stockan told BBC Radio Scotland there were many areas where Orkney ...

Two dogs, one Springer Spaniel and one Black Labrador recently journeyed to the most northern part of Scotland to aid conservationists in removing stoats from the islands of Orkney. The reasoning ...

Scotland’s treasure trove of more than ... and that is not even mentioning the 100 or so Shetland Islands, nor the 70 or so Orkney Islands. I’ve spent the last 20 years as a travel writer ...

The islands lie around 50 miles to the northeast of Orkney and 110 miles from mainland Scotland, making them the northernmost point of the British Isles. A proud Viking history permeates the ...

Orkney is a cluster of 70 islands located just 10 miles off the northern coastline of Scotland. Separated from the mainland by a treacherous stretch of water, Orkney has a history and Norse ...

It’s no surprise that the island was mentioned on this list. The Orkney Islands hold Scotland's greatest concentration of archaeology, with an average of three archaeological sites per square mile.

Loganair's Orkney island hopping air service is famous for ... Paul Hutton, chief executive officer of Cranfield, told the BBC Scotland news website: "We have been looking into new propulsion ...

and points to some of the challenges small island groups might face. Orkney has strengths in renewable energy and tourism, but it points the way on Scotland's demographic challenge. It wasn't to ...

In 2023, about 55 pilot whales were stranded on the island of Lewis, off Scotland's northwest coast. Larger mass strandings involving the whales are also quite common around Australia, New Zealand ...