Reports of a man overboard from mv Hamnavoe as the ferry made its way to Scrabster this morning turned out to be a false ...

Orkney’s 15 per cent council tax rise is set to feature on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 this afternoon. Council leader ...

Police in Kirkwall are appealing for information in relation to a break-in at the Co-op Food on Albert Street. Officers say ...

Workers at Scottish Water will take strike action after pay talks collapsed. The action is being taken by members of the GMB union, with a walk out planned for later this month while more disruptive ...

Police are seeking any witnesses to an incident when a tyre was slashed at the start of this month. Officers at Kirkwall ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, we reveal that one of Scotland’s leading lawyers is looking into questions raised by The Orcadian about the ...

The parents of a seriously ill baby boy have received an apology from NHS Orkney after a funding application for both to accompany their son south was initially rejected. Last week, The Orcadian ...

The Orcadian has uncovered new information which raises questions over when Michael Ross became a suspect for the 1994 murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood. The question of when suspicion fell on the ...

The parents of a seriously ill five-month-old baby boy say they are dismayed and appalled after NHS Orkney refused a funding request to enable both of them to take their son to a vital medical ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP is calling on Orkney Islands councillors to rethink plans to increase council tax ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. One of the most significant projects to come out of School Place is now a major ambition of Scotland’s First Minister. A ...