First Minister makes Orkney pit-stop during Northern Isles tour

The Scottish First Minister, John Swinney, is in Orkney today.

Mr Swinney took in a whistle stop tour of Orkney businesses, including Sheila Fleet and the Deerness Distillery, before attending a campaign event with the SNP Orkney candidate, Robert Leslie, at Kirkwall’s King Street Halls.

Tonight he will fly north to Shetland where he will campaign with SNP candidate Hannah Mary Goodlad.

While in Orkney he spoke to The Orcadian about issues including the Scapa Deep Water Quay, as well as problems recruiting care workers and the availability of rural housing.

Read more in the next edition of The Orcadian.