Stoats have spread from mainland Orkney to the outer isles, experts have confirmed. The creature, which is not native to the ...

As you wander through some of the world’s most remarkable Neolithic ruins and standing stone circles, you could be forgiven for thinking the fierce winds that blow over the remote Orkney Islands carry ...

Efforts are underway to trap the creature ...

Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them away as a royal ...

A body recovered from the water off the Orkney island of Stronsay has been confirmed as a missing monk. Justin Evans, 24, who ...

Presenter Lorraine Kelly will host the opening ceremony of the Island Games in Orkney this summer. The broadcaster will welcome athletes from 24 islands and island groups across the world to Kirkwall ...

Norwegian flags will be flying in Kirkwall’s high street this weekend alongside Scottish Saltires, Union flags and the Orkney ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Who: Aiden, Dylan, Alex and Safia Rupe of Evergreen Where: Skara Brae Prehistoric Village, Orkney Islands. Skara Brae is the most well-preserved prehistoric ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ride ...