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Rabbie Burns a True Story

My story begins in November 1769 when a Bank was started under the name Douglas,Heron & Co.

Social media data can be sold to a shampoo company just as it can to a political group, but does that break the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights?

The local ferry connects with a Minibus on the peninsula which will take you the 11 miles to the Lighthouse.

The passengers bring an obvious boost to certain sectors of the Orkney economy.

Police numbers in Scotland show an increase of 1,015 FTE police officers

It was on the 9th May 1945 that the last plane took off from HMS Tern also known as Royal Naval Air Station Twatt, Orkney.

Much is made by Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and others about the economic benefits of the cruise ships.

I initially joined the John Rae Society, for two reasons. The first reason being – I dislike injustice.

The chef produced a special for us in the shape of “huevos rancheros” , a Mexican dish.

Passing on to the Black Crag, say in the end of May or beginning of June, the sight is one not to be forgotten