Sentence has been deferred in the case of a Stromness man whose careless driving caused the death of an 82-year-old woman ...

A waring over “very harmful” bottles of counterfeit Glen’s Vodka, currently circulating in Scotland, has been issued. Food ...

Hundreds — rather than thousands — of internet users in Orkney and Shetland were affected by damage to a subsea internet ...

A 82-year-old Finstown woman died due to careless driving by a Stromness man, who today pleaded guilty at Kirkwall Sheriff ...

Phone lines at The Balfour remain out of action this Saturday afternoon, amid persistent internet and telephony issues in ...

Normal service has resumed with phone lines at The Balfour, NHS Orkney has confirmed. The update comes, this Sunday morning, a day after subsea cable damage caused numerous internet and telephony ...

It has been confirmed a much-anticipated second Carers Conference will take place in Orkney later this year. It follows on ...

Two incidents of vehicular damage — one potentially to gain access to the vehicle — have lead to police appeals in the last month. This morning, Monday July 28, between 11.10 and 11.30 a blue Skoda ...

Could a driverless shuttle become a cornerstone of public transport in Orkney? This is what a newly funded project will investigate, looking into the feasibility of an autonomous service between ...

Construction of a port in Scapa Flow could temporarily deafen fish at a nearby salmon farm, a planning objection has claimed. Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has claimed that the Scapa Deep Water Quay could ...

July 24, 2025 at 11:08 am Meghan McEwen took on the role of chairperson at NHS Orkney in 2020. The head of NHS Orkney’s board will leave her position to take up a senior role with NHS Greater Glasgow ...