The leader of Orkney Islands Council has announced he is leaving office and standing down as a councillor. James Stockan had led Scotland's smallest local authority for six years. The independent ...

Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship with the UK. He wants to look at Crown Dependencies like the Channel Islands and overseas ...

Orkney was previously held under Norwegian and Danish control until it became part of Scotland in 1472. Categories: Politics , International . Tags: James Stockan , Orkney Islands .

Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship within the UK. He wants to look at Crown Dependencies like the Channel Islands and overseas ...

council leader James Stockan said. Orkney's historic Nordic connections give it options, Stockan believes. The islands were part of Norway for about 500 years until 1472 and he says Orcadians ...

Orkney was ruled as part of Norway until 1472. Then, due to the non-payment of a dowry that was promised by Margaret of Denmark's family for her marriage to James III, Scotland annexed Orkney.

"Young James Bondsman" asks readers to the beaches of the Orkney Islands, where Mac Bondsman watches over the training of Special Operations Executive (SOE) warriors. James and Angus Bondsman grow ...

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.

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