A new boss has been found to take the helm at NHS Orkney, until a permanent chief executive can be found. In June, Laura ...

Police in Orkney are appealing for information following a housebreaking and theft in Kirkwall. The incident happened between ...

The contents of Kirkwall’s public bins was on full display, last week, as several overflowed. The state of bins in the town ...

Summer swarms have seen insect spray “flying off the shelves” — but are these pollinators really such a pest? Not according ...

Fishing leaders across Scotland are demanding an immediate stop to further offshore wind farm consents — warning ministers they are on course to gamble away the nation’s seas, jobs and coastal ...

Is making the most of Kirkwall a 20mph zone “excessive” or will it keep us all much safer? Opinion appears divided as Orkney Islands Council (OIC) launches a consultation on the move. The local ...

Two Orkney acts are on the shortlist for this year’s Scots Language Awards. Orkney Voices’ production of Vaigan b’ the Shore, based on the work of Orcadian poet and naturalist Robert Rendall, has been ...

Drug supply offences recorded in Orkney quadrupled, last year. This is according Police Scotland figures due to be presented to Orkney Islands Council’s police and fire sub-committee, next Tuesday. As ...

A new head of planning and regulatory services at Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has been appointed. Gavin Barr will take on responsibility for a range of services including development management, ...