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 ...

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

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

ORKNEY is set to be home to the UK's largest publicly-owned wind farm in a major new project. Construction on the wind farm ...

The best-selling author behind TV series Shetland has said there could be more books featuring the exploits of DI Jimmy Perez following the launch of her latest novel. Ann Cleeves' new book The ...

Orkney residents will benefit from a programme to help those with Seasonal Adjustment Disorder (SAD) in a bid to improve ...

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

Police searches and investigations have so far been unsuccessful and the community is asked to come forward with any ...

Orkney’s mobile library van, affectionately known as Booky McBookface, will distribute boxes across the archipelago.

From the moment Stonehenge was rediscovered in the Middle Ages, locating the origin of its megaliths has been an obsession. In his 12th century chronicle of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed King ...