Police are appealing for information about a break-in at Shapinsay Health Centre. Officers say the incident occurred between Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28. At this time, it does not ...

Questions over the accounts given by colleagues of murder victim Shamsuddin Mahmood emerged soon after the 1994 killing. An internal review of the Kirkwall murder probe conducted just weeks after the ...

Further details have emerged on the circumstances which led a Kirkwall dentist to leave his practice without warning. Dr Nick Deyanov is not likely to return, according to NHS Orkney, who are ...

Council tax in Orkney could rise by six per cent, if councillors agree to recommendations in front of them. Orkney Islands Council’s policy and resources committee will meet next Tuesday to set the ...

Dozens of files from the Mumutaz murder hunt have vanished, it has emerged. Police Scotland has told The Orcadian that almost ...

After over 15 years of excellent service, Orkney’s only Italian eatery is on the market for a new owner.  Ideally located in ...

CalMac has announced that its charter of a Pentland Ferries catamaran has been extended into next month. The current hire of mv Alfred to the Western Isles ferry service was due to come to an end on ...

A family business spanning three generations is about to begin a new chapter as John and Sheelagh Allan of J. & S. Allan will ...

The charter of a Pentland Ferries catamaran to CalMac is due to finish later this week — though the vessel may be set to remain on the West Coast yet. MV Alfred’s current hire on the West Coast will ...

The Scottish First Minister, John Swinney, is in Orkney today. Mr Swinney took in a whistle stop tour of Orkney businesses, including Sheila Fleet and the Deerness Distillery, before attending a ...

A pint-sized Orcadian fundraiser has inspired over £10,000 in donations just five days into a 30-day challenge which has ...