A man who forced the closure of Orkney's Kirkwall Airport after telling a staff member "airplane goes boom" has been jailed ...

Heavy rainfall has led to widespread disruption on roads across Orkney. Part of the Grainshore Road on the outskirts of ...

Two Orkney mums, who spent months away from home as their premature babies fought to survive, hope a new fundraising and ...

A petition signed by over 1,000 people opposing widespread 20mph speed limits in Orkney is not a “valid objection” to ...

Archaeologists at Ness of Brodgar in Orkney have uncovered two examples of Neolithic pottery - discoveries that could offer ...

Orkney Islands Council has secured a £62.1m loan from the National Wealth Fund to build its six-turbine Quanterness wind farm. The 28.8 MW project will export power to the national grid, supporting ...

Openreach has confirmed internet services have finally been restored - after almost four weeks of outages for many customers.

Repairs to the sub-sea cable which brings internet services to Shetland are expected to take more than a week. The cable was damaged in rough seas on Friday in shallow waters about a mile off the ...

The proportion of adults smoking cigarettes in the Orkney Islands was higher than the average across the UK these past few years, new figures suggest.

A novel hydrogen combustion engine technology trial, led by EMEC at Kirkwall Airport in Orkney in the UK, was completed in ...

Orkney Library staff have recreated the famous portrait wall from the Traitors castle - using celebrities' memoirs.

Marcus Cordock and Rosemary Moon share the best of Orkney's food, drink and crafts. Join them for interviews, stories and ...