The deliberations by elected members on the harbor authority subcommittee, scheduled for this week's meeting, herald the unfolding tale of Orkney's maritime future.

Paul Hutton, CEO of Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, said: “This is an aeroplane that people are very familiar with and that is already used today in the Orkney Islands, but instead of its ...

A primary school in Orkney has welcomed an unusual new intake of pupils, with a class made up entirely of 18 boys. The very rare occurrence at Stromness Primary is a first for P1 class teachers ...

But Lilia knew nothing of the island's eccentricities, and when the Orkney people told her tales, she only giggled. "Don't laugh," they warned her, and they explained that nearly every mound in ...

The council's latest motion may not herald a literal reunification with Norway, but it is the latest in a series of strategic and symbolic gestures to leverage Orkney's distinct Norse heritage in ...

The Stone Age equivalent of a cathedral has been unearthed in Orkney, the largest structure of its kind found in Britain. It dates to the Neolithic period (7000-1700BC) and was found not far ...

Police investigating the 26-year-old's death are also planning to go to the service, which will be held a few hours before her funeral in the Orkney Islands. Mr Howell said the two services would ...

Once a place where the fossil fuel Klondike brought pioneering energy change generations ago, now Orkney pushes the green energy revolution. When you enter the small housing estate where Jonathan ...

Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an "incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm, East Mainland, was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians ...

The continued success of the Lava Cup – a seven-a-side football tournament for the over-40s which raises money for local ...

With Venice and Telluride film festivals recently concluding, Toronto International Film Festival currently underway, and New York Film Festival to begin two weeks from now, we're currently in the ...

The UK's first commercial drone mail service, in Orkney, is to be extended to 2026, it has been announced. The Orkney I-Port operation was launched by Royal Mail and drone firm Skyports in August ...