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Eleven staff members at NHS Orkney have been recognised and celebrated for their long-service to the health authority. An ...
A fire exit, several windows and a CCTV camera have been damaged in an incident at the old Balfour Hospital. The vandalism ...
Sandwick and Holm hold the advantage after they beat Westray and St Andrews respectively in the first legs of The Orcadian ...
The West of Orkney Windfarm has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish Government, which developers hail as a “major ...
This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. Bosses in charge of an almost £1 billion construction project are continuing to make the county a “home from home” for an ...
NHS Orkney chief executive is to step down, as she takes over the top role at NHS Grampian. Laura Skaife-Knight has been ...
Police are investigating allegations of driving offences involving a silver coach in Stromness last week. Officers are ...
Kirkwall man Colin Miller is on track to complete his inspirational fundraising challenge for Arcadia Park one month early.
Two outstanding students at UHI Orkney have picked up awards for their hard work over the past academic year. Alicen Geddes has been named UHI Orkney Student of the Year 2025: Contribution, while ...
Twenty-four-hour continuous drilling will soon begin at Warebeth, as the work on the Orkney Link Project’s subsea cable moves into a new phase. SSEN transmission, who are in charge of the project to ...
It was a day for records to be broken and bonds to be forged as Sanday hosted the 75th North Isles Sports, this Saturday. A ...
Orkney will attempt to win their third Archer Shield in a row when they welcome Caithness to Dounby on Saturday. Charlie Alway has named the side recently selected to represent Orkney at the Island ...