Labour ministers have been criticised for giving less than 8% of a £360m package to Scotland, which lands more than half of ...

The food minister has faced calls to explain the “ocean-going madness” of spending less than 8% of a new fishing fund on ...

Professor Richard A. Williams gives his insight into the opportunities and the challenges facing Scotland’s Higher Education ...

House prices in the Orkney Islands increased in August, rising more than the average across Scotland, new figures show.

The Caithness Broch Project's tower is proposed for a site near Latheron, south of Wick and would be the first to be ...

A small town in Orkney stands as a stunning coastal town brimming with flourishing independent enterprises, some of which have traded for more than a century. Back in 2019, the high street of Kirkwall ...

The possibility that he served the lifeboat for over half a century piqued our interest and a call to RNLI Heritage ...

Tens of thousands of homes remain without power and weather warnings of high winds remain in place in some areas as Storm Amy slowly pulls away. There will also be some disruption to rail services on ...

Occupied between 3200 and 2500 BCE, Skara Brae in Orkney, Scotland, is Europe’s most complete Neolithic village. Preserved under sand for 4,000 years, it still contains stone houses, furniture, and ...

Edinburgh will become the first place in Scotland to charge visitors a "tourist tax" on top of the cost of their accommodation from next summer. From this week, anyone booking a hotel, B&B, or holiday ...

The Caledonian Sleeper will link Scotland with Birmingham from January in the biggest timetable change in 30 years, according to the overnight train's operators. Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William ...

Council leader Heather Woodbridge after her second day of gravedigger training Orkney Islands Council leader Heather Woodbridge has taken on the role of resident gravedigger on the remote island where ...