Orkney

John Mackay, 51, went missing in Inverness in November and remains were found on an Orkney beach last month.

Eleven Scottish sites are among 18 projects to receive UK government funds to help them decarbonise.

More than 1,000 locations across Scotland will be used for the community vaccination programme.

Volunteers led the rescue effort to save the young 11ft-long stranded orca in Orkney.

A six-mile control zone is set up after Scotland's first serious case of avian flu since 2016 is confirmed.

Official figures show Scotland edging closer to the goal of having 100% of its electricity need generated by renewables.

Relatives of Inverness man John Mackay, not seen since last month, have now been informed of the Orkney find.

An issue with getting the Pfizer vaccine to some Scottish islands is resolved.

Police Scotland say that further examination and analysis is being carried out into the find in Orkney.

The requirement to store Pfizer at low temperatures has currently limited the rollout to some Scottish isles.

The head of the International Island Games Association says there was no choice but to postpone the event until 2023.

What do we know of the technology behind the ships at the centre of the Ferguson shipyard fiasco?

Guernsey will host the postponed 2021 Island Games in 2023 following its original delay due to Covid-19.

Serco NorthLink sees a big drop in numbers amid Covid but says it is "heartened" by recent figures.

The Sea of Hebrides, the largest of the new Marine Protected Areas, is visited by basking sharks.

The £3bn upgrade of the A9 between Inverness and Perth is the focus of the new research.

The Aberdeen centre will support babies, children and young people with disabilities and life-limiting conditions.

The union Prospect says a move to centralise control at Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd will cost jobs.

Six people from two households will be able to meet in a home in the Northern and Western Isles from Friday.