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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Reform UK will stand in as many Orkney wards as possible at next year’s council election, the party has announced. Next May ...

Manse Road Play Park has re-opened, becoming Orkney’s first fully inclusive play park. It is hoped that children of all abilities, as well as adults, will be able to soak up the sunshine in the ...