Sentence has been deferred in the case of a Stromness man whose careless driving caused the death of an 82-year-old woman ...

A waring over “very harmful” bottles of counterfeit Glen’s Vodka, currently circulating in Scotland, has been issued. Food ...

A 82-year-old Finstown woman died due to careless driving by a Stromness man, who today pleaded guilty at Kirkwall Sheriff ...

Hundreds — rather than thousands — of internet users in Orkney and Shetland were affected by damage to a subsea internet ...

Phone lines at The Balfour remain out of action this Saturday afternoon, amid persistent internet and telephony issues in ...

Two incidents of vehicular damage — one potentially to gain access to the vehicle — have lead to police appeals in the last month. This morning, Monday July 28, between 11.10 and 11.30 a blue Skoda ...

Normal service has resumed with phone lines at The Balfour, NHS Orkney has confirmed. The update comes, this Sunday morning, a day after subsea cable damage caused numerous internet and telephony ...

It has been confirmed a much-anticipated second Carers Conference will take place in Orkney later this year. It follows on ...

Could a driverless shuttle become a cornerstone of public transport in Orkney? This is what a newly funded project will investigate, looking into the feasibility of an autonomous service between ...

Construction of a port in Scapa Flow could temporarily deafen fish at a nearby salmon farm, a planning objection has claimed. Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has claimed that the Scapa Deep Water Quay could ...

July 24, 2025 at 11:08 am Meghan McEwen took on the role of chairperson at NHS Orkney in 2020. The head of NHS Orkney’s board will leave her position to take up a senior role with NHS Greater Glasgow ...