Recently, the Orkney Islands Council ignited a debate that ... the store in downtown Kirkwall is the best place to pick up a souvenir, such as a bottle of whisky or a box of fudge with a special ...

Why Orkney of all places? How did this scatter of islands off the northern tip of Scotland come to be such a technological, cultural, and spiritual powerhouse? “For starters, you have to stop ...

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native ... since their arrival on the Scottish islands 15 years ago. Since 2019, nearly ...

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A manufacturer and supplier of fragrance and wellbeing products has opened a new shop in Farsley's Sunny Bank Mills.

A few miles away, in the turbulent waters to the east of the Orkney Islands, efforts are being made to harness a different form of marine energy. Lurking on the surface is a giant yellow machine ...

Neil Gray was appointed cabinet secretary for health and social care earlier this year after shamed MSP Michael Matheson ...

The volunteer graffiti hunter told BBC Radio Orkney she had been excited to take ... Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands, said: "We find these sort of markings in all sorts ...

Britain’s Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering “alternative forms of governance” which could include becoming part of Norway ...

The Scottish government said in 2023-24 Orkney Islands Council would receive £89.7m to fund services, with an extra £4.6m from an increase in council tax by 10%.

Published Oct 30 A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the islands, conservationists said. The Orkney Native Wildlife ...