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Farmers in Orkney could soon receive broader licences to shoot young ravens as livestock attacks escalate. NatureScot admits current controls are ineffective and plans major changes. Would you like to ...

Orkney will welcome around 2,000 athletes from 24 island groups to compete across 12 sports. It will be the first time in the Games’ 40-year history that Orkney has hosted the biennial event ...

Philadelphia police are also investigating a deadly shooting that happened Monday afternoon on the 2700 block of North Orkney Street. A 50-year-old man was shot just after 3:30 p.m. and ...

Juvenile ravens - like this one pictured on a hilltop in Orkney - could be shot in areas where attacks become a problem New powers to shoot young ravens in Orkney are being drawn up by Scotland's ...

To show you what you can do with Avios on Loganair, I took a trip from London Heathrow to Orkney’s Kirkwall. Whilst Loganair doesn’t necessarily have the cachet of the other recent Avios joiners, ...

See here for all partner links. To see how you can spend your Avios on Loganair, which became an Avios ‘earn and burn’ partner on 31st March, I took an Avios redemption flight from Heathrow to ...

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This week's cold temperatures and wet weather are a "stark contrast" from the hot and humid weather of the week before but overall May has been "normal." So far. That could change, though, says ...

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The boat, named Zevi 1, is being deployed to serve a route that connects the Orkney islands of Shapinsay, Egilsay, Wyre and Rousay with Kirkwall on four daily rotations. The ferry has been built ...