The number of Orkney Islands households on Universal Credit hit by the benefit cap soared last year, new figures show.

First-time buyer mortgage sales in the Orkney Islands increased in 2023, new figures show – despite a drop across the UK.

A 10% increase to fees for a short-term let licence in Orkney has been branded “disgusting” by a woman who has often served ...

Orkney Islands Council previously voted in 2017 to ... On the street in Orkney people come up and say to me when are we going to pay back the dowry, when are we going back to Norway, “There ...

Councillors in Scotland have sparked a backlash for accepting bumper pay rises while imposing council tax increases of up to ...

Picture the scene: it’s approaching sunset at Eynhallow Sound, a stretch of sea between Mainland and Rousay. Seals with oily ...

Councillors in Orkney have backed a 15% increase in council tax. The 15% rise was passed by 15 votes to six at a meeting of the full Orkney Islands Council, defeating an amendment for a lower rise of ...

Andy Toogood reflects on his own personal experience of dementia and on becoming Orkney’s first ever Admiral Nurse.

The Orkney Folk Festival has announced its full programme for the 2025 event. The festival, which will take place between May ...

With the upcoming Island Games, Orkney 12 to 18 July 2025 just around the corner, and with the anticipated participation of a Falkland Islands delegation, Mike Summers, chair of the Falklands ...