ORKNEY'S Island Games gave a £4.3 million boost to the local economy, a new report has found. Despite this, the week’s effect ...

Dragon Age 4’s latest trailer was released at The Game Awards this month. The brand new video showed the next game’s player character explore the dark streets of a mysterious city that appeared to be ...

Bracewell and Orkney Builders (Contractors) Ltd have submitted a planning application for a new 92-bed hotel at Junction Road ...

Orkney Islands Council has removed a number of flags from Kirkwall town centre as it says they were put up without permission. Union flags and saltires appeared on poles along the front of the grounds ...

Plans to build a four-storey, 92-bed hotel in Kirkwall have been submitted to Orkney Islands Council. They have been brought ...

A local taxi driver offers up two stories as evidence of just how friendly Kirkwall, the largest town in Scotland's Orkney archipelago, can be. The first: He left his wallet, phone and car keys on the ...

A Dundee man forced the closure of Kirkwall Airport after telling a staff member "airplane goes boom" during repeated bomb threat calls, a court has heard. Ross Buchan, 21, called the reception desk ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets ...

Bonfire Night in Kirkwall can be one of the most exciting nights of the year. There are loads of Guy Fawkes events in Kirkwall and no matter what the weather's like, you can always be sure a firework ...

CCTV cameras have been installed in Kirkwall to fight crime as part of a £160,000 project. The Scottish Executive has provided much of the funding for the 14 cameras in the town centre. It is the ...

Dragon Age Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah thinks the studio failed to 'prepare' fans for how different Dragon Age 2 was: 'People look at it and they're like, well this sure isn't Dragon Age: ...