House prices in the Orkney Islands increased in May, new figures show. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average the Orkney Islands house price in the year to May was £223,834 – ...

The picture was different to that across Scotland, where prices remained static. The large drop in the Shetland Islands contributes to the longer-term trend in the area, which has ...

Top UK holiday destinations to visit at least once in your life. These are the best UK staycation ideas for a short break at ...

South Uist is 200 miles from Edinburgh, the seat of Scotland’s government, but it feels farther. The island has only a few ...

A timepiece used on a seagoing voyage by the HMS Beagle – the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his travels – has been ...

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

The foundation, Identiteit Gezocht (Identity Sought), aims to list all unknown graves on the coasts of the North Sea, hoping ...

A collection of century old minute books have been unearthed at Llandudno RNLI as the lifeboat station searches for a new ...

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by ...

A Cayman Islands' law legalising same-sex civil partnerships was upheld by a London court on Monday, after a long-running legal battle, in a ruling hailed by campaigners and the couple who brought ...

Have you found something mysterious or meaningful in the Lakes? The creators of the popular BBC TV series Lost and Found in the Lakes are on the hunt for new stories for the upcoming second series ...