Speak up, don’t bottle it up” urge two pals swapping pool cues for walking shoes in a 40-mile trek for a mental health ...

Over £150,000 in budget cuts are being kept under wraps by Orkney Islands Council (OIC). Savings measures which have been ...

The life of “Orkney’s own Admiral” has been told in a biography charting the career of the former First Sea Lord, Sir Jock ...

A Boys’ Brigade champion, who has been the perfect role model for boys and young men in Kirkwall, has been honoured for ...

A police boat and dive team joined the search for a missing monk from Papa Stronsay on Tuesday. It is now over two weeks on ...

The leader of Orkney Islands Council is set to welcome her first child, the local authority has announced. Heather Woodbridge ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is available online now, and in shops this afternoon. “Speak up, don’t bottle it up” urge ...

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Twenty-three years old and set for a new life in Australia, the likelihood of Inga Elder owning and running a salon in Orkney appeared remote. A thirst for adventure had already seen the young ...

It was a tragic ending for a young sea eagle which was found wounded in Sanday this week. The juvenile white-tailed eagle (also known as the sea eagle) which could have grown into one of the world’s ...