A full meeting of Orkney Islands Council will be asked to vote on the recommendation at a later date Councillors in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed 15% increase in the islands ...

Orkney Islands Council pressed ahead with the eye-watering increase despite a major backlash from residents. A councillor who tried unsuccessfully to reduce the increase said he had never seen ...

The northern isles of the Orkney archipelago receive fewer visitors than the main island (known as the Mainland) and those to ...

Wednesday Tomorrow the Isles will see mostly cloudy skies, with rain arriving in the evening, but a few sunnier spells are expected for Orkney at times. Staying dry and sunny on the mainland.

Article continues below Topping the list are the Orkney Islands. Orkney is said to have been inhabited for more than 8,000 years, with Neolithic sites found all around the archipelago. It is even ...