She set out to create something that doubled as a “big souvenir” of a night of friendship ... Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar on Scotland’s Orkney Islands. In the late 1990s, he started visiting ...

A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray. It is an exact copy of the last of the giant seabirds that lived on the island in ...

A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray. It is an exact copy of the last of the giant seabirds that lived on the island in ...

Alamy Connecting Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, this unique route has proved the most efficient for residents and tourists alike. From take off to landing, the flight ...

Located on Shapinsay Island in Orkney, Scotland Veantrow Bay - a freehold stretch of sand - will hit the market this week in what has been dubbed a "fantastic investment opportunity". For just £ ...

A notable attempt arose in 2014 when the harbinger of Orkney's maritime affairs declared its intentions to eschew cruise ships whose combined passenger numbers might eclipse 4,500 souls.

Islanders in Papa Westray at the unveiling of the bronze Great Auk statue A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray.

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