
Just a small chance of an afternoon shower affecting Orkney where it will feel quite warm. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Just a small chance of an afternoon shower affecting Orkney where it will feel quite warm. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Cool with brisk northwesterly winds at first, easing later. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
Freshening southerly winds. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
Warm, especially across Orkney. Maximum temperature 21 °C.
“It was a time when the two independent nations of England and Scotland shared one king. It was a time of Covenanters and Cavaliers. It was a time of civil war, betrayal and regicide.”
“the inhabitants of Stromness did resolve to assert their natural liberties and therefore did refuse any longer to submit to this imposition”
Maximum temperature 15 °C.
From the field at Bannockburn, a knight, clad in shining armour, rode with great haste, bringing the news of the victory to the north and onwards to the islands of Orkney.
“She wore feathers in her hair”
The Orkney News is very pleased to announce that as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories we have been awarded funding to make a series of short films highlighting stories from Orkney.