The Orkney Islands have seen a 213% increase in recorded sexual crime over the last 10 years, while the number of drugs crimes recorded in the area increased by 185% in the same time frame.
Scotland's coronavirus infection rate may have risen above one for the first time in months, Nicola Sturgeon has announced, as public health officials tackle multiple local outbreaks across the country.
Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of tastelessly "crowing" about the Union on a trip to Scotland during the Covid-19 crisis.
Boris Johnson will mark his first year in Downing Street with a visit to northern Scotland tomorrow, amid surging support for independence and claims cabinet ministers are in “panic mode” about the fate of the Union.
Serco Northlink Ferries has revealed that passenger numbers on their services, which operate between Aberdeen Harbour and the Northern Isles, reduced by 95% during phase one and two of lockdown.
After three years of work, an exhibition of reimagined waterfront areas in Aberdeen and Orkney by architecture students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to be shown online.
It's World Gin Day tomorrow - here are the top gins from the north-east and the Highlands and Islands you can toast the occasion with.
Police are appealing for information after a north-east man died following a crash in Orkney.
Julia Bryce talks to bakers from across Scotland to get a taste of what they are up against.
These carved stone balls are a selection of the 15 in the Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum’s collection.
The firm has committed to introducing smart tickets and a green travel campaign to help reduce emissions
Aberdeen travellers could be denied trips to the Northern Isles as Serco NorthLink Ferries cracks down on non-essential travel.
Work has begun on a 30-tonne wave machine which is scheduled to be deployed in Orkney this autumn.
Passengers on ferries sailing from Aberdeen to Shetland and Orkney will be treated to a new series of on-board safety announcements.
Aberdeenshire has been listed as the fourth best place in Scotland to be a girl.
The first part of a new fundraising art trail which will light up the north-east has been decorated.
Two cases of measles have been confirmed following ferry journeys between Aberdeen and Shetland.
The north-east will be lit up next year in aid of a leading cancer charity.
A project to build the world’s “most powerful” floating tidal turbine has been awarded £3.4 million of Scottish Government funding.
Every week our new series focuses on different hidden gems in the collections of the Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum and Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives
An Aberdeen-based children's charity has joined forces with a jewellery designer to create a new line of exclusive pieces.
Patients in the north-east waiting for elective surgeries could be offered space at an island hospital to speed up the process.
An Aberdeen university is set to offer apprenticeships to remote students.
A north-east cancer charity has encouraged residents to support its shops during the festive period.
An investigation is under way after a north-east man died in a motorcycle crash.
A north-east motorcyclist has died after a crash in Orkney.
Archaeologists have discovered the hand and knee prints of a Pictish metal smith while excavating a settlement in Orkney.
A health chief has moved to reassure staff they will not be forced to work outside the north-east.
A cruise ship bound for Aberdeen from Amsterdam will be the first to dock at a new £350 million harbour, the Evening Express can reveal today.
Microsoft has sunk a data centre off the coast of Orkney to create quicker and “eco-friendly” internet.