Bird is the word There's prolific birdlife year-round in Orkney, but a visit in late spring or summer can mean witnessing some truly remarkable seabird colonies. Try RSPB Marwick Head, on Mainland ...

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 ...

Labour ministers have been criticised for giving less than 8% of a £360m package to Scotland, which lands more than half of ...

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 ...

Orkney’s mobile library van, affectionately known as Booky McBookface, will distribute boxes across the archipelago.

Why I went: We’re interested in the lives of ancient peoples. But the August 2014 National Geographic article “Before Stonehenge” was the deciding factor. Don’t miss: Take in all the neolithic sites ...

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 ...

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

A Scottish couple are selling a 19th-century church that they converted into vacation apartments. Kirkdale Apartments in Evie, Orkney, is on the market for £525,000, or around $650,900. The couple ...

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

Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, it has interests in 48 fields (of which it operates 38) on the UK Continental Shelf with 11 offshore installations (10 fixed and one floating) and two onshore terminals – ...