Storm Bram swept across the UK, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds. In Yesnaby, the intense weather generated rough waves ...

The 20th International Island Games held in Orkney this summer boosted the local economy by £4m, a report has confirmed. The event, held over six days in July, cost £3.6m to stage and involved 1,630 ...

The RSPB said latest data indicated a 21% rise in curlews in Orkney, in contrast to mainland Scotland and other parts of the UK The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a ...

A small, electric passenger ferry is beginning a three-year trial in Orkney. The vessel uses new hydrofoil technology and could cut travel times between islands significantly. The ferry has been built ...

A project to eradicate stoats from Orkney has been granted £4m to continue its work. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project has spent £7.9m trapping more than 6,300 stoats on the islands since 2019. The ...

The UK Government has rejected suggestions Orkney could loosen ties with the United Kingdom. Orkney’s council leader James Stockan has put forward a motion which says it is time for the islands to ...

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - 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 ...

A stunning island roughly 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland has been named one of the world’s most beautiful places to visit in 2025. The list was created by writers and editors of publishing ...

A historic shipwreck discovered on Orkney following winter storms is to be preserved in a freshwater tank. The wreck, thought to date from the 17th century and possibly Dutch, rose from the sands of ...

Orkney could leave the UK and become a territory of Norway under new proposals to explore “alternative forms of governance” for the archipelego. Shetlanders push for independence from Scotland One ...

German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt had never visited the remote Scottish islands of Orkney before directing Amy Liptrot’s 2016 memoir The Outrun. Liptrot’s book tells the author’s story of a young ...