Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has been banned from visiting Russia. Mr Carmichael is one of four Scottish politicians who have reportedly been barred from entry to the country.

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. Could an extra eye on the streets help curb menacing behaviour from some of Orkney’s teens? This is the question posed on the ...

The identities of 60 community champions who will present medals to winning athletes at the Orkney Island Games have been revealed. A diverse range of individuals, whose dedication, generosity, and ...

Police are appealing for information after an incident involving a roll of rope which went on fire this morning. The rope, which was at the Green Marine yard, Garson Road, Stromness, caught aflame ...

April 18, 2025 at 2:52 pm An ordering error in 2020 saw 990 wheelie bins ordered in an incompatible size. Four trailer loads of wheelie bins have been shipped south ...

A designer watch was stolen from a property in Kirkwall, on April 1. The timepiece, which police say has significant sentimental value, was take from a shed within a communal area outside 1 Laing ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, the urgency of Orkney Islands Council’s response to mobile phones in schools has been called into question ...

April 15, 2025 at 6:39 pm The proposed Scapa Deep Water Quay has recently been estimated to cost £275 million. Ground investigations are due to get under way on the site of Orkney Islands Council’s ...

April 14, 2025 at 4:54 pm Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre development trust chairman Peter Roebuck, and Rousay Community Benefit Society chairman Chris Jacques cut the ribbon the revamped Taversoe Hotel on ...