Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said: “These results are evidence of a strong recovery in Scotland’s schools following the ...

Thousands of people in Orkney and Shetland have experienced disruption to their internet and phone services because of damage ...

The wreck was discovered in February 2024 after a storm swept away sand covering it on Sanday, one of the rugged Orkney ...

Hundreds of people in Orkney and Shetland have had their internet and phone services disrupted because of damage to a subsea ...

Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, Mike Silverstone, said: “While the system later this week won’t carry as many impacts ...

Wooden remains of the Earl of Chatham, a British warship from 1749 that was used during the American Revolution, were discovered by a schoolboy on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands.

New data shows people in the richer areas enjoy far longer periods of good health compared to those in Scotland's most ...

The official figures show the estimated healthy life expectancy for both men and women in Scotland has reached the lowest ...

The average length of time that people in Scotland can expect to live in good health has fallen to a near ten-year low, according to new figures. A report by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) has ...

More than 250 athletes from Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark have travelled to Orkney to compete in the 20th Island Games.

The Orkney Islands had one of the highest rates of workless household in Great Britain last year, new figures suggest.