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Scots airline bids farewell to fleet on its 41st anniversary

A SCOTS airline has retired a twin-engine turboprop aircraft after two decades of being in operation. Loganair said goodbye to Flight LM340 today, which also...

Scots hit out at “ridiculously low sentence” of island fraudster who hatched £1.5m cheque scheme

SCOTS have hit out at the “ridiculously low sentence” that was handed to a fraudster who hatched a £1.5 million cheque scheme. Hundreds of people...

Scots island library gets handed in book from 5,000 miles away

A SCOTS library has had a book returned to them - almost 5,000 miles away from where it was borrowed.  Orkney Library and Archive received...

Ferry clever: Scottish Government-owned firm to power boat without sails using wind

A SCOTTISH Government-owned firm is working on a ferry that uses power from wind farms. Drawings show the vessel, using energy from renewable sources, which...

Wild camper pitches up for night on green of UK’s most northerly cathedral

BIZARRE photographs captured the moment a “wild camper” decided to pitch up on the green of an 880-year-old cathedral. The unidentified camper, thought to be...

Minister speaks out against selfie-snapping tourists

A CATHEDRAL minister has been forced to speak out after selfie-snapping tourists have started interrupting funerals. Mourners at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, have...

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