Orkney

A person in a hard hat working within a ruin

Gordonstoun pupils discover ‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ on uninhabited island

Crowds gather in Shetland for Up Helly Aa fire festival

Scotland faces travel disruption as weather warnings stay in place

Weather warnings extended as Scotland hit by heavy snow

Schools shut and travel disrupted as northern Scotland hit by heavy snow

Hundreds of Scottish schools shut by heavy snow warnings

Snowy start to new year forecast across the UK

Sepa flood alerts across majority of Scotland continue into Tuesday

Warning of disruption as 75mph gusts forecast

Insufficient lookout on boat which fatally hit diver in Scapa Flow, probe finds

Storm Amy weather warnings upgraded to amber

Archaeologists uncover identity of 1700s Orkney shipwreck

Project to remove invasive stoats from Orkney boosting native wildlife – RSPB

People in remote areas more likely to develop certain diseases, study finds

Wheelhouse left unattended before trawlers collided, report finds

Album buried underground for more than a year takes classical number one spot

Shipwreck exposed by winter storms to be preserved in tank for research
The wooden structure rose from the sands of Sanday, Orkney, in February.
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Amazon selected for UK drone flight trial

Experts bid to save surviving whales after mass stranding on Scottish island

Composer releases two singles from tape buried underground

Ferry ran ashore after master ‘almost certainly fell asleep’, report finds

Brecon Mountain Railway attracts Stuart back to Mid Wales

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Lorraine Kelly announces her debut novel

Tidal power firm achieves major milestone after securing £8m of finance

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Bronze Age immigration to Orkney ‘mostly women’, scientists discover

Warmest autumn on record for Northern Ireland and third mildest across UK
The Met Office has released mean temperature figures for the period covering September, October and November.
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Orkney-based artist wins prestigious award for tapestry

Kate assures boy she is not a prince during Orkney visit

Cold, bright and mostly dry weather forecast for non-essential retail reopening

People allowed to meet in larger groups in Scotland as new rules come into force

Ancient Viking waterway discovered in Orkney

Kelp found in Atlantic Ocean ‘has survived since last ice age 16,000 years ago’

Work begins on 30-tonne wave machine to be deployed in Orkney

Tidal energy project handed £3.4m funding by ministers

Sir Ian McKellen extends 80th birthday theatre tour

Death of a national hero which left many questions

Sir Ian McKellen to celebrate 80th birthday with 80-date UK tour

Orkney seabed data centre project could turn tide towards eco-friendly internet

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Higher car insurance premiums for motorists in Telford

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Ram from Shropshire tests positive for Schmallenberg virus

Flurry of snow hits Shropshire

Welshpool diver dies while exploring wrecks

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