Pupils at Britain's two remotest schools are enjoying closer links with a new broadband access. Five Islands School in the Scilly Isles and Baltasound Junior High School, on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands were "twinned" 40 years ago.
Now pupils at the two schools will use broadband technology to stay in touch and share experiences.
The move followed BT's introduction of broadband at its most south westerly exchange and most northerly exchange.
Links hope
Louise Simmonds, a teacher at Five Islands on the island of St Agnes, which has three pupils, said broadband would "give us an important link to the huge amount of resources".
Head teacher of 100-pupil Baltasound, Andy Spence, said ahead of the launch that broadband would mean "we will no longer be a remote school".
He added: "We can access the world with broadband, and we like to think the link with the Scillies will just be the start. We hope to join in with other schools."
The "twinning" of the two island schools was launched by the widow of former Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson, who had a home on the Scilly Isles.
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