This world-renowned archipelago off the coast of Scotland has dramatic scenery, great beachfront walks, and historic sites ...

An Orkney stonemason has turned "snow mason" to build an impressive igloo with a working fire and chimney. It is one of a ...

Ed Miliband’s flagship green energy cable to Orkney is being sold as a clean power lifeline, yet the route it must take cuts ...

A green energy sea cable project overseen by Ed Miliband risks spreading nuclear waste across the pristine beaches of Orkney.

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands will pilot two electric hydrofoil ferries that will commute between its outer islands in a three-year trial. The Orkneys are launching their electric ferry pilot with Belfast ...

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part ...

Why I went: We’re interested in the lives of ancient peoples. But the August 2014 National Geographic article “Before Stonehenge” was the deciding factor. Don’t miss: Take in all the neolithic sites ...

The OWPL consortium has submitted a proposal to the Crown Estate Scotland’s offshore wind leasing round (ScotWind) to develop the N1 plan option area west of Orkney. If successful, its proposal – ...