Unacceptable” and “misleading” land sale practices are to be raised with Scotland’s justice secretary next week. Orkney’s MSP ...

Important evidence” from a controversial Orkney murder investigation has vanished, The Orcadian can reveal. Police Scotland can’t find a photofit of a man who allegedly threatened to shoot Shamsuddin ...

September 11, 2025 at 4:03 pm Police are investigating the alleged attempt to defraud Orkney Islands Council. An alleged attempt to defraud Orkney Islands Council (OIC) is under investigation, it has ...

A 29-year-old man has been jailed for nine months for a fatal road crash he caused near Finstown three years ago. Ewan Brown was appearing for sentence at Kirkwall Sheriff Court today (Wednesday), ...

Could robot mowers help give some much-needed TLC to Orkney’s council-run cemeteries? The innovation is being considered to ...

Proposals to ban motor vehicles from a large swathe of Kirkwall’s town centre have been ditched. The decision was made unanimously by Orkney Islands Council’s development and infrastructure committee, ...