The Orkney Folk Festival has announced its full programme for the 2025 event. The festival, which will take place between May ...

The Orkney Folk Festival has announced its full programme for the 2025 event. The festival, which will take place between May 22 and May 25, will feature artists from around the world, including ...

Kirkwall, Sanday, Sandwick, St Margaret’s Hope, Stenness, and Tankerness. The popular Gathering concert will return, celebrating the similarities and differences of music from Orkney and Cape ...

If you purchase the Highland Rover Pass from ScotRail, you'll have ferries to Skye, Mull (part of Inner Hebrides), Stromness and Kirkwall (part of Orkney) and Lerwick (part of Shetland ...

THE SHETLAND women’s football team are set to join a major cup competition for the first time next month as they build up to this summer’s Island Games ...

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A 10% increase to fees for a short-term let licence in Orkney has been branded “disgusting” by a woman who has often served ...

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Next step in the UK Government's Plan for Change, kickstarting national renewal, taking back control of our streets and putting more money in people's ...

Orkney’s 15 per cent council tax rise is set to feature on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 this afternoon. Council leader ...

Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days. Royal Mail shared this update ...

Today, there will be a mixture of variable cloud and bright spells for the mainland and Orkney, along with the odd light shower. Turning cloudier for Shetland, but it should be dry. A calm day.