A massive gesture from the Scotland rugby squad to a peedie Orkney hero is set to boost fundraising efforts for Inclusive Orkney. You can make your bid for shirt signed by the six nations squad now, ...

Saturday looks to be a day for a walk doon the street with your canine best-friend, as Kirkwall BID’s Doggy Day Out returns. The event, aimed at promoting town centre businesses, looks set to be even ...

North Isles residents who have gone five days without broadband may have to wait several more for a fix. So says the latest update from the Orkney Local Emergency Coordination Group (OLECG), following ...

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A stalwart of the Stromness community has retired after 36 years of service at the town’s community centre. Anita Park, who stepped down as centre supervisor last week, has been a central figure in ...

A BT emergency response team is due to arrive in the North Isles today amid a prolonged broadband blackout affecting 500 homes and businesses. Development trusts and other community organisations are ...

A broadband blackout affecting 500 homes and businesses in the North Isles has “exposed the vulnerability of connectivity in ...

Reform UK has become the latest political party to declare a candidate for the Orkney seat in the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. John Coupland, chairman of Reform’s Highland and Islands branch ...

A specialist cable ship is required to fix an internet and phone blackout affecting 500 Orkney homes. Many residents in the North Isles have gone three days without internet and phone connection, in ...

Customers are set to learn next week if facilities at The Pickaquoy Centre are ready to reopen after a plant room flood in January. Significant damage was caused by the mechanical failure, leading to ...

Plans have been lodged to demolish the former Papdale Halls of Residence and clear the site for housing. The building has largely lain unused since its closure as an accommodation facility in 2013.