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BT to lay fibre-optic cable from Orkney to Thurso

BT is laying a fibre-optic submarine cable between Orkney and the Scottish mainland. The 70-kilometre cable will run from Skaill Bay in Orkney, under the Pentland Firth, to Dunnet Bay, about five miles east of Thurso.

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DAVID ROSS, Highland Correspondent

BT is laying a fibre-optic submarine cable between Orkney and the Scottish mainland.

The 70-kilometre cable will run from Skaill Bay in Orkney, under the Pentland Firth, to Dunnet Bay, about five miles east of Thurso.