One in eight children in the Orkney Islands were living in poverty last year, according to "heartbreaking" new figures.

This Thursday marks 100 days to go until the Orkney 2025 Island Games begins. To commemorate the milestone, organised have ...

Orkney Islands Council pressed ahead with the eye ... A councillor who tried unsuccessfully to reduce the increase said he had never seen people so angry about a decision. It becomes the 26th ...

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

FREE inter-island ferry travel for people under the age of 22 has been announced by the Scottish Government. Scots who live ...

Mark Wrigley describes what it’s like taking part in a science festival on an island with just 50 inhabitants and a unique ...

Councillors in Orkney have backed a 15% increase ... "Life is about people and the people have spoken," he said. Island councillors were trying to balance the need to raise revenue with protecting ...

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and ...

For most people, exploring there ... The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Orkney island. I recommend a visit to St John’s Head, Britain’s highest vertical cliff, on Hoy.

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 ...