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Cut flights to Scottish islands to be restored after SNP Government U-turn

FLIGHTS from Inverness to the Western and Northern isles are to be fully restored later this year, the Scottish Government has confirmed ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6

St Magnus festival in Orkney, a festival finding joy in innovation

IN FOCUS: Simon Mundy finds much to love at the 50th anniversary celebrations, from Lucine Musaelian singing traditional Armenian music to the refreshingly unconventional composer Alistair Nicholson

The Independent UK · Jun 26

What a slip-up! The shop in Orkney that accidentally ordered 38,000 bananas

The Kirkwall branch of Tesco meant to buy 380kg of fruit. Instead, it placed an order for 380 boxes – each containing 100 pieces

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31

Country diary: A plucky band of riders wade into the waves

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Riding of the Marches is a revived tradition that clatters through the streets to the golden sands of Scapa beach

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

How to eat and drink your way around Orkney

Saoirse Ronan is turning ‘The Outrun’ by Orcadian nature memoirist Amy Liptrot into a film. But the Scottish island is also carving out a place on the map as a hard-to-reach but worth-the-effort destination for foodies, finds Jessie Thompson

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

Baldur's Gate 3 is so terrifyingly massive that it makes me want to return to my RPG happy place: Dragon Age 2

Opinion | Baldur's Gate 3 is a daunting offering - take me back to Kirkwall, I beg of you.

GamesRadar · Aug 14, 2023

‘It’s a bit of fun’: Orkney residents savour idea of joining Norway

Orcadians cite their Nordic links and neglect by Edinburgh as they digest a council decision to explore alternative governance

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Inside Scottish town named 'friendliest' in UK with welcoming locals and low crime rate

The town has gained the reputation as the "most welcoming" in the UK.

Daily Record · May 2, 2023

UK's friendliest town revealed where people leave doors unlocked and keys in cars

Locals in a town that's been named the most welcoming in the UK by a Booking.com study regularly leave their homes and cars unlocked, and it regularly gets positive reviews from tourists

Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023

Loganair suspends island flights amid strike action

Services from Inverness to Stornoway and Benbecula, and from Inverness to Kirkwall and Sumburgh, are all suspended

Insider UK · Mar 6, 2023