Orkney County, Scotland News

Snow and ice have been causing serious problems across Scotland. Grampian Police said heavy snow had been causing "mayhem" on the roads in Aberdeen, with a number of lorries getting stuck in snow on the A90.

To Lerwick, early, on relatively clear roads, thanks to absolutely superb gritting and ploughing.

LIFE is never dull when you are working for a company at the leading edge of the renewables revolution.

Peering into the breech of a German cannon, sunk 20m underwater, I was met by the doleful stare of a conger eel.

Mother and toddler groups, youth clubs and unemployment centres are among the winners of a competition offering free wi-fi to remote areas.

A unique discovery of submerged man-made structures on the seabed off Orkney could help find solutions to rising sea-levels, experts have said.

The Scottish Government believes we can generate nearly half our electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

The fog at Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports caused huge delays to flights, officials have confirmed.

An Orkney fisherman has been airlifted to safety after his vessel sank off the island of Stronsay on Friday evening.

A judge has lambasted a council for abandoning a six-year-old disabled boy in a row over funding for his care.

In a bleakly beautiful island landscape, some strange new sights are emerging. In the turbulent waters off the shores of Orkney, in the far north of Scotland, an array of bizarre machines is being deployed in a drive to harness the power of the sea.

Tory candidate Frank Nairn. Click on image to enlarge. The Scottish Conservatives have re-selected farmer Frank Nairn as their candidate for Orkney and Shetland at the General Election, which has to be held before June next year.

The "ARTIST ROOMS 2010 Tour" has been made possible by The Art Fund and is supported by the Scottish Government.

Drewie Laurenson recounts the story of his great uncle, James Scott Jamieson, who lost his life in the sinking of the Active , 94 years ago.

THE largest ever public gift of art to UK museums, boasting works by some of the most celebrated artists, will tour 21 venues next year - including the Baltic in Gateshead.

IT IS an empty school where the playground echoes not to the laughter of children but the cry of distant corncrakes.

NORTH SCOTLAND 16-27 NOVEMBER 2009. The purpose of this Circular is to give notification of the trial to be performed by the Ministry of Defence Air Warfare Centre, in which Global Positioning System signals will be intentionally jammed.

The Oyster wave energy device was launched this week by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MP, MSP, pictured here with Aquamarine Power CEO Martin McAdam The world's largest working hydro-electric wave energy device has been officially launched in Scotland.

Queen's University has helped the global wave energy industry take a major stride forward with the launch of the world's largest working hydro-electric wave energy device by Aquamarine Power.

Aquamarine Power , a developer of wave energy technology, recently launched the world's largest working hydro-electric wave energy device, known as 'Oyster', at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.