Deserted island has a brand new Rona

AN island has been snapped up by a hedge fund manager as its only two residents prepare to leave.

- By Katharine Hay

Rona is home to roaming deer, marine life, such as minke whales and sea eagles, and Bill Cowie and Lorraine Shill - who have looked after it since the early 2000s.

But they are retiring in the autumn so the island’s owners have sold it to Fior Rona Ltd, a firm set up by hedge fund manager Danny Luhde-Thompson and wife Cressida Pollock.