Passengers on Orkney’s buses have been hit by the decision to close Kirkwall Travel Centre early on Friday afternoons, from 15 March. Persistent anti social behaviour by youths in and around the […]
A youth pled guilty in a “sang froid” manner: Stromness 100 years ago
A hundred years ago Stromness was a much busier place than it is today and proud of its autonomy from Kirkwall. At the start of March 1924 the Burgh Police Court met […]
More Cases of Domestic Abuse Being Recorded #16Days2023
Sexual crimes in Scotland for the year ending September 2023 were 1% lower compared to the year ending September 2022 (decreasing from 14,838 to 14,704 crimes), but 8% higher compared to the […]
Support for Scottish Food & Drink Businesses with Online Tool to Fight Food Crime
“Food crime is serious fraud and related criminality in food supply chains. It could include adulteration, substitution or misrepresentation of origin amongst other criminal techniques” Ron McNaughton, Head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit at FSS
Leask Jailed for 12 Years
He was convicted on Wednesday, 26 April, 2023 and was sentenced at Edinburgh High Court today ,Wednesday, 24 May, 2023.
Rise in Recorded Domestic Abuse Incidents in Scotland
Police Scotland recorded 65,251 incidents of domestic abuse in 2020-21, an increase of 4% compared to the previous year.
New Thriller Set in Wartime Orkney
“It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most heavily defended naval anchorages in the world.”
“I would like to thank the victims for having the strength to come forward”
Detective Chief Inspector Donald Macdonald, of Police Scotland’s Public Protection Unit has thanked the victims of an Orkney man who has been sentenced to 10 years for serious sexual abuse offences .
Cannabis Plants worth £30,000 Seized in Eday Raid
A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with this recovery. He is due at Kirkwall Sheriff Court at a later date.A full report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
Cracker #OnThisDay
On the 27th of September 1993 the first episode of Cracker was shown on ITV.