Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist recognized for his explorations of small-town life ... Geographic magazine. Islands were sliding by in the North Sea as I looked out ...

On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic ... and the tranquility of daily life has become overwhelming, to the point where the Council is taking action.

Life expectancy at birth for women in the Orkney Islands is one of the best in Scotland, new figures show. It comes as the King's Fund, a health think tank, said the Government's goal of improving ...

Seventy-seven long-finned pilot whales washed ashore on Thursday on Sanday island ... the Orkney archipelago off Scotland. Sixty-five of them were already dead, the British Divers Marine Life ...

Two dogs, one Springer Spaniel and one Black Labrador recently journeyed to the most northern part of Scotland to aid conservationists in removing stoats from the islands of Orkney. The reasoning ...

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 ...

A wave energy converter bought by Orkney Islands council for £1 is expected ... generator Wave power firm in administration Prize for 'sea snake' inventor Gareth Waterson, the council's director ...