Kinlay Francis reflects on 15 years as an Orkney tour guide showing tourists from around the world the islands’ attractions ...

To many people on the UK mainland and beyond, the Shetland and Orkney Islands are ‘somewhere up at the top’ of the map of Great Britain. In fact the Shetland Isles are located in the North Atlantic, ...

Lower Coubister, extending to 3.7 acres or thereby, Firth, KW17 2ET ...

Gusts of over 85mph hit Orkney last night, according to weather watchers, as storm Ashley made itself known. The first named storm of the season brought heavy rain and wind speeds, including a ...

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Police were received reports of a disturbance outside of a property in Kirkwall, Orkney around 11pm on Tuesday night. Paramedics also attended the scene and a 38-year-old man was found seriously ...

A critically-injured man was airlifted to hospital after being assaulted in Orkney. The incident happened on Burnmouth Road in Kirkwall on Tuesday night. Police Scotland said the 38-year-old man ...

Figures in this article are not seasonally adjusted. The provisional average house price in Orkney Islands in August 2024 was £211,000. This was higher than the average of £199,000 in August 2023 ...

A dead fox has been found in Orkney, which has no known fox population. The body of the young female animal was discovered in Kirkwall, near the Balfour Hospital on Tuesday. Staff members at the ...

Getty Images The Ness is south-east of the Neolithic stone circle, the Ring of Brodgar The Ness lies just south-east of the Ring of Brodgar, the neolithic stone circle which can be seen as Orkney ...

Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join archaeologists from around the world who have gathered in Orkney to investigate one of Europe's biggest digs. Show more Orkney ...