The families of the miners found dead in Orkney will start the grim task of identifying their bodies on Monday. Six bodies were found near an unused ventilation shaft and another 14 along a road. The ...

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Dozens of jobs have been cut at an oil terminal in Orkney. The number of workers at Flotta site has been “significantly ...

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Unite claims "hostile" polices towards oil and gas are partly to blame for the cuts. The UK government has said its Energy ...

At least 29 jobs have been cut at the Flotta oil terminal in Orkney. The trade union Unite has described the job losses at the site - which leave a work force of 156 - as a "significant reduction".

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 ...

This came after organisers had earlier announced that SANRAL confirmed, in a statement, the closure of the R30 between Bothaville and Orkney due to significant water damage caused by heavy rainfall.