Captain James Moodie died in 1725. He had received a scimitar and scabbard, a mace, and a dagger and sheath from Archduke Charles of Austria in 1707. Relatives have now donated the items to Orkney ...

A 22-year-old is arrested after an incident outside a premises on Burnmouth Road in Kirkwall. The 38-year-old man was airlifted from Kirkwall to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The body of the young ...