An Orkney hotel where a pensioner fell down a lift shaft has been forced to close. The 83-year-old guest was taken to hospital after the incident at The Stromness Hotel on Friday evening.

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Orkney councillors are set to view a report which recommends investigations be undertaken to find out if introducing a ...

Next week Orkney councillors will view a report which recommends investigations be undertaken to find out if introducing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alistair was elected to Parliament in 2001 as MP for Orkney and Shetland. Alistair was born and raised on Islay. He first worked in the hotel industry before attending University of Aberdeen where he ...

A dead fox has been found in Orkney, which has no known fox population. The body of the young female animal was discovered in Kirkwall, near the Balfour Hospital on Tuesday. Staff members at the ...

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