NHS Scotland is currently looking for people to relocate to Orkney. NHS Orkney is the smallest health board in the country, with the jobs being the perfect opportunity to get away from the hustle ...

A coordinated stoat cull on the Scottish islands is proving successful – and conservationists aren't slowing down ...

Across a windswept Orkney landscape where wellies and waterproofs tend to be norm, the historic and mystical sights can have an overwhelming impression on visitors. In the case of one group of ...

Orkney is a cluster of 70 islands located just 10 miles off the northern coastline of Scotland. Separated from the mainland by a treacherous stretch of water, Orkney has a history and Norse ...

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 ...

Orkney Islands Council has named a 29-year-old as Scotland's youngest local authority leader. Heather Woodbridge also becomes the first woman to lead the island council. The independent was ...

BBC Radio Orkney brings you 'Around Orkney' every weekday from 07:30-08:00. The programme features local news and weather, diary, the jobspot, mart report and postbag. Listen to the most recent show.

Scotland's first electric-powered aircraft has taken to the skies from a new test centre in Orkney. One of the twin engines in Ampaire's six-seater Cessna Skymaster has been replaced with an ...

“CloudNet are proud to have delivered this Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme project to the most remote island in Orkney – Papa Westray – the first successful commercial project of its kind ...