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Typically, ships sail anticlockwise, circumnavigating north along the east coast to the Orkney or Shetland Islands, cruising across the top ... Bantry Bay and Galway to the port roster. Most Britain ...
Right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins is already planning another promotional trip to the island, a week after finishing one.
The Festival of the Sea will be held from 10am until 4pm on Saturday, July 12 to Sunday, July 13. There will be big tanks ...
Since the first commercially viable drones entered the scene around 2013, drone deliveries have been perceived as one of the ...
A major offshore wind farm that will connect to the electricity grid in Caithness has gained consent to develop up to 125 ...
A multi-billion pound 2GW windfarm off the western shore of Orkney has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish ...
520 points Sometimes, names can be deceptive. And in one sense, there is nothing “Mainland” about the largest of the Orkney Islands, sitting in the North Sea, 30 miles above John O’Groats.
WHEN you catch the ferry from Aberdeen in time for the marvellous northerly gathering of musicians that is Orkney Folk Festival, you can expect to hear your first jam on the top deck, and to make the ...
The Orkney Islands Council is exploring a visitor tax, often called a “levy.” This has become possible thanks to the new Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024, which gives the island the power to ...
A leading civil engineering firm is set to start work on a multi-million-pound multi-purpose port that is earmarked as a key renewable energy hub. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK is teaming up with ...
A Welsh civil engineering firm is set to start work on a multimillion-pound multi-purpose port in Orkney that is earmarked as a key renewable energy hub. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK is teaming up ...