A Stromness man has described how he and his family were forced to flee their home to safety, as a raging wildfire closed in. Colin Buchan and his wife Catherine evacuated their Los Angeles home with ...

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly will host the opening ceremony of the Orkney Island Games this summer. The countdown is ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. An investigation is under way at St Rognvald House ...

A High Court jury has found a West Mainland man guilty of rape. Ewan Paul Brown denied 17 charges against him. Six of these ...

The current state of readiness for coastguard search-and-rescue helicopters will be protected, it was announced today (Tuesday, ). Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the news ...

One of Scotland’s best-loved comedy couples renewed their marriage vows while filming in Orkney, last year. Julie Wilson ...

Police are appealing for information relating to a collision between two vehicles outside Hatston Motors on Scott’s Road in ...

A 20-year-old man has made no plea to a charge of making a bogus bomb threat about a Loganair flight. Ross Buchan allegedly ...

Kirkwall Airport has been opened again this afternoon (Saturday, January 4), after reports of a “threatening communication” ...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a report of a threatening communication made to Kirkwall Airport on ...

Orkney is blanketed in snow, this Friday, as the UK faces a weekend of severe winter weather. Stagecoach have suspended its ...