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 ...

Dave said that he wasn’t afraid of dying but hated to leave. Dave chose his time which was a gift to all of us. David Earl Blizzard was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. When he was three years old his ...

On the Wednesday following the last Tuesday in January, Shetland shuts down. It is the only place in Scotland to have an ...

The Orkney Native Wildlife Project began removing stoats in 2019 and the latest survey, which covered 100 sites and recorded pairs of wading birds per square kilometre, showed a modest recovery since ...

The site, which currently houses Earl of Sandwich, will be the future home of the seventh Porto’s Bakery location in Southern California. The Cuban bakery chain Porto’s has been a Los Angeles ...

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Earl Wesley O’Neal (USCG PO1 retired) of Avon, NC peacefully crossed the bar to be with his Lord, surrounded by his wife and family on April 15, 2025, at the age of 88. Earl was born on April 2 ...

In 2022, the Regency Acts 1937 – 1953 were amended to enable The Princess Royal and The Duke of Edinburgh (then The Earl of Wessex) to serve as Counsellors of State. Counsellors of State are ...

Join us for a powerful night of music and reflection as Berklee students take the stage alongside legendary guitarist Earl Slick in Music and Meaning in the Works of David Bowie. Presented by ...

Salmon farming companies, which operate exclusively on the west coast, Orkney and Shetland, launched the “Wild Salmonid Fund” in 2021, to play their part in finding solutions, engaging constructively ...

Figures in this article are not seasonally adjusted. The provisional average house price in Orkney Islands in February 2025 was £219,000. This was higher than the average of £193,000 in February 2024 ...

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