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

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast ...

SSEN Transmission has welcomed the publication by Ofgem in which the energy regulator has provisionally approved plans to provide a subsea electricity transmission link to Orkney. The Orkney Islands ...

I didn’t know if I would retire in Scotland until almost the day that I did. But things happen during a life if you say “yes” to new opportunities. And now, this former elementary-school teacher from ...

House prices in the Orkney Islands increased in August, rising more than the average across Scotland, new figures show.

Citizens and scientists on the Orkney Islands are racing to protect thousands of ancient structures threatened by climate change. Jim Dwyer, a New York Times reporter, and Josh Haner, a Times ...

A project which helps people struggling with low mood during the winter months check out some sunlight from their local ...

Medical supplies and mail could be transported by drones to try and cut delivery times in rural parts of Argyll and Bute.

London — It was a pretty routine order for Dan ap Dafydd. The shopkeeper on Scotland's remote Orkney Islands was just trying to get ahead of the looming Easter holiday rush by ordering chocolate eggs ...

The TalEntEd Islands Programme is funded by the Scottish and UK Governments through the £100 million Islands Growth Deal and ...