Stuart Harding, 34, preyed on adult women and children during a catalogue of sexual offending spanning nine years in Orkney.

The family of an 88-year-old man missing in Orkney have been informed after a body was found. James Mainland was reported missing from his home in Birsay almost two weeks ago. The body of a man ...

Keith Johnston, 52, died after being struck by the reversing tipper lorry on the Dounby to Twatt road near Birsay, Orkney. A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) was held into his death, which happened in ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, chosen as a settlement by the Norse? It was in a very defensible position surrounded almost entirely by ...

Orkney is best known for many things, from its coastal scenery and wildlife watching to the Brough of Birsay, and so on. It’s no surprise that the island was mentioned on this list. The Orkney ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. An obscure neurological condition left a West ...