Two incidents of vehicular damage — one potentially to gain access to the vehicle — have lead to police appeals in the last month. This morning, Monday July 28, between 11.10 and 11.30 a blue Skoda ...

July 28, 2025 at 2:53 pm A 82-year-old Finstown woman died due to careless driving by a Stromness man, who today pleaded guilty at Kirkwall Sheriff Court. Ewan Paul Brown admitted causing death by ...

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 ...

Could a driverless shuttle become a cornerstone of public transport in Orkney? This is what a newly funded project will investigate, looking into the feasibility of an autonomous service between ...

Demand for CLAN’s Children and Family Services (CFS) in Orkney has more than doubled in the last year, prompting the recruitment of a dedicated role within the charity’s Kirkwall centre. CLAN ...

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 ...