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With Avios now redeemable on Loganair, I review one of their iconic routes - London Heathrow to Kirkwall in the Orkney ...

Among the Ba’Aka—a forest-dwelling people indigenous to the Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Cameroon—stories of the “one who stops rivers” have endured for ...

The award-winning Orkney Folk Festival kicks off this Thursday, following record breaking ticket sales for the 42nd edition of the event. Almost 8,600 tickets have sold for the four-day island ...

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 ...

HRH Princess Anne will attend the Opening Ceremony of the International Island Games in Orkney at Kirkwall’s Bignold Park on July 12. From July 12 to 18, Orkney will welcome around 2,000 ...

It was the shot block heard ’round the world. Time was ticking down in Game 2 of the NLL Finals, with the Saskatchewan Rush leading 11-10. Chase Fraser wound up for a shot, and Holden Garlent ...

May 19, 2025 at 7:05 am A new vessel trialling hydrofoil technology has arrived in Orkney. (Colin Keldie / EMEC) An electric hydrofoil vessel has arrived in Orkney to begin sea trials prior to being ...

A small, electric passenger ferry is beginning a three-year trial in Orkney. The vessel uses new hydrofoil technology and could cut travel times between islands significantly. The ferry has been ...

Artemis electric hydrofoil vessel arrives in Orkney Images courtesy of Colin Keldie – EMEC. The fully electric Artemis EF-12 Workboat XL hydrofoil vessel, which will serve as a ferry between the ...

A family flying from Shanghai to London said they were refused boarding onto a British Airways flight after gate staff became concerned over insect bite marks on their baby. Jonathan Arthur ...