The Latest Breaking News from Orkney

The UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched in Orkney to provide residents with their mail.

Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have launched the project to make it easier for islanders to receive their mail without delays.

Dingieshowe, Orkney: It’s a sanctuary for juvenile fish, hermit crabs and other sea creatures – no wonder it is wanted elsewhere

Post-pandemic, I’ve become a right Little Englander, even though I’m from Glasgow. I hate leaving the country because I hate travel, and I loathe flying. Gone are the days of any kind of nostalgic glamour a la Alan Whicker or that scene in Catch Me If You Can where Leonardo…

THE BBC has dismissed a complaint about “a map of the UK” that did not include Orkney or Shetland ...

Five UK museums are up for a £120,000 prize. So what’s the best item in each of them? From a sleeping beauty to an extinct bird, famous fans pick their most treasured object

For the third time in half a century, Orkney, UK, has raised the issue of its Nordic origins and an apparent desire to embrace them once more. Earlier this week, Orkney Islands Council voted on a motion to begin exploring options of “greater subsidiarity and autonomy”, potentially looking beyond the…

The Scottish Secretary said he has spoken to Orkney Islands council leader James Stockan over calls for better funding.

Westminster and Holyrood were accused of leaving the islands “largely ignored and disrespected”

Orcadians cite their Nordic links and neglect by Edinburgh as they digest a council decision to explore alternative governance

CLAIM: “Orkney councillors back plan to explore alternative forms of governance” – Guardian headline July 4 2023.