There are many places in Britain where people complain about the distance to the nearest railway station – but few can claim they would have to cross the North Sea to reach it. For people living on Unst, the most northern of
Thousands of information technology (IT) workers who have contracted with U.S. companies have secretly sent millions of dollars in wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said. The workers were dispatched by
The position is on Fair Isle – located 24 miles from the Shetland mainland in Scotland and historically a fishing and crofting community. The island has thought to have been populated for as long as 6,000 years ago and was owned by
Cape Wrath is the most north-westerly point in the UK and it boasts the most isolated bus stop in the British Isles. The area lies in Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands, and contrary to popular assumption, Cape Wrath’s name has nothing to
With this weekend set to be blessed with one last blast of summer rays, it’s still not too late for a trip to the seaside. While the UK’s hidden coastal gems all deserve their day in the sun, for a quick getaway
A Highland home used by sex predator Jimmy Savile to abuse up to 20 young women, girls and boys is still standing despite two years of pleas to have it torn down. Disgraced pervert Savile used the home in Glencoe, Scotland, for
A drink-driver who knocked down and killed a charity cyclist before abandoning him by the side of the road has been jailed for 12 years. Alexander McKellar, 31, caused the death of 63-year-old Tony Parsons by hitting him with his car on the
Prince Andrew allegedly stayed at Zorro Ranch (Image: James Breeden/Getty) The remote Zorro Ranch where Jeffrey Epstein’s sex slave has claimed she was flown as a teenager to meet Prince Andrew alone has finally been sold. None of the late paedophile’s victims
Greece launches rescue operation for overcrowded migrant boat anchored off remote uninhabited island
Greece’s coast guard was mounting a rescue operation Tuesday for dozens of people crammed onto a sailing boat anchored off the coast of an uninhabited island far from the country’s mainland, authorities said. A private vessel had spotted the sailing boat off
Six people have died in a mysterious plane crash in Canada sparking an investigation into why the aircraft crashed in the remote mountains west of Calgary. The aircraft took off from Springbank Airport Friday night with five passengers and a pilot aboard.