Perhaps not only people from the islands. Material found ... hint at social and trade links with Scotland’s west coast, but the connections go much farther. Orkney seems to have been a cultural ...

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published the results of a new study, which saw them working with the Orkney Islands ...

FREE inter-island ferry travel for people under the age of 22 has been announced by the Scottish Government. Scots who live within Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides will be able to travel for ...

Millions of people provide unpaid care to family ... 69% of recipients of carer's allowance in Orkney Islands were female. Across Scotland, 85,000 were receiving the benefit last summer, with ...

Young people living on Scotland’s remotest islands will find it easier to get around after free ferry travel was introduced today.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have opened the public consultation for feedback on the draft management plan for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The management ...

Orkney and Shetland. A further 13 council areas will launch the benefit on March 24 before it rolls out nationwide in April. People living in Scotland will receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each ...

It is only the second time the games has been hosted in Scotland. Orkney is one of the smallest group of islands in terms of population to have ever hosted the Island Games, which started in 1985.

Scotland’s “best islands” for 2025 have been named after a twenty year adventure by an expert travel writer. As the Easter holidays begin, and the summer holidays not far behind, ...