island

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Western Isles councillors agreed to a new policy on pupils' use of mobile phones and tablets in the islands' schools in November.

From BBC

As Shirley Valentine, the frustrated Liverpool housewife who finds romance on a Greek island, Pauline Collins achieved international fame and an Oscar nomination.

From BBC

They mate for life and only lay one egg every two years which they raise on breeding islands.

From BBC

Scientists have uncovered more than 30,000 fossilized teeth, bones, and other remains on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen.

From Science Daily

A new study published in Scientific Reports describes the discovery of an unusually large hydrothermal vent field on the shallow seafloor surrounding the Greek island of Milos.

From Science Daily