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 ...

Stenness, and Tankerness. The popular Gathering concert will return, celebrating the similarities and differences of music from Orkney and Cape Breton. Musicians from both shores will unite under ...

The island chain's most famous monument is arguably the Standing Stones of Stenness. Situated five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney's Mainland, it is believed to be the oldest henge site in ...

Brought out by stockman, Alfie McGregor, he was knocked down to Liam Muir, Upper Onston, Stenness, Orkney, who gets for his money a March 2023-born AI son of the French sire, Halley, out of the polled ...

The site is part of the “Heart of Neolithic Orkney,” a UNESCO-listed site that includes the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness. Orkney's wilderness, with its windswept cliffs ...

The West of Orkney Windfarm site is 31 miles (50km) north west of Thurso and about 18 miles (30km) off the west of Orkney. The Scottish government, which will have the final say on the application ...

Councillors in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed 15% increase in the islands' council tax - after rejecting a suggested rise of 20%. Officials had recommended putting the rate up ...

Councillors in Orkney have given their unanimous backing to one of three onshore wind farms that the local authority had proposed. While backing for the six-turbine wind farm at the Quanterness site ...

COUNCILLORS in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed 15% increase in the islands' council tax – after rejecting a suggested rise of 20%. Officials had recommended putting the rate up by ...