Italian Prisoner of War Returns to the Church He Helped Build

An Italian Prisoner of War has returned to Orkney to join the 70th anniversary commemorations of a tiny Catholic church he helped to build. 

The ornate Italian Chapel is one of the most visited tourist attractions on the islands and is known as the Miracle of Camp 60. 

About 1,200 Italians, who'd been captured in North Africa, were moved to the previously uninhabited island of Lamb Holm in 1942 to provide labour for the Churchill Barriers. They used left-over concrete from the barriers - naval defences to protect the anchorage at Scapa Flow - and any scrap materials they could find. 

Gino Caprara, now in his nineties, is one of the few surviving POW's to recall the building of the chapel. Scottish Cabinet Minister Fiona Hyslop was among the dignitaries who attended a special concert which was part of the St Magnus Music Festival.