In particular, the Brough of Birsay is a hidden gem with a fascinating history. An uninhabited tidal island off the northwest ...

Highland council have voted to raise no objections to plans for a 125-turbine wind farm off the north Caithness coast. The ...

Start with the fact that the main island is, incongruously, called "Mainland" and then go on unfettered by logic from there. But Orkney's trump card is history: Stone Age history, Viking history ...

Over the years, the barriers have become vital transport links to the Orkney mainland for communities in the islands of Burray and South Ronaldsay. The decision to install gates on the causeway ...

Highland councillors will raise no objection to West of Orkney Windfarm’s offshore plans at a site around 25km from the north ...

Picture the scene: it’s approaching sunset at Eynhallow Sound, a stretch of sea between Mainland and Rousay. Seals with oily ...

With no hospital on Papay, Mel must have her baby on mainland Orkney. Nick and Derek fight to keep a calf alive, and a nursery group get a lambing surprise at the Imrie family farm. Show more On ...

Plans for a 125-turbine floating wind farm off the north Caithness coast are to go before Highland councillors. The West of Orkney Wind Farm site is 31 miles (50km) north west of Thurso and about 18 ...

The wind farm site is around 25km from the north Sutherland coast and about 30km west of Orkney Mainland. It will involve ...

Infrastructure needed to link the farm with the mainland's electricity grid would be constructed on the Highland coast. Orkney Islands Council was asked for its views as a statutory consultee last ...