A flood occurred onboard mv Hjaltland yesterday (Thursday, 20) delaying its return into service. No one was injured in the incident, and Serco NorthLink Ferries says it is “not possible” to put a ...

A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal after the death of a 79-year-old man in Hoy, whose car was discovered in water at Myre Bay on Thursday. The man’s body was recovered from the water ...

A farm worker has been jailed for four years after assaulting and raping a woman who suffered life changing consequences following the sex attack. Ewan Paul Brown, 28, committed the crime against his ...

Enquiries are being carried out in the Myre Bay area of Hoy after a car was seen in the water. Police Scotland and other ...

Plans for Orkney Islands Council (OIC) to build and operate a six-turbine wind farm at Quanterness in St Ola have been unanimously backed by councillors. Elected members at today’s policy and ...

Councillors will, on Thursday, make a decision on the future of two of the council’s community windfarms. Six-turbine developments at Quanterness and Hoy, and a decision on whether to proceed with the ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, an Orkney Islands councillor has ...

Missing evidence from the Mumutaz murder hunt was deemed to contain “nothing of relevance” to the investigation. This was the ...

The efforts of our community’s young volunteers will be celebrated next month, during the annual Orkney Youth Awards. A host ...

A lunar occultation of Mars — when the moon appears to pass in front of the red planet — was visible from Orkney, last Sunday night. Orkney was one of the few places in the UK from which the unusual ...

First Minister John Swinney has lauded the benefits of a proposed a new abattoir during a visit to Orkney, as £15,000 in ...

First Minister John Swinney has put his weight behind proposals for a Scapa Deep Water Quay during a visit to Orkney, this ...