Why new Kirkwall care home will open a YEAR late and £325,000 over budget
November 6, 2024
Inside Orkney’s ferry replacement wrangle as council boss reveals how breakthrough finally arrived – and why there’s cause for optimism at last
October 24, 2024
Sheila Fleet Jewellery: ‘Our huge bronze Old Man of Hoy sculptures at new Kirkwall shop will make Orcadians proud’
October 24, 2024
Lucano’s owner says Kirkwall ‘should have more colourful buildings’ amid green paint planning saga
October 23, 2024
Orkney Italian restaurant could be forced to undo bright green makeover of historic premises
October 17, 2024
Kirkwall ‘eyesore’ to stay as Scottish Government forbids owner’s demolition plan
October 17, 2024
The Ferry Inn: Stromness hotel in red tape wrangle over music events as council rules threaten to chase Blues Festival away
October 16, 2024
All you need to know about the multi-million-pound plan to replace old Orkney ferries
October 10, 2024
Kirkwall Travel Centre bus plans extended as council bends its own rules for cruise visitors
October 10, 2024
Stromness Hotel: Upgrades planned in bid to reopen Orkney venue closed amid safety fears
October 8, 2024
New oyster farm at Rousay ‘could cut off local lobster fishermen’, neighbours warn
October 8, 2024
The Outrun could be Orkney’s version of tourism-boosting telly hit Shetland, says councillor turned movie extra
October 2, 2024
Eday and Westray airport upgrades soar past £1m – amid high cost of putting up workers
September 26, 2024
You stay, you pay? Orkney to discuss implementing a ‘tourist tax’ for overnight visitors
September 19, 2024
Owner expanding Orkney’s Albert Hotel after ‘turning folk away all summer’
September 18, 2024
Police bamboozled by mystery dead fox on Orkney – with ‘no crime’ detected
September 12, 2024
4 Orkney milk shortage: Action plan to rescue industry hit by exodus of ‘ageing workforce’
September 11, 2024
Plans for new Orkney ferries CONFIRMED as £250k appeal for naval designers launched
September 11, 2024
Traffic could be banned on Kirkwall town centre street as narrow lane ‘congested with people leaving pub’
September 10, 2024
3 Mystery as dead fox discovered in Orkney – which has NO fox population
September 10, 2024
‘It’s been an eyesore for 50 years’: Spat as history watchdog BLOCKS demolition of derelict Kirkwall house
September 5, 2024
Orkney jeweller wants to add three-storey bronze ‘Old Man of Hoy’ sculptures to Kirkwall shop front
September 4, 2024
Orkney gin distillery gets permission for tasting room as £820k expansion ramps up
September 3, 2024
‘It’s in imminent danger’: Major work approved at crumbling Orkney birthplace of famous explorer
August 29, 2024