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 ...

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

Iona's album, Swilkie, was written on the Isle of Eigg, Sanday in Orkney and the Knoydart peninsula, from where Iona chats to Mark. Plus the usual blend of classic tracks, new releases and news ...

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 ...

Enquiries are being carried out in the Myre Bay area of Hoy after a car was seen in the water. Police Scotland and other agencies are carrying out searches after the vehicle’s discovery on Thursday ...

A £5 levy on cruise ship passengers arriving in Orkney could raise more than £1m a year, councillors have been told. The Scottish government is exploring giving local councils new powers ...

Figures in this article are not seasonally adjusted. The provisional average house price in Orkney Islands in December 2024 was £202,000. This was higher than the average of £188,000 in December 2023 ...

Did you know that you can submit photographs to be included in this sites image gallery? If you would like to suggest a photo then please email a copy to [email protected] along with the website ...

The Orkney Islands are an archipelago situated just off the northeastern tip of mainland Scotland. Sanday is to the northeast of the group of islands, nearer the open waters.

Dan Dafydd, who owns the Sinclair General Stores on the island of Sanday in Orkney, mistakenly ordered 720 Easter eggs - more ...