The award-winning Orkney Folk Festival kicks off this Thursday, following record breaking ticket sales for the 42nd edition ...

Over 120 people are getting set to burn the midnight oil, and trek across three different routes — all to raise money for a beloved cancer support charity. Clan Cancer Support’s Monumental Midnight ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. “I’m doing a 25-year life sentence for something I ...

The Princess Royal will officially open the Orkney 2025 International Island Games, it has been announced. HRH The Princess ...

The man convicted for a 30-year-old Kirkwall murder case will, in this week’s edition of The Orcadian, tell his side of the ...

Sprinter Taylah Paterson says a return to top-quality competition and winning her sixth Scotland cap in the process was a ...

The UK Government’s deal with the EU has been branded a “horror show” for the fishing sector, as Orkney politicians and ...

May 20, 2025 at 6:05 pm New owners of the West End Guesthouse, from the left: Nicky and Kirsten Bichan, and Jacqui and Liam Robertson. (Orkney Photographic) The new owners of The West End have told ...

An electric hydrofoil vessel has arrived in Orkney to begin sea trials prior to being put into service. The Artemis EF-12 ...

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has marked 50 years since its formation. Elections to the new council took place in May 1974 – ...

Folk in Orkney are rolling up their sleeves and donating blood, the first time they have been able to do that on their ...