Postal workers are choosing between taking a break and completing their rounds, an ex-employee of Royal Mail has claimed. In ...

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A major revamp is being planned for a historic island lighthouse, 40 miles to the west of Orkney. The Sule Skerry Lighthouse, ...

The leader of Papa Stronsay’s monks has been made a bishop, in defiance of the Vatican. A ceremony took place on the island, ...

The Orcadian’s Alex Ross swapped her pen for a trowel as she took part in the “dig of a lifetime” at Brodgar, last week. The ...

Trips to conferences for Orkney’s marine staff have racked up a £25,000 bill in each of the last two years, The Orcadian can ...

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has spent over £60,000 as it looks to revitalise a farm in St Ola. The authority is still ...

Emergency services have attended an incident in Stromness involving a salmon farming vessel, this afternoon. HM Coastguard was called out to an incident between Hoy and Stromness at at 2.22pm. A ...

An Orphir couple are to make massive strides for a charity supporting sick children, after their little boy’s stay at the ...

A Tankerness couple believe they may have a novel solution to Orkney’s housing crisis, after successfully converting a ...

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and its councillors have doubled down on their refusal to engage with the press and public on ...

Brothers visiting the graves of their ancestors in Sanday have been left saddened by the state of two kirkyards. Gates in ...