A 150-year-old whalebone which is one of the most photographed objects in Orkney has been toppled by strong winds. The Birsay attraction is thought to be the last remnants of a beached whale from ...

A MAN has died after falling from cliffs in Orkney. Emergency services raced to the scene near Birsay, in the north west of the mainland of Orkney, after a report of a missing person.

The family of an 88-year-old man missing in Orkney have been informed after a body was found. James Mainland was reported missing from his home in Birsay almost two weeks ago.

James Mainland, 88, has not been seen since Saturday morning when leaving his home in Birsay, Orkney.

POLICE say a body and fishing vessel has been recovered from the shoreline at Loch of Boardhouse near Birsay on Orkney.

Kirkwall took over from Birsay as the chief powerbase for the Orkney earls in the 12th century and grew in importance when Rognvald Kali Kolsson (c1103-1158) became Earl in 1136.

The Birsay area is located to the north-west of mainland Orkney. A coastguard helicopter and fire and rescue crews were drafted in to assist the search for the men, who have not yet been identified.

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, chosen as a settlement by the Norse? It was in a very defensible position surrounded almost entirely by ...

NAVY bomb disposal experts are being sent to deal with a suspected wartime landmine found on an Orkney beach. The badly corroded disc – measuring 8 inches x 10 inches – was discovered b… ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, chosen as a settlement by the Norse? It was in a very defensible position surrounded almost entirely by ...