Bird is the word There's prolific birdlife year-round in Orkney, but a visit in late spring or summer can mean witnessing some truly remarkable seabird colonies. Try RSPB Marwick Head, on Mainland ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I've never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour's ferry ...

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part ...

Why I went: We’re interested in the lives of ancient peoples. But the August 2014 National Geographic article “Before Stonehenge” was the deciding factor. Don’t miss: Take in all the neolithic sites ...

House prices in the Orkney Islands increased in August, rising more than the average across Scotland, new figures show.

The Caithness Broch Project's tower is proposed for a site near Latheron, south of Wick and would be the first to be ...

A Scottish couple are selling a 19th-century church that they converted into vacation apartments. Kirkdale Apartments in Evie, Orkney, is on the market for £525,000, or around $650,900. The couple ...

SSEN Transmission has welcomed the publication by Ofgem in which the energy regulator has provisionally approved plans to provide a subsea electricity transmission link to Orkney. The Orkney Islands ...

Repairs to the sub-sea cable which brings internet services to Orkney and Shetland are expected to take more than a week. The cable was damaged in rough seas on Friday in shallow waters about a mile ...

A project which helps people struggling with low mood during the winter months check out some sunlight from their local ...

Orkney’s mobile library van, affectionately known as Booky McBookface, will distribute boxes across the archipelago.