This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP is calling on Orkney Islands councillors to rethink plans to increase council tax ...

The name of a deceased Hoy man has been released by police today, following the discovery of his body last Thursday. Stephen Seymour-Clancy, 79, was found in the water and was pronounced dead at the ...

Council tax in Orkney is set to rise by 15 per cent, one of the biggest hikes yet proposed in Scotland. A series of votes on ...

Police are investigating the alleged assault of an elderly woman at Braeburn Court, South Ronaldsay. A report was made to the police about the alleged incident ten days ago. A Police Scotland ...

Enquiries are being carried out in the Myre Bay area of Hoy after a car was seen in the water. Police Scotland and other ...

A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal after the death of a 79-year-old man in Hoy, whose car was discovered in water at Myre Bay on Thursday. The man’s body was recovered from the water ...

A flood occurred onboard mv Hjaltland yesterday (Thursday, 20) delaying its return into service. No one was injured in the incident, and Serco NorthLink Ferries says it is “not possible” to put a ...

Plans for Orkney Islands Council (OIC) to build and operate a six-turbine wind farm at Quanterness in St Ola have been unanimously backed by councillors. Elected members at today’s policy and ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, an Orkney Islands councillor has spoken out about what he has dubbed a “gold-rush” mentality that has seen ...

Councillors will, on Thursday, make a decision on the future of two of the council’s community windfarms. Six-turbine developments at Quanterness and Hoy, and a decision on whether to proceed with the ...