Orkney Islands

The Met Office shares advice on how to stay safe in a storm, as amber and yellow wind warnings are in place.

How to stay safe in Storm Floris as wind warnings in place

Nigel Griffiths

The 77-year-old grandfather walking the 3°W line of longitude

These are some of the areas of Scotland where house prices are rising fastest, by up to 18.2 per cent a year

The 9 places in Scotland where houses prices are rising fastest

The Tomb of the Eagles at Isbister, South Ronaldsay , which is around 5,000-years-old, is to be bought by the island community and re-opened as a historic attraction. PIC: Contributed.

Scottish island community to buy 5,000-year-old ancient monument

Swona schoolhouse

Pupils breathe new life into Scottish island abandoned for 50 years

The world's first undersea roundabout opened in the Faroe Islands in 2020

How Faroes' tunnels reveal solution to Scottish island depopulation Alistair Carmichael

Skiffs moored at Tarbert in Kintyre where Norwegian King Magnus Olafsson visited in 1098.

Following the journey of a kilted Viking king by a Scottish loch

Sands Hotel in the Orkney Islands is on the market for £750,000.

Historic 4-star Orkney Islands hotel on the market for £750,000

A boat looking across towards the Isle of Arran, which lies within one of the highest rated council areas in Scotland

The 10 best council areas to live in Scotland

A pod of 77 pilot whales stranded on a beach on Sanday in Orkney in one of the worst reported cases of its kind.

Did hearing damage cause the Orkney whale stranding?

Healthy Life Expectancy.

Scottish islands have UK’s longest healthy life expectancy

Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall as Emma and Dexter in the new Netflix series, One Day, filming in Edinburgh. Pic. Contributed

Explainer Five films and TV shows coming out this year which filmed in Scotland

Whitemill Bay on Orkney, where the council is facing a 27 million pound funding gap. Picture: Getty Images

Small Scottish council faces 'significant' £27m funding gap

When it comes to schools in Aberdeen City, Cults Academy has the best exam results. 74 per cent gain at least five Highers.

The top performing schools in all 32 of Scotland's local authority areas

If you live in one of these 11 local authority areas you'll be facing a bigger-than-average council tax rise.

The 11 biggest council tax hikes across Scotland

Tummel and Loch Rannoch, over Rannoch Moor and then down Glencoe, the top of Ben Nevis, down into Fort William and along Loch Linnhe to the Eriska Hotel.

Fourth series of hit show to shed light on Scotland from Above

House prices for first-time buyers have been increasing in Scotland.

£14 a day increase in average house price for first-time buyers in Scotland

Here is an updated list of provisional declaration times for the elections in Scotland

In full: The declaration times for Council Elections for Scotland

Chief Veterinary Officer, Sheila Voas.

Orkney declares BVD free status

Manufactured and launched in Dundee earlier in the year before being towed up to Orkney, the 74-metre turbine represents the culmination of more than 15 years of product development.

Scots firm behind world’s most powerful tidal turbine agrees 'game changer' deal

Covid Scotland: Here are the 11 Scottish areas with the highest coronavirus rates ahead of briefing

Here are 11 Scottish areas with the highest Covid case since COP26 started

Rural Scotland

5G is the key to opening a clever countryside - Paul Coffey

Prince William was joined by his wife the Duchess of Cambridge for a royal tour of Scotland (Getty Images)

Here's where William and Kate are visiting on their Scottish tour

Golden eagle.

Take a Scottish safari and spot the ‘big 5’ local animals

These are the 11 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between March 20 and March 26.

11 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the 12 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between January 17 and January 23

12 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the 12 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between January 9 and January 15

12 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the 11 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between January 2 and January 8

11 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the ten areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between December 11 and December 17

Ten areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the ten areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between December 5 and December 11

Ten areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the ten areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between November 27 and December 3

Ten areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

12 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between November 21 and November 27.

12 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates in the last seven days

These are the 12 areas of Scotland that recorded the highest coronavirus rates over the last week.

Weekly update: 12 areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus rates

Usher Hall test centre, Edinburgh

Top 12 areas in Scotland with the lowest coronavirus rates

Covid-19 test centre opened up in Edinburgh's Usher Hall

Coronavirus break down: top 12 areas in Scotland with highest case numbers

African elephants have been almost wiped out in some places due to poaching

Help: nature is vanishing

Nan Shepherd

The Scottish women writers who showed me the way

Maggie Smith as the eccentric Miss Jean Brodie, who helped make Scottish teachers famous around the world (Picture: Kobal)

How I discovered Scotland’s teachers really are amazing – Joe Goldblatt

Orkney is one of the happiest areas of the UK.

Scotland's islands have 'consistently high' happiness ratings

Winners and losers amongst Scottish households for kerbside collections

Monica Lennon says the figures reveal "unequal Scotland"

Twenty-two year Scots gap in "healthy life expectancy" between rich and poor

1980s pop sensation Belinda Carlisle. Picture: Getty

Belinda Carlisle asks for recommendations for summer trip to Orkney
American singer Belinda Carlisle has revealed she will be taking a summer trip to Orkney next year as she sought advice from her 73,000 followers on social medi...

Flooding has been an increasing problem for coastal communities. Picture: PA

Flood warning scheme expanded as winter approaches

But Edinburgh also scores poorly for inclusion and equality in new research. Picture: Johnston Press

Edinburgh and Glasgow at opposite ends of '˜vibrancy' league table

The Scots dialect of Orkney is underpinned by the Norse heritage of the islands. PIC: Paul Stephenson/Flickr/Creative Commons.

Video: 12 words and phrases from Orkney Islands

How house prices have changed where you live in Scotland

Plastic levels at Scapa Flow ‘similar to Forth and Clyde’

The Drumchapel estate, with the edge of Bearsden looking down from the trees above. Life expectancy between the two is markedly different. Picture: Robert Perry

Poorest men in Scotland die 10 years before richest, report finds

Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles are the best places in Scotland to bring up children

These are the best places in Scotland to bring up children

The research, conducted by consumer organisation Which?, found the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Highland local authorities all averaged the lowest speeds. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Scottish areas have slowest broadband in UK, research claims

Orkney has Scotlands highest level of fuel poverty beside Scotlands greatest wind and marine energy potential (pro rata), writes Lesley Riddoch. Picture: Donald MacLeod

Lesley Riddoch: Energy policy is vital to Scotland, but it's being ignored

Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, where residents have been named the UK's happiest. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Outer Hebrides is '˜the happiest place in the UK'

The islands score highly in terms of employment rate, average earnings, spend per pupil on education and crime rates. Picture: PA

Orkney tops list of best places to live in Britain

The survey quizzed hundreds of building firms. Picture: Michael Gillen

Scots builders' confidence remains resilient

Chinese lanterns are a fire risk to hay, straw and buildings, warned NFU Scotland. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Warning over risk to farm stock from Chinese lanterns

West Dunbartonshire has highest bankruptcy rate in Scotland

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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