The first earthquake took place just after at 3.03am and hit 2.2 on the Richter scale - the scale used to measure the ...

New maps from weather watchers at WXCharts show huge swathes of the UK turning white as a fresh blasting of snow comes ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst is ‘absolutely’ planning on a launch this year.

In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

After entering administration in September, it's been a worrying time for workers in Methil and on the Isle of Lewis.

A new state-run Scottish island ferry service at the heart ... March: The ferries' sister ship the Isle of Islay is launched on time and on budget in just 18 months by a Turkish shipyard.

Scotland recorded 100mph gusts of wind as Storm Eowyn swept across the country. The Met Office described the storm as ...

The Scottish government has offered to fund a feasibility study into establishing the Western Isles' first Gaelic language ...

I have arrived in Orkney, the 70-island archipelago that lies beyond the farthest tip of the Scottish mainland. It is early October, and I am here to research my new book, The Secret of the Druids ...