Two incidents of vehicular damage — one potentially to gain access to the vehicle — have lead to police appeals in the last month. This morning, Monday July 28, between 11.10 and 11.30 a blue Skoda ...

A 82-year-old Finstown woman died due to careless driving by a Stromness man, who today pleaded guilty at Kirkwall Sheriff Court. Ewan Paul Brown admitted causing death by driving without due care and ...

Hundreds — rather than thousands — of internet users in Orkney and Shetland were affected by damage to a subsea internet ...

Normal service has resumed with phone lines at The Balfour, NHS Orkney has confirmed. The update comes, this Sunday morning, a day after subsea cable damage caused numerous internet and telephony ...

Phone lines at The Balfour remain out of action this Saturday afternoon, amid persistent internet and telephony issues in ...

Construction of a port in Scapa Flow could temporarily deafen fish at a nearby salmon farm, a planning objection has claimed. Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has claimed that the Scapa Deep Water Quay could ...

It has been confirmed a much-anticipated second Carers Conference will take place in Orkney later this year. It follows on ...

July 24, 2025 at 2:45 pm The passenger shuttle from Aurrigo on display in London. Could a driverless shuttle become a cornerstone of public transport in Orkney? This is what a newly funded project ...

Demand for CLAN’s Children and Family Services (CFS) in Orkney has more than doubled in the last year, prompting the recruitment of a dedicated role within the charity’s Kirkwall centre. CLAN ...

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery has been made at a Rousay excavation — in the shape of human head carved from stone. Diggers ...