On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I've never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour's ferry ...

FILE - Visitors look at the 5,000 year-old remains of Skara Brae village in the Scottish Orkney Islands, July 19, 2005, which was revealed by a huge storm in 1850. Sick of being ignored by far-away ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast ...

Archaeologists are set to resume digging at a prominent Neolithic site in Orkney after making an extraordinary' discovery ...

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part ...

I didn’t know if I would retire in Scotland until almost the day that I did. But things happen during a life if you say “yes” to new opportunities. And now, this former elementary-school teacher from ...

On 2 June 1994, Shamsuddin Mahmood, 26, was killed by a single shot as he served customers in an Indian restaurant in Orkney.

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ride ...

Where: Skara Brae Prehistoric Village, Orkney Islands. Skara Brae is the most well-preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe, dating back over 5,000 years. It was only discovered in 1850 when a ...