Every year on May 17, Orkney is one of the only places in the world outside of Norway to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of Norway’s first constitution in 1814 ...

Orkney’s stunning islands were home to advanced Neolithic communities who built monuments older than Stonehenge and the ...

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has marked 50 years since its formation. Elections to the new council took place in May 1974 – ...

Little wonder, then, that when World War II finally came to an end, the celebrations in Orkney went on long into the night.

Eurasian Curlew appears to be bouncing back in Orkney following the removal of Stoats from the archipelago. The first Orkney wader-population survey since a project began in 2019 to remove the ...

They start with Harbour View - a three-levelled house in Stromness, Orkney which, since 2019, has been home to Simon, Amanda and their cats Peaches and Daisy. With a modern Icelandic feel ...

Episode two will stop off in Stromness, Orkney, home of ‘Harbour View’, the dream dwelling of incomer Amanda Tickle. Ms Tickle fell in love with the harbourside home after spending a weekend ...

An electric hydrofoil passenger boat is due to begin testing in Orkney next month after the original arrival dates of January and March came and went. The small vessel, along with another 50-passenger ...

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Plans were recently submitted to the Orkney Islands Council’s planning department for a new terminal at Westray Airport. At just 1.7 miles long, the flight runs between Westray and Papa Westray, in ...