COPS have stopped and searched almost 170,000 people across the length and breath of Scotland over the last five years ...

The Scottish Government has announced a £20 million investment to help Orkney and Shetland explore options for improving inter-island transport links, including ferries, flights, and the creation ...

KirkwallAt one time the Big Tree in Kirkwall was said to be the largest tree in Orkney. Knockando MillKnockando Mill is one of the oldest surviving district mills in the UK. North ...

It's almost 80 years since the end of World War Two, during which Orkney became home to hundreds of Italian prisoners of war. But links forged between the island community and the former prisoners ...

Almost two dozen businesses were created in the Orkney Islands in the final quarter of last year, new figures show.

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

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The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

Google Maps has confirmed that, following the US GNIS, it will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." ...

The UK is bracing for more wintery conditions with new weather maps showing an enormous 600-mile wall of snow set to cover the UK. Maps show bitterly cold weather is set to sweep the UK on ...

Yorkshire-based manufacturers Abraham… A drug referred to as “apples” is believed to be circulating in Shetland. Shetland Alcohol and Drug Partnership warned on its Facebook page Orkney Alcohol… ...