In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

Researchers Study Life After Death — And It Gets Weirder ...

A new list of the "best places to visit in the UK in 2025" has been shared by renowned travel magazine Time Out, and a ...

Cast far to Britain's north, the discovery dates back a staggering 5,000 years and offers vital clues about the island's ...

The route between Westray and Papa Westray is famous in aviation circles as it holds the record as being the world’s shortest ...

“Spectacular” treasures awarded to an Orcadian naval officer for his actions during an 18th century siege have returned to Orkney after his family gifted them to the islands. Captain James ...

A man from Kirkwall has marked an impressive 37 years of service with Scottish regional airline Loganair. Stuart Linklater had his first experience of aviation at an early age, when he took his first ...

Weapons dating back to the 1600s which belonged to a naval captain from Orkney have been gifted to the islands. Captain James Moodie died in 1725. He had received a scimitar and scabbard ...

I have arrived in Orkney, the 70-island archipelago that lies beyond the farthest tip of the Scottish mainland. It is early October, and I am here to research my new book, The Secret of the Druids ...

The Orkney Islands are set to host this year's biennial Island Games with Scotland welcoming 24 islands and island groups from across the world. And the veteran broadcaster, 65, will welcome ...

Orkney 2025 really is a great opportunity to ... half marathon sees competitors race through Kirkwall. The only other Scottish island to host the games was Shetland in 2005. It has since been ...

School bus services were suspended on Orkney and prelim exams were cancelled ... He said the lowest temperatures will be recorded in rural Scotland and rural northern England where there is ...