Up to 500 new homes will be built in Orkney by an Edinburgh-based house builder over the next 10 years - the first time a national housing association has operated in the islands. Places for People ...

Embark on an exploration of Norway and northern Scotland's breathtaking landscapes, remote islands, and ancient settlements ...

Places for People Scotland is to become the first national housing association to build on the islands of Orkney after ...

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 7 and 14 November. Send your photos to [email protected].

Orkney Harbours said several factors were to blame for the drop, but it was not necessarily looking for an increase every ...

Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them away as a royal ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast ...

A new archaeological study from Orkney has challenged long-held assumptions about one of Scotland’s most mysterious races – ...

A Scottish couple are selling a 19th-century church that they converted into vacation apartments. Kirkdale Apartments in Evie, Orkney, is on the market for £525,000, or around $650,900. The couple ...

BOSSES at Scotland’s four smallest councils are set to receive salary increases of more than £32,000 a year. The move follows ...