Britain's Orkney Islands weigh up breaking away from the UK and joining Norway
Orkney is weighing up leaving the UK and becoming part of Norway after blasting both the British and Scottish governments for "failing" it.The islands' council leader said it does not get fair funding and a motion calling for consideration of "alternative forms of governance" will be debated this week.
Brits urged not to cancel summer trips to France as riots continue - while grandmother of 'executed' boy pleads for calm"We are really struggling at the moment, we have to replace the whole ferry fleet which is older than the CalMac fleet," he said.James Stockan hit out at the government in Scotland and Westminster.
"We were part of the Norse kingdom for much longer than we were part of the United Kingdom," Mr Stockan claimed.
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