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Industrial Action to Hit Scottish Water Workers at publicly owned Scottish Water will be taking industrial action in a dispute over pay. In the opening phase of action at Scottish Water, members of the trade unione Unite will hold a standby ban, and a ban on contractual overtime over two…

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Guided Tour of HMS Tern On Saturday, 22 February, Andrew Hollinrake took a group of us round HMS Tern, also known as RNAS Twatt, World War 2 airfield. I've visited this site many times, and I've been on one of Andrew's tours before but he always has something new to impart as more families come…

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Weather Forecast 25 February: Unsettled with showers on Tuesday. Information from The Met Office Today 25 February: Sunshine and showers, these heavy and thundery in the morning but becoming more scattered in the afternoon. Strong west or southwest winds gradually easing through the day. Maximum…

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⚠️ BREAKING: U.S. 🇺🇸 reports 3.8 million new COVID-19 cases in a single week, with 550,000 daily infections. Currently, 1 in every 87 Americans is infected with COVID-19. Transmission rates are now higher than at any point during 48.6% of the pandemic.

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24 Feb 1917 // HM Yacht Verona (formerly private yacht Imogen, requisitioned 1914) sank off Portmahomack, Easter Ross, Scotland, after striking a mine laid by German submarine UC-33. She sank in under a minute: 23 men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

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Scapa Bay, Orkney,cold and windy but cleansing the soul with dark blue sea and rolling waves. 5C.

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At the Ring of Brodgar #Orkney #StandingStones

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In the darkest days of the pandemic, there was a beautiful optimism that the World might learn & mend its ways and we would build a better future. That hope is being severely challenged at the moment. This video, from 2020, is a reminder of that time and that hopeful vision. vimeo.com/417019812

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Are Nature Based Solutions the Answer to Sinking Cities ? A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has revealed a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria, directly linked to rising sea levels and seawater intrusion.

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Symbols of Mortality In Tankerness House Museum. By Bernie Bell I have to admit that I wouldn’t normally have chosen to visit this exhibition. I’d seen it advertised and had visions of morbid Victorian mourning paraphernalia, but I had an hour to kill ( no pun intended) so thought I’d go to see…

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Free Advice from Home Energy Scotland As Orkney householders continue to face rising energy bills because of recent price cap increases and cold temperatures, Home Energy Scotland are here to help. Their team of expert advisors are ready to give you free, impartial advice to ensure that you can…

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Weather Forecast 24 February: Mainly dry and bright today with scattered showers. Windy. Information from The Met Office Today 24 February: A mixture of bright spells and a few showers. The showers mostly across Shetland with longer dry and sunny spells over Orkney. Feeling rather cold with strong…

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“Because Scots does not have a recognised standard spoken form today, many believe that the various dialects spoken here are dialects of English. They are in fact dialects of Scots and form an unbroken continuum with the language which was the national tongue of the Middle Ages."

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Quanterness Windfarm One Step Nearer Councillors in Orkney have given the green light to the development of a windfarm by the council at Quanterness. Quanterness Image of what a view when travelling from Kirkwall will be The 6 turbine 28.8MW windfarm was backed unanimously by members of the…

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The Politics of Survival, Part 2 by Duncan Lunan Recap The 'Politics of Survival' was devised in 1969 to bring about the Guaranteed Survival of Mankind, a programme which might take 200-300 years to reach that objective. To discuss it the possible threats to survival were discussed under eight…

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Still windy - but now with added sunshine #ScatNess #Shetland

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Earl of Moray #OnThisDay On 23 January 1570, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, became the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm. James Stewart (c. 1531-1570), 1st Earl of Moray (1562), Regent of Scotland (1567-1570), 1568 Not stated., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons James…

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Weather Forecast 23 February: Rain and severe gales today. Orkney brighter later. Information from The Met Office Today 23 February YELLOW WARNING WIND: A bright start for Shetland but rain will soon reach Orkney before spreading northeast into Shetland. Orkney becoming drier and brighter late in…

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Neolithic ‘cup and ring marks’ at Lordenshaw in the Simonside Hills, Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RockArt #Archaeology #Neolithic #Northumberland

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At HMS Tern WW2 airfield #Orkney

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I was walking past this well the other week & reflecting on some of this. It's a good local hook & link into discussions around colonialism & settling of the 'America's' by white Europeans. Our P6s use The Explorer's novel by Katherine Rundell to link to a block of teaching on Exploration #Orkney

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We were back out last week and will be out again today showing our solidarity with the people of #Gaza and wider #Palestine. #Orkney friends of Palestine are also meeting this morning to make plans for how we raise awareness, take action and fundraise this year. 🇵🇸

