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Plans for a 125-turbine wind farm off the north Caithness coast are to go before Highland councillors. The West of Orkney Windfarm site is 31 miles (50km) north west of Thurso and about 18 miles ...

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Councillors in Orkney have confirmed a 15% rise in council tax. The motion passed 15 votes to six at a full council meeting on Tuesday. It is the biggest increase in the levy in Scotland, as councils ...

Councillors in Orkney are poised to vote through a 15% rise in council tax. It would be the biggest increase in the levy in Scotland, as councils across the country opt for the largest rises in ...

Councillors in Orkney have backed a 15% increase in council tax. The 15% rise was passed by 15 votes to six at a meeting of the full Orkney Islands Council, defeating an amendment for a lower rise ...

A woman has claimed her abusive ex-partner might have been involved in the disappearance of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence. The man, whose identity is unknown, supposedly admitted knowing ...

Throughout much of the near 16 years since her daughter went missing, Joan Lawrence has had one unwavering conviction – the police investigation into her disappearance was not thorough enough.