Hundreds — rather than thousands — of internet users in Orkney, Shetland and the Faroe Islands were affected by damage to a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

July 24, 2025 at 2:45 pm The passenger shuttle from Aurrigo on display in London. Could a driverless shuttle become a cornerstone of public transport in Orkney? This is what a newly funded project ...

Demand for CLAN’s Children and Family Services (CFS) in Orkney has more than doubled in the last year, prompting the ...

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery has been made at a Rousay excavation — in the shape of human head carved from stone. Diggers ...

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 ...

The identity of a shipwreck discovered in February, 2024 on Sanday has now been revealed. All available evidence points to ...