"Father Michael Mary is being consecrated as a bishop without a Papal mandate. This is incredibly significant within the ...

A violent storm struck Orkney’s Bay of Skaill in 1850 and stripped away sand that had sealed a Neolithic settlement for ...

GP walk-in clinics see low attendance leading to accusations of failure Clean fuels hub in Shetland secures government ...

Tonight will turn dry and clear for the mainland. The Isles will see variable cloud and scattered showers, these heavy at times.

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Visitors look at the 5,000 year-old remains of Skara Brae village in the Scottish Orkney Islands, July 19, 2005, which was ...

A Catholic congregation on Orkney which denies Pope Leo XIV is the legitimate head of the church has controversially appointed a bishop ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orkney is considering breaking away from the UK and could become part of Norway under new proposals. The archipelago off the north ...

A tech revolution – and an abundance of wind and waves – mean that the people of Orkney now produce more electricity than they can use It seems the stuff of fantasy. Giant ships sail the seas burning ...