Tresco is certainly the only place in the Scilly Islands where you might find the air alive with sporting rifle fire.

BBC: The last piece of England

But Marian Bennett, who campaigns for transport services to the islands, said there was a "gross injustice" between Scilly and the Scottish islands, to which travel is subsidised.

BBC: Isles of Scilly helicopter axing provokes economic fears

Rural motorists on the British mainland hoping for a slice of the government's fuel rebate - launched this week on the Isles of Scilly and a group of Scottish Islands - probably shouldn't hold their breath.

BBC: Danny Alexander dampens fuel rebate hopes