Skara Brae was inhabited before the Egyptian Pyramids were built and had flourished for centuries before construction began at Stonehenge. The structures of this village survive in impressive ...

Manx swimmers enjoyed their final gala before setting off to compete in the Island Games next week with a £3,000 boost from ...

Swimmer Laura Kinley will have the honour of carrying the Manx flag into next weekend’s Orkney Island Games opening ceremony.

The hard-bitten, shark-hunting, salty sea dog from Steven Spielberg's 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws was a defining role for ...

Sanday, the rugged Orcadian isle where pods of orcas spend their winters, isdrawing not just ocean wildlife but a wave of new residents – ...

In this video, we explore the magnificent neolithic constructions on the Islands of Orkney. The Stones of Stenness, located ...

The Scottish government has officially granted offshore consent to the 2GW West of Orkney wind farm - the first ScotWind initiative to achieve both onshore planning permission and offshore approval.

Orkney Islands Council has accepted it must remain part of the UK - after spending two years exploring opportunities for ...

Leading criminal lawyer Aamer Anwar believes the case of a former soldier convicted of the murder 31 years ago of a ...

A multi-billion pound 2GW windfarm off the western shore of Orkney has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish ...

The average price of a house in Orkney has risen by over 60% in the last five years – the steepest rise of any council area in Scotland. According to figures from the UK House Price Index, Orkney’s ...

Back in Orkney, many are remembering Robert Shaw as one of their own. For Bryce Wilson, it all comes back to that childhood in Stromness and the sea.