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Buy one get one free deal available on Scottish islands – for just £300,000

The two islands - off Stromness, Orkney - are being sold off in an extraordinary deal which will make the new owner the ruler...

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...

Vikings played board games in afterlife

ORKNEY Vikings were buried with board games - to make sure they were entertained in the afterlife rather than returning to haunt the living. The...

Amazing underwater pictures of the grave of Lord Kitchener

REMARKABLE pictures have emerged of the underwater grave of Lord Kitchener and 736 other men who perished when their warship hit a mine 100...

Stone Age Orcadians chopped up their dead relatives

STONE Age Orkney islanders chopped up their dead relatives before mixing the grisly remains in communal pits. A new forensic study of human remains on...

Jokers produce brochure for non-existent Scottish island

JOKERS have created a tourist brochure - for a Scottish island that does not exist. The guide to Mama Westray, Orkney, claims it is famous...

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