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9 days ago
One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year.
63 days ago
The pioneering light boxes helping Orkney islanders avoid seasonal affective disorder ⊖
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Wintering Well boxes to counter effects of low light on mental health are ‘super popular’, says island librarian
“Boxes of light” are being used to help people who struggle with low winter mood while …
3 months ago
Archaeologists make 'extraordinary discovery' in Orkney - but won't say what it is ○
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
Expert on killer's defence team now believes he is guilty ⊖⊖
A BBC documentary series sheds new light on the murder of waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood in Orkney in 1994.
Orkney Islands under siege from cruise ships full of anti-social tourists who take over buses, clog roads... and defecate next to neolithic landmarks ○
Locals on a windswept Scottish island claim they are under siege from thousands of anti-social tourists every year with the situation so stark that visitors who are caught short are now defecating.
4 months ago
Cruise control: could a £5 ‘entry’ fee help balance Orkney’s needs with tourist demand? ⊕⊕
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With tourists outnumbering locals by 20:1, islanders say levy is needed to help protect neolithic sites and maintain public services
Artisan jewellery, gift and whisky shops crowd the main street of K…
How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back ⊕
More than a million people in the UK experience symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder - but a project is aiming to help people in Orkney look after their mental health.
‘There were stoats in kitchen cupboards’: AI deployed to help save Orkney’s birds ⊕⊕
Stoats have been an existential threat to Orkney’s rare birds but technology is helping to eradicate them
At first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its sl…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup ⊖
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Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan; The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves; The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer; Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet; The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek
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‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland ⊕
With her latest book, the author moves detective Jimmy Perez from Shetland to Orkney, where she was inspired by the deep history, huge skies and warm people
Fifty years ago, I headed north for the fir…