Trips to conferences for Orkney’s marine staff have racked up a £25,000 bill in each of the last two years, The Orcadian can ...

A 22-year-old man has died after reportedly falling from a boat yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called out to an incident between Hoy and Stromness, which is understood to have involved a ...

The Orcadian’s Alex Ross swapped her pen for a trowel as she took part in the “dig of a lifetime” at Brodgar, last week. The ...

An Orphir couple are to make massive strides for a charity supporting sick children, after their little boy’s stay at the ...

A Tankerness couple believe they may have a novel solution to Orkney’s housing crisis, after successfully converting a ...

A COLOSSAL cabbage which would — quite literally — bowl over the competition at any horticultural show, has sprouted in a ...

Shopping Week will provide the latest chance to give feedback on plans for the development of Stromness Community Centre. The ...

Dozens of bikers are set to head to Hoy this weekendday in aid of a beloved Orkney charity. It is hoped that more than 40 ...

Brothers visiting the graves of their ancestors in Sanday have been left saddened by the state of two kirkyards. Gates in ...

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and its councillors have doubled down on their refusal to engage with the press and public on ...

Tax exemption on flights leaving Orkney will be extended to incoming passengers when the Scottish Government rolls out its ...

Orkney’s creel fishery has achieved a world-first accolade, marking high standards for responsible, transparent and community ...