The popular Postman Pat playpark at the Stromness Community Centre has been closed after a bench in the park was deliberately ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. Not one of the 21 sitting Orkney Islands ...

Orkney youngsters will help rename two wards at The Balfour.  Children in P4-7 are being asked to share their ideas with NHS Orkney, in a bid to rename the hospitals two inpatient wards.  Currently ...

Orkney’s 15 per cent council tax rise is set to feature on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 this afternoon. Council leader ...

One of Orkney’s most remote family farms is calling for a helping hand. “Off-grid” life, farming a treasured Orcadian flock on the island of Auskerry, has been a labour of love for Simon Brogan and ...

Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days. Royal Mail shared this update ...

Reports of a man overboard from mv Hamnavoe as the ferry made its way to Scrabster this morning turned out to be a false ...

Police in Kirkwall are appealing for information in relation to a break-in at the Co-op Food on Albert Street. Officers say ...