Malcolm Russell lives in Finstown and is secretary of the Orkney Trout Fishing Association Residents have reported seeing thousands on beaches including Elwick Bay in Shapinsay and the Bay of ...

And Police in Orkney advised against any non-essential ... including the A965 between Kirkwall and Finstown, and some properties in St Margaret's Hope were flooded due to a burst burn.

Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of modern-day Scotland—erected a complex of monumental buildings unlike anything ...

I couldn't help thinking: I've got to tell somebody about this place. The place is Orkney. Seventy islands (20 inhabited) off the northeast coast of Scotland—and a lot more skerries and holms ...

Former Scotsman columnist Christine Muir’s descriptions of life on Orkney were written about 40 to 50 years ago, but her words still enchant today “All we have is every day,” the designer ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic, a story every bit as gripping as the Norse sagas is ...

The wreckage of an old wooden ship which was discovered on an Orkney beach is beginning to break up. Attempts to rescue the separated pieces began on Sanday on Monday afternoon. It is thought a ...

BBC Radio Orkney brings you 'Around Orkney' every weekday from 07:30-08:00. The programme features local news and weather, diary, the jobspot, mart report and postbag. Listen to the most recent show.

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Check the status of your domestic or international Orkney Kirkwall (KOI) flight with the help of our live arrivals and departures board. Switch between arriving and departing flights from Orkney ...