A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and ...

Orkney's remote position makes ... Fukuoka, a city on Japan's Kyushu island, uses cutting-edge technology such as satellites and AI to save water. Snowfall is helping urban planners design safer ...

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

The 15% rise was passed by 15 votes to six at a meeting of the full Orkney Islands Council, defeating an amendment for a lower rise of 11%. The biggest agreed percentage increase in Scotland so ...