Orkney

British

/ ˈɔːknɪ, ˈɔːknɪz /

plural noun

a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; many important prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop: 19 310 (2003 est). Area: 974 sq km (376 sq miles)

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Falkirk Council and Orkney Islands Council set the largest council tax increases in Scotland after councillor's agreed a 15.6% and 15% rise, respectively.

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Orkney Islands, East Renfrewshire, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire and City of Edinburgh all have a higher than average healthy life expectancy.

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Warner told BBC Radio Orkney that the sheer volume of rubbish on the beach was "quite overwhelming".

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Plastic bottles and debris which appears to have originated in Canada and dates back to the 1960s and 70s has washed up on an Orkney beach.

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Meanwhile John Berry, of the Scottish Islands Federation and Greener Orkney, said he was not surprised by the increase in litter on Sanday.

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