Channelling his inner Eric Bloodaxe, our writer basks in the natural wonders of Orkney.

Orkney continues to be at the center of the United Kingdom’s renewable energy plans, with the Scottish archipelago unveiling the ReFLEX (Responsive Flexibility) Orkney project earlier this week.

Orkney Islands Council has secured a £62.1m loan from the National Wealth Fund to build its six-turbine Quanterness wind farm. The 28.8 MW project will export power to the national grid, supporting ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ride ...

Heavy rainfall has led to widespread disruption on roads across Orkney. Part of the Grainshore Road on the outskirts of ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I've never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour's ferry ...

STORY: Local politicians on Britain's Orkney Islands say they are considering what they're calling "alternative forms of governance" -- including potentially leaving the UK and becoming part of Norway ...

Up in the remote northeast of Scotland, residents of the Orkney Islands use small island-hopping aircraft to commute around the archipelago. The longest flight in the area is 15 minutes, traveling 33 ...

Turkish tug boat builder Sanmar Shipyards said that it has launched Odin of Scapa, first of the Orkney Islands Council (OIC) two new tugs, at its shipyard at Altinova in Turkey."The launch was on ...

Earlier this week, the Orkney Islands council voted 15 to 6 in favor of a proposal to begin looking into “alternative forms of governance” beyond their status quo position within the UK and Scotland.

Our Ask Me Anything team look at why players born in the Channel Islands like Alex Scott can represent England at a senior level.

A man who forced the closure of Orkney's Kirkwall Airport after telling a staff member "airplane goes boom" has been jailed ...