The Latest Breaking News from Orkney

Emergency services scrambled to Kirbister Loch, near Orphir in Orkney, after the alarm was raised at around 1pm on Wednesday, May 11.

IT’S the council with the smallest population – and one of just three local authorities in Scotland where Independent members hold a majority of…

The 37-year-old, whose name has not been released, lost his life after his Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A965 at Deepdale, near Stromness, Orkney.

Arnold Mathers, 53, who had decades of experience, was herding cattle at his farm in Orkney when his ATV overturned on July 7, 2020.

MSPs also urge divestment of all Russian holdings from Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme

The vessel had been due to dock on Tuesday.

Grant Shapps has told all UK ports to refuse access to any vessel linked to Russia.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he had written to all UK ports calling on them not to offer facilities to Russian-owned or controlled vessels and the local council confirmed a Russian tanker has cancelled a docking.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she is speaking to the UK Transport Secretary about stopping a Russian tanker docking at at Orkney port.