The Orkney Fund Board has approved £461,528 of funding for community projects across Orkney — marking the first time capital grants have been awarded through the programme. The Orkney Fund is a £20 ...

Bookworms will rejoice this week as the newly expanded Stromness Books and Prints opens, across the road from the premises it ...

Fixed links will be on the agenda for Heather Woodbridge, as she is set to speak at a hearing on bridges, tunnels and other ...

The Waterfront Gallery in Stromness will soon be up for sale, as owner Trudi Hall gets back to the craft she began the ...

Is Stromness being sidelined from the cruise liner jackpot? The sector brings in an estimated £12 to £15 million a year to ...

Taylah Paterson has spoken of how privileged she feels as she captains her country at one of the top athletic events in the UK. Sprinter Paterson was named Scotland captain for today’s Loughborough ...

Lounges offering new state-of-the-art “lie-flat” pods have been unveiled onboard NorthLink Ferries. The lounges offer 18 ...

Pop-punk frenzy filled Rapture on Saturday night, as it hosted the UK’s only Green Day and Blink 182 tribute act.

A Kirkwall woman is walking a mile a day this May to raise awareness of prostate cancer after both her father and uncle were ...

Liam McArthur has failed in his bid to become presiding officer in the Scottish Parliament. Orkney’s MSP was knocked out in ...

The first sighting of a stoat outside of the Mainland and Linked South Isles has been confirmed. The presence of the invasive non-native species in Rousay has been described as “deeply concerning” — ...