Whatever the weather, the town centre will be bustling today for Kirkwall BID’s Spring Fling. A host of events and activities ...

Orkney’s tourism industry marks the start of the 2026 season today with the launch of this year’s Orkney Islander magazine.

The local authority could end up writing off a seven figure debt it is has been racking up to UHI Orkney over the past four ...

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is available in shops and online today. The eye-watering price of petrol and diesel on the forecourts have hit people and businesses in the pocket — but garages ...

Stromness Academy’s S3 netballers have won a national accolade in thrilling and dramatic circumstances. The side won the ...

Much-loved lollipop lady Sheila McIntyre is set to retire this Friday, as she approaches her 80th birthday.  Sheila told The ...

Stewart Fotheringhame’s role in ensuring golf was at the heart of Orkney’s successful staging of last year’s Island Games has been recognised through the Spirit of Golf Volunteering Award for 2026.

This year’s Parish Cup, sponsored by The Orcadian, sees a series of West Mainland clashes and a tough challenge for the competition’s smallest side, in seven tasty ties drawn in the first round.
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Orkney has been going bananas — quite literally — after an ordering mishap saw almost seven tonnes of the fruit at Tesco’s Kirkwall superstore. A technical glitch in the supermarket giant’s ordering ...

A broadband blackout affecting over 500 homes and businesses in the North Isles will not be fixed this week. BT, which owns the damaged cable causing the outage, has confirmed that bad weather has ...

Plans to expand the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) in Stromness have been approved by councillors. The ...