A man who forced the closure of Orkney's Kirkwall Airport after telling a staff member "airplane goes boom" has been jailed for four years. Ross Buchan, 21, admitted making repeated phonecalls, saying ...

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 ...

Orkney Islands Council has closed the junction between the Grainshore Road junction with the A965 due to flooding. Traffic ...

Openreach has confirmed internet services have finally been restored - after almost four weeks of outages for many customers.

October 15, 2025 felt like any other crisp autumn morning in Orkney—until it wasn’t. Tucked among rolling green hills, EMEC ...

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 ...

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

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

Ferry passengers left stranded at a Caithness port after a ‘cargo shift’ crushed several vehicles will be able to sail later ...

The best-selling author behind TV series Shetland has said there could be more books featuring the exploits of DI Jimmy Perez ...

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