A series of talks on dementia research will bring a leading old age psychiatrist to Orkney, next month. Dr Tom Russ of Edinburgh University will lead events in a visit to the county by the ...

The UK's first AI-powered Viking character has been created by curators at the Orkney Museum as part of a new exhibition. Orkney was one of the first places the Vikings arrived in when they left ...

A squad of nine riders will head to the biennial games which take place between July 12-18 in the Scottish archipelago. Unfortunately, there will be no women as Ruby Oakes, Jess Pickavance and Sophie ...

Little wonder, then, that when World War II finally came to an end, the celebrations in Orkney went on long into the night. Just as the archipelago played a crucial role during the first world war ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE story of a dog and his owner making their way back to their childhood home on Orkney is among the four Scottish representatives shortlisted ...

Islanders in Papa Westray at the unveiling of the bronze Great Auk statue A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray.

A Welsh civil engineering firm is set to start work on a multimillion-pound multi-purpose port in Orkney that is earmarked as a key renewable energy hub. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK is teaming up ...

A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray. It is an exact copy of the last of the giant seabirds that lived on the island in ...

Eurasian Curlew appears to be bouncing back in Orkney following the removal of Stoats from the archipelago. The first Orkney wader-population survey since a project began in 2019 to remove the ...

Isle of Man Athletics has announced a 24-strong team for the Island Games in Orkney in July. The team has an even split of 12 male and 12 female members - in addition there will be three members of ...

The firm is teaming up with ACCIONA, a global company and a leader in the provision of regenerative solutions for a decarbonised economy, as part of a joint venture on the Scapa Deep Water Quay in ...