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Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini On 24 February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin had been threatening the independence of the nation for over a decade. Ten years earlier Russian forces took Crimea, then part of Ukraine, and annexed it. In 2022 there was widespread support for the…

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Free Online Workshops Exploring Shipwrecks As part of the Sanday Wreck project a series of online workshops is being run by Wessex Archaeology to help people wishing to research and find out more. The workshops are all free to attend thanks to support from Orkney Archaeological Society and…

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Books That I’m Not Likely To Read Again By Bernie Bell It started when an old friend from Uni. posted a ‘Shelfie’ on his FB page. Instead of a Selfie of himself - a pic. of one of his bookshelves - which I reckon can tell us as much about a person as a Selfie does. I think it’s a great idea as it…

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Weather Forecast 22 February: Mainly dry, bright with a good deal of sunshine. Windy. Information from The Met Office. Today 22 February: A mostly dry day a good deal of sunshine. Some patchy cloud at times and just the odd passing light shower possible during the afternoon. Fresh or strong…

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@theorkneynews.bsky.social has featured our Seaweed Secrets exhibition. See 'The Beauty of Seaweed' this FREE FEBRUARY, with free entry for all. We also have the #tourmalinetrail for younger visitors, from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social & @littletigeruk.bsky.social theorkneynews.scot/2025/02/18/t...

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Pleasant Smells: a Key Element in Ancient Egypt’s Mummification Process Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’. A selection of the mummified bodies in the exhibition area of the Egyptian museum in Cairo Image credit: Emma Paolin A new study led by researchers from UCL…

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Let’s Dance Open Day A Let's Dance Open Day will be held at the Move Orkney studio, the old squash courts, Hatston, Kirkwall, on Sunday the 2nd of March 2025. This is a day to support mental health, wellbeing, connection, and community. Let’s Dance Orkney is part of Let's Dance, UK events to get…

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The Poetry of The Canongate Wall: Public Vote Opens for New Additions The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh is not only the place where our elected national representatives debate and make new legislation, but it also contains memorable features including art work. Those memorable features continue…

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Weather Forecast 21 February: Outbreaks of rain and southerly gales or severe gales. Information from The Met Office. Today 21 February: Outbreaks of rain will spread north in the morning, rain occasionally heavy for Shetland but becoming patchier during the afternoon. Southerly gales or severe…

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Stop these flights and stop arming Israel.

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Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Craiglockhart War Hospital in #Edinburgh. The estate in which this building is located was sold in 1773 to Alexander Monro tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2014/12/old-...

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Is a Cruise Ship Visitor Tax an Option for Orkney? With spending under pressure, Orkney Islands Council is looking favourably upon a visitor tax which would include cruise ships. The 130th Kirkwall Regatta 2019 and the cruise ship Costa Mediterranean Sea. Image credit Kenny Armet Speaking about a…

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Orkney SNP Meet With FM John Swinney By Robert Leslie. Image credit: Ria Leslie Orkney SNP welcomed First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney to a special meeting in the St Magnus Centre last Monday evening. Around 30 branch members, along with Emma Roddick MSP, joined the hybrid meeting either…

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Flying Visit By Edwin Heath Royal Jubilees, like butterflies, campions and the sunnier days of Spring, tend to come a trifle late to Orkney - or so it seemed, back then in 1977. Not that the native islanders, the Orcadians, would necessarily consider such tardiness a failing: masters of patience…

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Weather Forecast 20 February: Windy with outbreaks of rain. Brighter later Information from The Met Office. Today 20 February: Starting cloudy with outbreaks of rain, occasionally heavy along with strong to gale force southeast winds. Brighter, showery conditions soon reaching Orkney, these…

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During my lecture on Russian espionage in the West somewhere in 2018, someone asked what I considered to be the most successful Russian intelligence operation in the history. I didn't have to think about my answer: "Donald Trump in the White House". He still is.

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It's a bitty wild out there today. A perfect reason for Scotch Broth. With meat or stock cubes this winter warmer is a must. @theorkneynews.bsky.social theorkneynews.scot/2020/11/27/h...

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@chaosoverlordz.bsky.social Boltgun is a retro style shooter in the homage of the original Doom, sometimes referred to as a boomer shooter. #Warhammer 40000 Boltgun theorkneynews.scot/2025/02/19/w...

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Delivering Energy Saving Support for Orkney A £300k additional boost of funding to Orkney Islands Council will help it to deliver energy saving measures to homes in the islands through Warmworks. The Council was awarded £1.21m for home energy efficiency measures for 2024-25 from the Scottish…

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30% of Orkney Households Have a Renewable Installation Orkney has come top of Scotland’s five best performing areas for certified renewable energy installations from data by MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy. The top five areas in…

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