Scottish town cuts twinned link to Faroe Islands over whale killings

Councillors of Wick in far north of Scotland say 'disgusting' slaughter of over 400 pilot whales has tainted the whole of the Faroe Islands

A Scottish town has broken off its relations with the Faroe Islands in protest against this year's "disgusting" killing of over 400 pilot whales.

Wick, a coastal in the far north of Scotland closer to the Faroes than to London, has been twinned for 20 years with Klaksvik, the second-largest community in the Faroes. But the islanders' traditional whale hunts have sickened civic leaders who fear that their association with the remote archipelago could also affect their own tourism.