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News / Orkney

Orkney residents trial recycling deposit scheme ahead of 2023 launch
Highlands & Islands

Island residents trial bottle deposit scheme ahead of 2023 launch

7 months ago
Shetland’s damaged subsea cable to Faroe Islands now repaired, confirms operator
Highlands & Islands

Shetland's damaged subsea cable now repaired, confirms operator

7 months ago
Area of sludge in Orkney to be transformed for public with life-size whale sculpture
Highlands & Islands

Area of sludge to be transformed for public with life-size whale sculpture

8 months ago
Daytime sailings on NorthLink Shetland ferries under consideration after concerns over capacity
Highlands & Islands

Daytime sailings on NorthLink ferries mooted over capacity issues

11 months ago
A965 car crash: Man dies following one-vehicle smash near Stromness in Orkney
Highlands & Islands

Driver dies at scene of one-car crash on Orkney road

1 year ago
Sites in Orkney and Scapa Flow awarded special protected marine area status
Highlands & Islands

Two new sites awarded special protected marine area status

1 year ago
Bronze Age immigration to Orkney ‘was mostly led by women’
Highlands & Islands

Bronze Age immigration to Orkney ‘was mostly led by women’

1 year ago
Viking travel routes to be mapped and studied in research project
Scotland

Viking travel routes to be mapped and studied in research project

1 year ago
Light aircraft forced to make emergency landing in field
Highlands & Islands

Light aircraft forced to make emergency landing in field

1 year ago
Dozens of puffins discovered washed up on Orkney beach
Scotland

Dozens of puffins discovered washed up on Orkney beach

1 year ago
Community group awarded grant to further anti-scam work
Highlands & Islands

Community group awarded grant to further anti-scam work

2 years ago
Call for electric car chargers to be included in future house plans
Highlands & Islands

Call for electric car chargers to be included in future house plans

2 years ago
Costa del Kirkwall: Residents enjoy beach day in town centre
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Highlands & Islands

Costa del Kirkwall: Residents enjoy beach day in town centre

2 years ago
Royal Navy divers awarded the Freedom of Orkney
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Highlands & Islands

Royal Navy divers awarded the Freedom of Orkney

2 years ago
Police name diver found dead in Scapa Flow
Highlands & Islands

Police name diver found dead in Scapa Flow

2 years ago
William and Kate travel to Orkney to open new hospital
Highlands & Islands

William and Kate travel to Orkney to open new hospital

2 years ago
Rapist jailed for catalogue of abuse over three decades
Highlands & Islands

Rapist jailed for catalogue of abuse over three decades

2 years ago
Warning of major impact if air traffic control centralised
Highlands & Islands

Warning of major impact if air traffic control centralised

2 years ago
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NHS Lothian and University of Edinburgh ‘liquid biopsy’ pilot could revolutionise treatment for cancer patients
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'Liquid biopsies' could revolutionise treatment for cancer patients

Fire Brigades Union: Governments must ‘heed stark climate crisis warning’ following Scottish wildfire
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'Stark warning' issued over climate crisis amid huge Scots wildfire

Man thanks optician after life-threatening artery blockage detected in first eye test in 40 years
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Man's first eye test in 40 years detects life-threatening artery blockage

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Latest in Highlands & Islands

Woodland destroyed as Cannich wildfire rips through half of RSPB Corrimony nature reserve
Highlands & Islands

Woodland destroyed as wildfire rips through half of nature reserve

Private boat hire to take Scottish Greens minister Lorna Slater to Rum cost £1,200
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Private boat hire to take Lorna Slater to Rum cost £1,200

Man who was injured after fall at Skye beauty spot Lealt Falls airlifted to Raigmore Hospital
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Man airlifted to hospital following fall at Skye beauty spot

Two children in hospital after crash between lorry and car on A87
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Man seriously hurt and two children in hospital after crash with lorry

Moray: Schools threatened by cutbacks as staff face ‘losing hundreds a week’
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Schools threatened by cutbacks as staff face 'losing hundreds a week'

Ferguson Marine chairman defends bonus payments for late ferries as two vessels pulled from service
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Shipyard boss defends bonus payments as two ferries pulled from service

SEPA warns dog owners to keep pets away from bright red rockpools and algae-coated lochs
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Dog owners warned to keep pets away from bright red rockpools

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