Likewise another piece of good news is that Orkney Islands Games 2025 has offered the Falklands Men’s Football team a place in the competition, which obviously was accepted.

Orkney islands: where to visit There are 70 to explore, each with a different history, from the Mesolithic to Viking. We tell you which ones to visit and why it’s worth the trip.

The islands have been in the news like rarely before. But still a lot of commentators, in the mainstream and online, keep getting some basic things about Orkney wrong.

Orkney Islands Council has backed a 10% rise in council tax from April. Councillors said they would also have to draw £17m from reserves to help run services over the next year. Charges for many ...

The Scottish government said in 2023-24 Orkney Islands Council would receive £89.7m to fund services, with an extra £4.6m from an increase in council tax by 10 per cent.

Orkney Islands' councilors have voted to investigate alternative methods of governance amid deep frustrations over funding and opportunities. Council leader James Stockan said the islands had been ...

Along with the Shetland islands, Orkney was under Norwegian and Danish control until 1472 when the islands were taken by the Scottish crown as part of Margaret of Denmark’s wedding dowry.

The ancient folktales and legends woven deeply into the very fabric of Orkney find a central role in major new Scottish film The Outrun. It is an autobiographical tale of islander Amy Liptrot, who ...

The Orkney Islands are 10 miles off the northern tip of Scotland, and 20 of the 70 islands are inhabited. Artemis’s EF-12 Escape water taxi will carry up to 12 passengers between Kirkwall, ...

The Orkney Islands Council will examine a motion to consider alternative forms of governance that may provide more economic opportunity, including exploring its historical ties to Norway and Denmark.

This chain of Scottish islands is seriously underrated. Here are six reasons to put the windswept Orkney Islands on your list of things to see the next time you're in Europe.

Orkney was under Norwegian and Danish control until 1472 when the islands were given to Scotland as part of Margaret of Denmark’s wedding dowry to King James III of Scotland.