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

Whale oil was an essential fuel of the Industrial Revolution, used to lubricate machinery, soften fabric and light city ...

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

Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them away as a ...

Shop owner accidentally orders 720 chocolate Easter eggs for Scottish island with 500 people London — It was a pretty routine order for Dan ap Dafydd. The shopkeeper on Scotland's remote Orkney ...

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

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

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

Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part of Norway, its council ...

The Orkney Islands, situated off the north coast of the Scottish mainland, are home to more than 3,000 historical sites. Evidence has been found of human habitation there going back 8,500 years.

With most of the hotels and B&Bs full, some people are turning to lodging in people's houses or camping. Others are staying in self-catering accommodation, hostels or dormitories set up in schools.

FILE - Visitors look at the 5,000 year-old remains of Skara Brae village in the Scottish Orkney Islands, July 19, 2005, which was revealed by a huge storm in 1850.