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Orkney will host more than 2,000 athletes from 24 island groups competing across 12 sports. This marks the first time in the Games’ 40-year history that Orkney will stage the biennial event.

Ms Lindsay was one of three staff members nominated from Orkney, in a reflection of the level of health care delivered on one of Scotland’s most remote group of islands.

Scotland Now World War 1 Artefacts from WWI ship that sank in Orkney claiming hundreds of lives reclaimed after a century A bell, a gun badge, and a tampion were recovered from the wreckage of HMS ...

Orkney’s bus and internal ferry services will also see some changes for the Island Games. The games organisers have arranged an extra bus service to run through the week.

Orkney’s Island Games is now just days away and a special welcome is being planned for the 2,000 visitors attending the week of sports events. The excitement for the global event has been ...

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A long-running community bonfire and fireworks display in Orkney has been cancelled after concerns about its impact on wildlife. The Kirkwall Bonfire will not go ahead this November, following a ...

14-day weather forecast for Evie.Today Today will see sunshine for the mainland. Sunshine to start for the Isles too, but variable cloud will develop in the afternoon, before thicker cloud and ...