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Fed up with UK and Scotland, Orkney Islands look to Norway

A memorial to Lord Kitchener, who died when the HMS Hampshire hit a German mine on 5th June, 1916, is seen at Marwick Head on the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on 3rd May, 2014.

London, UKReuters Britain’s Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 16 kilometres off the north coast of Scotland, is considering “alternative forms of governance” which could include becoming part of Norway, its council leader said on Monday.  Orkney, made up of about 70 islands and with a population of 22,000 people, was considering its future after being […]