Orkney Islands

Orkney Dialect Takes Centre Stage at Kirbuster Farm Museum

Tom Rendall and Neil Leask will explore farming words, weather, poetry and Norse-rooted place names during a free event at one of Orkney’s oldest surviving farm buildings. The changing language of everyday Orkney life will be heard in its spoken form at Kirbuster Farm

Community·Featured·Orkney Islands

Norman Rendall Retires After 20 Years at Orkney Council Headquarters

The senior caretaker has been thanked for two decades of work keeping the council’s School Place offices running behind the scenes. Senior caretaker Norman Rendall has retired from Orkney Islands Council after 20 years at its School Place headquarters in Kirkwall. Mr Rendall joined

Drilling Milestone Brings Orkney’s First Transmission Link Closer to Shore

Horizontal drilling beneath the Caithness coast has been completed at Dounreay, preparing the mainland landing point

Island Livestock Resilience Cannot Stop at the Farm Gate

On Islay, farm resilience is a daily concern. It is the feed that has to be

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Scotland Was Warned. The Grid Bill Is Now Arriving.

Scotland’s electricity story is often told as a story of abundance. Wind in the North Sea.

Featured·Highland·Infrastructure·Orkney Islands·Scottish News·Shetland Islands

Scotland’s Space and Defence Sites Face Fresh Scrutiny After US Israel Technology Proposal

A draft American defence provision would create a formal US Israel defence technology cooperation initiative covering drones, missile defence, cyber, artificial intelligence,

by Editorial Team

1 June 2026

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Community·Highland·Orkney Islands·Scottish News·Shetland Islands

When Abuse Is Not a Bruise: Older Women, Rural Scotland and the Law That Changed

Scotland’s domestic abuse law now recognises coercive control, psychological abuse and patterns of behaviour that may leave no visible injury. But older

by Andrew Robertson

31 May 2026