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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

3 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

3 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

4 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

7 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

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

Two new sites awarded special protected marine area status

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

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

12 months 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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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Andrew Innes changed his story on why he killed mother Bennylyn Burke and child Jellica, Dundee Sheriff court told
North East & Tayside

Man changed story about why he killed mum and little girl, court told

William Curtis threatened assassination of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and abducted sheriff
Glasgow & West

Man threatened assassination of Nicola Sturgeon and abducted sheriff

Woman fighting for life after being knocked down by car in Glasgow city centre on same night of fatal crash
Glasgow & West

Woman fighting for life after being knocked down by car in city centre

Glasgow carers ‘engaged in sexual activity’ in patient’s bedroom while on duty for Community Integrated Care
Glasgow & West

Carers 'engaged in sexual activity' in patient's bedroom

Breaking News
Queen’s Park kicked out of Scottish Cup for fielding ineligible player
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Queen's Park kicked out of Scottish Cup for fielding ineligible player

Tributes to ‘talented and generous’ Highland Council solicitor killed in road crash
Highlands & Islands

Tributes to 'talented and generous' solicitor hit by car in fatal crash

India Willoughby: Toxic transgender debate is driven by media misinformation
Politics

India Willoughby: 'Toxic gender debate driven by media misinformation'

Latest in Highlands & Islands

Cyclist dies in hospital after being struck by car in ‘rural location’ in Inverness-shire
Highlands & Islands

Cyclist dies in hospital after being struck by car on rural road

Man charged after ScotRail train and car collide on level crossing in Highlands between Inverness and Nairn
Highlands & Islands

Man charged after ScotRail train and car collide on level crossing

Solitary cottage with ‘beautiful’ sea views in Thurso hits market for £150,000
Highlands & Islands

Solitary cottage with 'beautiful' sea views hits market for £150,000

‘First World War’ bomb found by first-time metal detectorist near school in Invergordon
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Highlands & Islands

First-time metal detectorist's 'fear' on finding 'WWI' bomb near school

Invergordon Academy shut after ‘unexploded device’ found as local streets closed
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Highlands & Islands

School closed and homes evacuated after 'unexploded device' found

Rape and sexual abuse survivors in Highlands waiting 18 months for help, charity warns
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Highlands & Islands

Abuse survivors waiting 18 months for help, charity warns

Knoydart: Meet the people living in Scotland’s remote wilderness
Highlands & Islands

Knoydart: Meet the people living in Scotland's remote wilderness

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Cladding: Residents at Lancefield Quay, Glasgow, call for action to make their fire-risk homes safe
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Glasgow & West

Cladding: Residents demand action to make fire-risk homes safe

What’s On Scotland: Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal from Strictly Come Dancing
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Home is where the hard graft is for Strictly star Hamza

Emma Cameron
‘Waking watch’ patrol introduced at fire-threat Lancefield Quay apartment complex in Glasgow
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Glasgow & West

'Waking watch’ patrol introduced at fire-threat block of flats

Family seeking asylum fear broken system after being evicted from Coatbridge property and left homeless
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Glasgow & West

Family seeking asylum left homeless after 12-hour ordeal

Interest rates hiked to 4% by Bank of England as shallower recession expected
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UK & International

Interest rates hiked to 4% as shallower recession expected

Michael Beale backs Alfredo Morelos over celebration row as Rangers star branded ‘idiot’ by Neil McCann
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Sport

Beale backs Morelos over celebration after Rangers star branded 'idiot'

Freddies Food Club takeaway engulfed by fire forcing Great Western Road in Glasgow to shut
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Glasgow & West

Takeaway engulfed by fire forcing Great Western Road to shut

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Milk caps: Why supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Waitrose are ditching coloured lids?
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Why are supermarkets ditching coloured lids on milk bottles?

What’s On Scotland: Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal from Strictly Come Dancing
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Insight

Home is where the hard graft is for Strictly star Hamza

Emma Cameron
Solitary cottage with ‘beautiful’ sea views in Thurso hits market for £150,000
Highlands & Islands

Solitary cottage with 'beautiful' sea views hits market for £150,000

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