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 ...

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 ...