A stunning 570-acre grassland farm on the Orkney Isles has launched to the market, featuring its very own private sandy cove. Noup Farm, situated on the island of Westray, represents "a unique blend ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted in toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?

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Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

Summer solstice sunrise over Stonehenge. Credit: Andrew Dunn / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Earth’s seasons change because the planet is slightly tilted as it moves around the Sun. This tilt makes different ...

Article continues below The film stars Irish talent Saoirse Ronan as Rona—who returns to her roots on Scotland's Orkney Islands after rehab—in an evocative tale of battling addiction ...

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It’s a wonder the wild islands of Orkney have never truly been captured on the big screen before. That has changed with the release in October last year of The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan as ...

The West of Orkney Windfarm site is 31 miles (50km) north west of Thurso and about 18 miles (30km) off the west of Orkney. The Scottish government, which will have the final say on an application ...

The summer solstice is considered the first day of summer and the winter solstice is considered the first day of winter. Equinoxes are the only two times of the year when the earth's axis isn’t ...

Councillors in Orkney have given their unanimous backing to one of three onshore wind farms that the local authority had proposed. While backing for the six-turbine wind farm at the Quanterness site ...