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 ...

The 20th International Island Games held in Orkney this summer boosted the local economy by £4m, a report has confirmed. The event, held over six days in July, cost £3.6m to stage and involved 1,630 ...

Orkney will investigate the possibility of becoming a Norwegian territory. Pictured are the standing stones of Orkney. Photo by Mark Foster on Unsplash The Orkney Islands in Scotland could become a ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I've never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour's ferry ...

Presenter Lorraine Kelly will host the opening ceremony of the Island Games in Orkney this summer. The broadcaster will welcome athletes from 24 islands and island groups across the world to Kirkwall ...

Storm Bram swept across the UK, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds. In Yesnaby, the intense weather generated rough waves ...

Standing Stones, also known as "the First Stonehenge," in the Ring O Brodgar in Orkney © Andrew Wilson/LOOP IMAGES/Loop Images/Corbis Ten years ago a farmer was ...

The Orkney Islands are to consider plans to leave the UK and become a self-governing territory of Norway, over claims they're being 'failed dreadfully' by Westminster and Holyrood. A motion to look at ...

A man has been taken to hospital following a collision on an Orkney island. Emergency services were called to the B9070 on ...

An elderly man has died in hospital following a two-car collision on an island in Orkney. Emergency services were called to ...