If you're looking to watch events in person, there is no need to book tickets as all events are free and work on a first-come ...

This year’s top islands, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025, span 18 countries, from the Mediterranean to ...

Edinburgh, Plymouth, Liverpool, Newcastle, Belfast, the Isles of Scilly, Orkneys, Shetlands; you can visit them all and more on ships ... circumnavigating north along the east coast to the Orkney or ...

CAESAREAN cyclists will be hoping to pedal for gold in Orkney, competing in the road and mountain biking events at the 2025 Island Games next week. Jack Rebours, Tom Huelin, Sam Nisbet and Ollie Cadin ...

Orkney Islands Council has issued a scam warning as the Island Games approaches. In particular, the trading standards team at ...

A stunning island that could easily compete with the likes of the Maldives has been left to rot for more than 70 years, after ...

Bermuda’s International Island Games athletes have received letters of support and best wishes from the Governor Andrew ...

A Holyrood committee has expressed “reservations” about a “well intentioned” bid to change the law to make the theft of a dog ...

Run in collaboration with the Scottish Government and its agencies, the STA’s strategy set out its vision for making Scotland ...

A week after Shaw's death in 1978, BBC Radio Orkney broadcast a tribute. It was presented by Archie Bevan, a local teacher and author who was one of the founders of the islands' St Magnus Festival. Mr ...

The hard-bitten, shark-hunting, salty sea dog from Steven Spielberg's 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws was a defining role for ...