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Article: Fishing vessel sinks off Orkney Isles.
M2 Presswire;  March 25, 2002 ;     397 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-25 March 2002-UK Government: Fishing vessel sinks off Orkney Isles (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25032002 At 1:28 p.m. today the skipper of the fishing vessel 'Mainstay ...

Article: Orkney isles better.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 27, 2006 ;     267 words ...The Orkney Islands is the sixth best place to live in Britain, according to research. Winchester in Hampshire was top in the study for Channel 4, while Hackney in London was worst.

Article: Pastoral vision of Orkney Isles
Sunday Star-Times;  March 17, 1996 ;     571 words ...BESIDE THE OCEAN OF TIME, by George Mackay Brown, Flamingo, $19.95. Reviewed by ALAN RIACH MANY of Scotland's contemporary writers are less concerned with nationality than their elders were. Declining to discuss the "matter of Scotland", their interest is more often taken by the voice, the

Article: BIG BROTHER: THAT'S PHENOMENAL; Orkney isles ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: BRIAN McIVER in Orkney ORCADIAN Cameron won the BB4 final last night after Steph, Scott and Ray were all voted out. The 32-year-old virgin - the 9/1-on favourite to win - had to bite back his catchphrase, "That's phenomenal" on hearing he had made the final two with Irishman Ray, on 10- 1.

Article: Pointing to heaven Anthony Gardner is spellbound by the bleak ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...There are no flight- arrivals announce ments on the island of North Ronaldsay. Instead, a sudden scattering of sheep signals the descent of an incoming aircraft. This is because the airfield is exactly that - a field. And before you protest that the unfortunate sheep should be moved elsewhere, bear

Article: St Kilda takes its place in the world
The Scotsman;  February 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE remote Hebridean islands of St Kilda, the jewel in Scotland's natural history ... Should the application be granted, St Kilda would join an exclusive club with dual ... world heritage status in 1986 because of St Kilda's global importance for sea birds ...

Article: Life and death on remote St. Kilda
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 19, 1990 ;     700+ words ...ST. KILDA From St. Kilda's clifftops, the tallest in the British Isles at 1,397 feet ... crashing surf below. In 1930, after 2,000 years of habitation, St. Kilda saw its remaining population of 36 souls "go over." The remnant ...