A £5 levy on cruise ship passengers arriving in Orkney could raise more than £1m a year, councillors have been told. The ...

A man who raped a woman in an Aberdeen hotel has been jailed for four years. First offender Ewan Brown, 28, formerly from Orkney, was found guilty of the attack which happened back in 2019. He had ...

M.V. Hjaltland, operated by Northlink Ferries, transports vehicles and passengers daily from Aberdeen to the Scottish island.

Councillors in Orkney have given their unanimous backing to one of three onshore wind farms that the local authority had ...

Orkney Islands Council officials have backed a cruise ship tax proposal. Councillors says it could raise over £1 million each ...

John Swinney says the Government will do everything it can to help people address the “challenges” of island life ahead of ...

Orkney Islands Council has given its support to the idea of a locally-controlled cruise ship tax – estimating that it could be worth more than £1m per year. Yesterday, councillors agreed a response to ...

Farmers on Orkney could see the construction of a new local abattoir to them bring their produce to market and boost the ...

Orkney’s farmers, crofters, and producers could soon benefit from a new local abattoir, thanks to a £15,000 grant to Orkney ...

TEN new caps have made Guernsey’s 20-strong swim team for this summer’s Island Games. After a final push to achieve ...

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, ...

An even split of youth and experience makes up Guernsey’s sailing quartet for Orkney 2025. But when it comes to medal ...