orkney islands _ them now. interesting stuff. orkney islands council i them now. interesting stuff. ories making headlines now, the white house says president biden will visit the uk next week as part of a european trip. he is expected to meet with the king as well as the prime minister, mr biden will then head to lithuania for a nato summit for stopping off in finland. janet yellen will become the second member of the biden administration to visit beijing, last month's visit by us secretary of state antony blinken was the first by a senior us official in five years. an incredible story now, button the cockerpoo fell off a cliff and survived, she was rescued by the coastguard, we spoke to her grateful owner. who would fancy their chances of fell over the cliff stop its of fell over the cliff stop it's 160 of fell over the cliff stop its 160 foot height, it's 160 foot height, incredibly steep and some were usually just the incredibly steep and some were usuallyjust the birds. but somehow a nine—year—old cockerpoo ran over the edge and is still breathing. she cockerpoo ran over the edg

orkney territory of norway. orkney council passed the motion allowing the island a future outside of scotland and the uk . outsiderom the british mainland, which wants to be norwegian . so is wants to be norwegian. so is this divorce the start of the uk becoming ever more fragmented ? becoming ever more fragmented? alex, i'm going to start with you. it's a fascinating development. this and the reason that they're doing this is because they've been completely left behind by the north sea oil policy . bear in left behind by the north sea oil policy. bear in mind, left behind by the north sea oil policy . bear in mind, norway, policy. bear in mind, norway, which shares the same oil field 300 miles to the north, is has has a hugely efficient and cheap state run energy system and the biggest sovereign wealth fund in the world. >> as a result. right. >> as a result. right. >> meanwhile, shetland is withering the vine withering on the vine and they're fed up of humza yousaf. they met him today and think they met him today and i think they had stern they would have had a few stern words. this the sort of words. but is th

it's been three weeks, since orkney weeks, though, since orkney council motion allowing council passed a motion allowing 70 islands outside of scotland and the uk. now the notion of the returning island to nordic control has caught the attention of the world media. but orkney council will also look to establish governments on other island communities like jersey, the isle of man and the cayman islands have you ever been to the isle of man? i've been there. i went once . it was there. i went once. it was lovely. actually really lovely. it's actually really nice. very odd. money, odd nice. but very odd. money, odd money. strange on the money. strange thing on on the on the money. now on the. on the money. now our scotland reporter tony mcguire has the story it wasn't so has has the story it wasn't so long ago that orkney was celebrating 500 years as a scottish territory. >> this archive footage , shot in >> this archive footage, shot in 1968, shows islanders celebrating the amalgamation of their celtic and nordic cultures . today, more than 22,000 orcadians are contemplating a different future, one that could bnng d

it it's been a three weeks now since orkney council passed a motion allowing the orkney islands to explored and outside of the uk. on the 4th of july, the council voted 15 to 6 in favour of exploring new beginnings. >> how is that exploration been going last? scotland reporter tony mcguire has more for us. >> it wasn't so long ago that orkney was celebrating 500 years as a scottish territory . this as a scottish territory. this archive footage shot in 1968, shows islanders celebrating the amalgamation of their celtic and nordic cultures . nordic cultures. >> today, more than 22,000 orcadians are contemplating a different future, one that could bnng different future, one that could bring an end to its 560 years as a scottish archipelago ten miles off the northern coast on the 4th of july, orkney council voted in favour of exploring alternative forms of governance. this satisfied with support from holyrood and westminster. council leader james stocken has grown tired of an ageing ferry fleet and disproportionate funding awarded by the islands growth deal . underfunded and growth deal. underf

bbc website this morning reports that the orkney islands could change their status in the uk, or even become a self—governing territory of norway. the counciliddle of the 15th century the islands were given as a diary back to the uk. it belonged to norway. lots of people want to go back to norway. repay the diary. one story that caught my eye, this is interesting if you have a cat. vets are going to establish a new blood bank for cats. something we have not had in the uk before. cats are notoriously difficult to keep still. can you imagine making a cat give blood? anyway, it is going to happen. cats who are really poorly will be protected because there will be the first ever uk feline blood bank. quite an interesting piece in the times. normally alcohol free beer peaks just after christmas when people are doing dryjanuary, that kind of thing. but according to this piece in the times, instead of dry january, we are going to have dry july. they see record sales of low and no alcohol beer over the summer. sales are up by 25% compared to last year. up sales of low alcohol beer up year. up sales of low alcohol beer up 23% compared with 12 months

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