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Government hiring woke £104,000 a year lawyer to oversee equality on Falklands – despite population of just 3,662
The Scottish Sun
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March 31, 2025
WHITEHALL chiefs are hiring an £104,000 a year lawyer to oversee equality on the Falklands — with a population of just 3,662. The legal whiz will lead a team whose roles include ensuring citizens on Britain’s far-flung South Atlantic outpost —...
Stuck in a holiday desert
Miami Valley Today - Ohio
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March 29, 2025
By David Lindeman Contributing columnist We are in a kind of holiday desert right now. The last official holiday was Presidents’ Day, which just about everyone except government employees ignore. The next official holiday not including Sunday...
Warm Orkney welcome as Island Games arrivals begin
The Orcadian
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July 10, 2025
featured news July 10, 2025 at 1:03 pmOrkney gave a warm welcome to athletes from the Falkland Islands, who arrived at Kirkwall Airport, this morning. The first of the 23 visiting islands competing at the International Island Games are beginning...
The Falkland Islands have become surprisingly diverse, reports The Spectator
MercoPress
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Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 05:56 UTC Go to one of Stanley’s shops, offices, restaurants, or the sheep farms in the more remote areas, and you’ll meet people hailing from far-flung corners of the world. By Robert Taylor - What springs to mind...
Falklands Government launches Equalities Focus Groups in February
MercoPress
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Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 10:17 UTC Focus groups are facilitated group discussions and allow for shared experiences of people with similar characteristics, which is different from an interview, where the focus is on individuals. The Falkland...
Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation
Yachting Monthly
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June 30, 2025
Celebrating 100 years since legendary yachtsman Conor O Brien returned from circumnavigating the globe aboard his yacht Saoirse. This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making...
Falklands: Consultation on National Minimum Wage accommodation regulation
MercoPress
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Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 14:46 UTC Falklands Secretariat, HQ of the Islands government administration offices Following approval at Executive Council on Tuesday 27 August, the Falkland Islands Government is holding a public consultation...
Former coffee shop in Fife tourist town up for sale – this is the asking price
Fife Today
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March 17, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now A coffee shop in a Fife tourist haunt is up for sale. Campbell’s Coffee House on Falkland’s High Street closed its doors in January after more than decade...
Falklands, RAF Commander visits the Air Mobility Force at MPC
MercoPress
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Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 15:32 UTC The Air Mobility Force has an Atlas, Voyager, and support functions deployed to provide Aeromedical Evacuation, Air-to-Air Refueling, Search and Rescue, plus Fisheries Protection Royal Air Force Commander Air...
The Falkland Islands have become surprisingly diverse
The Spectator
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March 16, 2025
What springs to mind when you think of the Falklands? You might imagine the wild, windswept landscape, sparsely populated by the sheep-farming communities that have made the Islands their home for nearly 200 years. Those of my vintage will recall...
Falklands Backyard Ultra 2025 Registration
FITV
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January 19, 2025
Many of us will have kick started the new year by making resolutions like giving up a bad habit, eating healthier and improving our fitness. Well, if you are looking to do so, signing up for this year’s Backyard Ultra might just tick one of those...
Falkland Islands stay strong to Britain as they pay homage to King Charles on first new bank notes since 1980s
GB News
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January 13, 2025
The Falkland Islands have paid homage to King Charles as they roll out their first set of new bank notes since the 1980s. The new design features King Charles III alongside iconic local wildlife, such as a king penguin and black-browed...
Outlander travels back in time behind the scenes of series one - where the magic began
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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March 12, 2025
As Outlander fans are currently stuck in the gloom of Droughtlander, awaiting on the final season of the hit show, many are re-watching from the start. It was the nostalgic setting of Falkland village which saw Claire Fraser's life change forever,...
Coffee shop in popular Fife tourist spot up for sale after closing down
The Courier Evening Telegraph
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March 11, 2025
A coffee shop unit in a popular Fife tourist spot is up for sale after the business closed down. Campbell’s Coffee House on High Street in Falkland closed in January. Initially, bosses said the business had closed “for the foreseeable future”. But...
Falklands travelers to benefit with seats for the Ascension/St Helena Airlink
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:18 UTC The Falkland Islands Government has informed that an agreement has been signed with Ascension Island Government to guarantee travelers from the Falkland Islands ten seats on each flight connecting Ascension...
Falklands expects a season with some 73.000 cruise visitors
MercoPress
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December 26, 2024
Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:23 UTC “The large cruise vessels are only starting to call in the Islands, so it is very early in the course of the season to be more exact,” Stephanie Middleton said The number of visitor numbers during this...
Falklands, national minimum wage accommodation offset survey results published
MercoPress
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Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:52 UTC Officers will now work to review potential policy options ahead of a second round of consultation in the New Year (Pic FITB) The results from the first round of consultation on the national minimum wage...
Falklands, ten-year infrastructure program to improve defense and living conditions at the MPC
MercoPress
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Friday, December 27th 2024 - 06:43 UTC DIO Chief Executive Mike Green with Wg Cdr Fleming in the hangar, which is to be redeveloped. [Crown Copyright MOD 2024] UK’s Defense Infrastructure Organization, DIO, which depends from the Ministry of...
An otherworldly journey to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
Republican Herald - Pennsylvania
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March 2, 2025
Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, wrote that the Queen Maud Range in Antarctica “is a land that looks like a fairy tale … the...
International team prepare for 'Mini Olympics' with camp in Ramsbury
Gazette and Herald
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Their nine-strong squad travelled 8,000 miles from their remote South Atlantic home, swapping wintry gusts for the British summer’s soaring temperatures, which hit 30 degrees centigrade during Saturday’s tournament in Ramsbury. The contrast in...