Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C). Winds variable at 0 to 6 mph (0 to 9.7 kph). Mostly cloudy today ...

Presenter Lorraine Kelly will host the opening ceremony of the Island Games in Orkney this summer. The broadcaster will welcome athletes from 24 islands and island groups across the world to ...

The engineering and construction group completes work for the international rail, road, utility systems and buildings markets. It is the second biggest construction company in the UK and the ...

Ann Cleeves' new book, The Killing Stones, picks up after a gap of seven years and will see Perez swap his hometown of Shetland for a new island location, Orkney. The latest book, from the author ...

The Country looks back at some of the biggest and best stories of the past 12 months, including readers' favourites, news events and those yarns that gave us a glimpse into rural lives and ...

January 3, 2025 at 11:08 am Orkney is coated white as 2025 begins with a blast of cold weather. Orkney is blanketed in snow, this Friday, as the UK faces a weekend of severe winter weather. Stagecoach ...

NHS Orkney received repeated warnings it was not ... The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the design of a bathroom at Kirkwall's Balfour Hospital had put mental health patients at risk.

Balfour Beatty has sold its 50% stake in Blackburn Hospital public-private partnership, the construction giant said in an interim management statement on Thursday. The hospital was valued at around ...