Orkney farmers hope a 2026 licence to control ravens will protect livestock after heavy spring predation of lambs and calves.

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 ...

A 43-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering a woman in Moray. Lucretia Donaghy, 32, was found dead at her home in Anderson Drive, Elgin, in November 2023. Owen Grant is alleged to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Three generations of one family have helped an Orkney island with a population ... entire population - but lost 6-0 to island neighbours Sanday. The idea for the team came about after the island ...

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 ...

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.

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