Fran Hollinrake, curator of Kirkwall’s St Magnus Cathedral, was standing in front of a series of medieval relics – a hangman’s ladder, ornamented gravestone pediments, fragments of tomb decoration (in ...

A green energy sea cable project overseen by Ed Miliband risks spreading nuclear waste across the pristine beaches of Orkney.

A jewellery shop, distillery, primary school, garden centre and council offices were hit during snowy weather.

Six common dolphins including two calves became stranded in the Bay of Tuquoy off Westray on Tuesday.

The Stones of Stenness in Orkney may be the earliest henge monument in the British Isles. Excavations reveal ritual activity, ...

The council said the budget gave “early indications that funding for Phase 1 for Orkney’s Ferry Replacement Programme has ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast ...

The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most northerly tip of Scotland. A lone figure stood alone among the 3,000 ...