The current state of readiness for coastguard search-and-rescue helicopters will be protected, it was announced today (Tuesday, ). Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the news ...

Police are appealing for information relating to a collision between two vehicles outside Hatston Motors on Scott’s Road in ...

One of Scotland’s best-loved comedy couples renewed their marriage vows while filming in Orkney, last year. Julie Wilson ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. Fear for what the future holds for the care sector ...

A 20-year-old man has made no plea to a charge of making a bogus bomb threat about a Loganair flight. Ross Buchan allegedly ...

Kirkwall Airport has been opened again this afternoon (Saturday, January 4), after reports of a “threatening communication” ...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a report of a threatening communication made to Kirkwall Airport on ...

Stronsay residents are facing a night without mains electricity in what is understood to be the third power cut to affect the ...

Orkney is blanketed in snow, this Friday, as the UK faces a weekend of severe winter weather. Stagecoach have suspended its ...

The dark winter night will glow with light-laden tractors as Orkney’s farmers pull out all the stops once more for charity.

The most precious gift of all arrived for one family this Christmas Day. An extra-special delivery came the way of Kirsty and ...

Uppies and Doonies will fill Broad Street today for the annual New Year Ba’ games. The two sides will meet for the Boys’ Ba ...