BBC Proposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament. It means the bill can now be sent for Royal Assent, making it the first parliament in the British Isles to take this step. Under the
Rum, a diamond-shaped island off the western coast of Scotland, is home to 40 people. Most of the island — 40 square miles of mountains, peatland and heath — is a national nature reserve, with residents mainly nestled around Kinloch Bay to the east. What the Isle of Rum lacks is artificial illumination. There are
By JOSE RAMOS Published: 14:12 EST, 16 November 2024 | Updated: 18:25 EST, 16 November 2024 This is the island which has left experts baffled for years. Known as the ‘The Eye’, this mysterious green patch of vegetation floats on a clear water lake in Argentina. Some even think it is a camouflage for a
By DAVE FINLAY and DAN BARKER Published: 20:35 EST, 14 November 2024 | Updated: 20:35 EST, 14 November 2024 The sister of an alleged gunman yesterday told a murder trial that she saw him enter her family home with a gun, before hearing blasts. Lyn-Anne MacKinnon said she caught her husband John in her arms
BBC The Tesco store in Stornoway currently replenishes stock on a Sunday but does not open to the public A Scottish island community is divided over a supermarket’s plans to open on a Sunday. The Tesco branch on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides has started holding consultations with staff and residents about
Isle of Wight festival boss John Giddings has claimed Oasis would probably snub an offer to headline Glastonbury as the pay packet is insufficient. The promoter, 71, claimed his and the Somerset events ‘can’t afford’ to host the reformed group in 2025 ‘because they want money’ however, he claimed other acts would perform at Glastonbury for