The Latest Breaking News from Orkney

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Unite has called for the enforcement of sanctions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The NS Champion oil tanker, majority-owned by the Russian state, is due to berth in Orkney on Tuesday

Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has urged the Prime Minister to "act without delay" to ensure the tanker is "sanctioned and denied access for their vessels"

Her bestselling debut, The Outrun, told of finding solace on Orkney after a hedonistic decade in London. Now, having briefly been drawn back to city life, she is exploring our animal instincts

Archaeologists excavating the windswept Ness of Brodgar are unearthing a treasure trove of neolithic villages, tombs, weapons and mysterious religious artefacts, some to be displayed in a blockbuster exhibition

Orkney Islands Council confirmed the death of a teen, who was a fourth-year pupil at Kirkwall Grammar School.