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Presenter Lorraine Kelly will host the opening ceremony of the Island Games in Orkney this summer. The broadcaster will welcome athletes from 24 islands and island groups across the world to ...

What you can expect to hear from the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler. Guess the meaning of old Orkney words in the Whassigo panel game.

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Tonight will see clear skies throughout the night. Remaining dry and settled, and it will turn chillier than previous nights. Some local patchy fog cannot be ruled out in places. Friday Tomorrow ...

Figures in this article are not seasonally adjusted. The provisional average house price in Orkney Islands in November 2024 was £206,000. This was higher than the average of £193,000 in November 2023 ...

Local housing data are based on a smaller number of properties than our national estimates. This means that short-term trends are more variable. We advise looking at trends over a year or longer. We ...