A man has died following a diving incident near Orkney.
The alarm was raised for the 50-year-old in Scapa Flow at around 11.30am on Tuesday.
He was taken to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall, where he was pronounced dead, Police Scotland confirmed.
A force spokesman said: “A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”
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