The 52-strong German High Seas fleet was deliberately sunk by its crews in 1919 when its commander thought peace talks had failed.

Orkney Islands Council has removed a number of flags from Kirkwall town centre as it says they were put up without permission ...

Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an "incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm, East Mainland, was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians 127 ...

We were removing a slab when the head came rolling out at us, and as we turned it around we saw a face looking back at us.” ...

Adam Triolo, VP of Commercial Business Development, Regent, said: "Regent's Seaglider technology is an all-electric ...

Orkney is considering breaking away from the UK and could become part of Norway under new proposals. The archipelago off the north of Scotland, which is made up of 70 islands, is going ahead with ...

Alexander Annal, whose family owns the island and lives on nearby South Ronaldsay, was alerted by local postal staff that a ...

Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them away as a royal ...

Standing Stones, also known as "the First Stonehenge," in the Ring O Brodgar in Orkney © Andrew Wilson/LOOP IMAGES/Loop Images/Corbis Ten years ago a farmer was ...

Pontefract and Castleford drinkers will be able to sample unusual brews from around the world next month as Wetherspoon pubs ...