The response times of coastguard search and rescue helicopters at Sumburgh will be protected, the coastguard has confirmed.

Alistair was elected to Parliament in 2001 as MP for Orkney and Shetland. Alistair was born and raised on Islay ... Since becoming an MP in 2001, Alistair has campaigned on a range of issues important ...

Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, has been elected Chair of ... a range of issues important to people in the Northern Isles, such as farming, fishing, offshore oil and gas, and ...

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Alistair Carmichael has accused Ofgem of being ‘asleep at the wheel” over controversial changes to electricity meters.

It’s a wonder the wild islands of Orkney have never truly been captured on the big screen before. That has changed with the release in October last year of The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan as ...

A £230 MILLION superyacht owned by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has been spotted sailing around the north of Scotland ...

Shetland and Western Isles councils are due to make decisions on their rates later on Tuesday. If the Orkney council tax increase is approved it would take the bill of average band D property up ...