Reports of a man overboard from mv Hamnavoe as the ferry made its way to Scrabster this morning turned out to be a false ...

Police in Kirkwall are appealing for information in relation to a break-in at the Co-op Food on Albert Street. Officers say ...

Orkney’s 15 per cent council tax rise is set to feature on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 this afternoon. Council leader ...

Workers at Scottish Water will take strike action after pay talks collapsed. The action is being taken by members of the GMB union, with a walk out planned for later this month while more disruptive ...

Police are seeking any witnesses to an incident when a tyre was slashed at the start of this month. Officers at Kirkwall ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, we reveal that one of Scotland’s leading lawyers is looking into questions raised by The Orcadian about the ...

The parents of a seriously ill baby boy have received an apology from NHS Orkney after a funding application for both to accompany their son south was initially rejected. Last week, The Orcadian ...

The Orcadian has uncovered new information which raises questions over when Michael Ross became a suspect for the 1994 murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood. The question of when suspicion fell on the ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, the parents of a seriously ill five-month-old baby boy say they are dismayed and appalled after NHS Orkney ...

The parents of a seriously ill five-month-old baby boy say they are dismayed and appalled after NHS Orkney refused a funding request to enable both of them to take their son to a vital medical ...

Kirkwall RNLI will see a refit of its all-weather vessel, this year, as part of a programme to extend the lifespan of Severn-class lifeboats. Kirkwall’s Margaret Foster will have her engines ...

A proposed 15 per cent increase in Orkney’s council tax could “exacerbate” pressures felt by “the most vulnerable members of our community”  warns the chief executive of Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO).