The Orkney News

25/11/2025

Portraits for Peace at the Northlight Gallery for

The next exhibition at the Northlight Gallery Stromness will be Portraits for Peace and runs from Saturday 29 November - Fair Saturday - to 16 December. The exhibition is a collaboration between Northlight gallery, Stromness and the Orkney News as part of Fair Saturday events. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm when visitors can watch Orcadian artist Martin Laird painting the portraits of local Peace activists....

The next exhibition at the Northlight Gallery Stromness will be Portraits for Peace and runs from Saturday 29 November – Fair Saturday – to 16 December. The exhibition is a collaboratio…

25/11/2025

Sheila Fleet’s Gets Festive!

By Bernie Bell. It was Mike’s birthday, so we went to Sheila Fleet’s for lunch, which was gorgeous as ever. They’ve got a Christmas menu which mentions Rudolph - but does have Vegan options! The entrance has a festive arch around the door, where a warm light invites you in There’s a tea-set as deccies and in use Birds and berries along the shelves…...

By Bernie Bell. It was Mike’s birthday, so we went to Sheila Fleet’s for lunch, which was gorgeous as ever.  They’ve got a Christmas menu which mentions Rudolph – but…

25/11/2025

Weather Forecast 25 November : Mostly dry with some sunny spells. Light winds.

Information from The Met Office. Today 25 November : A few showers still around in the morning. Becoming mostly dry through the day with bright or sunny spells developing, but chance of the odd shower again late afternoon. Feeling cold with light winds. Maximum temperature 5 °C. Tonight: Mostly dry but chance of the odd shower at first. Increasingly cloudy through the night with some outbreaks of rain and freshening southwest winds....

Information from The Met Office. Today 25 November : A few showers still around in the morning. Becoming mostly dry through the day with bright or sunny spells developing, but chance of the odd sho…

24/11/2025

24/11/2025

Weather Forecast 24 November : Showery and breezy, feeling colder again.

Information from The Met Office. Today 24 November: There will be some bright or sunny intervals between passing showers, showers becoming quite frequent for Shetland. Cold northeasterly winds, strong at first and staying quite blustery at times in showers. Maximum temperature 7 °C. Tonight: Clear intervals and scattered showers continue through the evening. Showers become less frequent through the night. Cold northeasterly winds, strong at first and easing overnight....

Information from The Met Office. Today 24 November: There will be some bright or sunny intervals between passing showers, showers becoming quite frequent for Shetland. Cold northeasterly winds, str…

24/11/2025

Tales of True Crime, Orkney : Assault in Sanday

By Fiona Grahame. This is a true tale of a crime which took place in the island of Sanday in the summer of 1805 but which was the culmination of generational grievance. In June of 1805 William Strang, farmer, Lopness, Sanday, received Letters of Horning, of a debt it stated he owed to David Drever, Tacksman of Stove, also in Sanday....

By Fiona Grahame. This is a true tale of a crime which took place in the island of Sanday in the summer of 1805 but which was the culmination of generational grievance. In June of 1805 William Stra…

24/11/2025

Get Active Stay Active New Podcast from Parkinson’s UK

Parkinson’s UK has launched a new podcast called Get Active Stay Active to help more people living with the condition embrace physical activity. Anna Castiaux, Physical Activity Programme Lead at Parkinson's UK, said: "We already know how important physical activity can be for someone with a neurological condition, including Parkinson's. The ‘Get Active Stay Active’ podcast is ideal for anyone at any stage of their journey, be it those looking to increase their level of activity or people just needing the ideas and inspiration to get going....

Parkinson’s UK has launched a new podcast called Get Active Stay Active to help more people living with the condition embrace physical activity.  Anna Castiaux, Physical Activity Programme Lea…

23/11/2025

UHI Orkney Graduation 2025

UHI Orkney held its graduation day on Friday 21 November in St Magnus Cathedral Kirkwall. It was a day for students, parents, carers, family, and staff to celebrate the hard work of study. UHI Orkney has always been an inclusive institution and that was very much on show in the cathedral as both young adults and not so young adults were represented....

UHI Orkney held its graduation day on Friday 21 November in St Magnus Cathedral Kirkwall. It was a day for students, parents, carers, family, and staff to celebrate the hard work of study. UHI Orkn…

23/11/2025

Interstellar Comet Updated

by Duncan Lunan The last month has been eventful for Comet 3I/ATLAS, with its passage of Mars at 18.6 million miles on September 24th, and its perihelion passage of the Sun on October 29th, though neither was particularly close on the scale of the inner Solar System (Figs. 1 & 2). ...

by Duncan Lunan The last month has been eventful for Comet 3I/ATLAS, with its passage of Mars at 18.6 million miles on September 24th, and its perihelion passage of the Sun on October 29th, though …

23/11/2025

Doctor Who

On 23 November 1963 the first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC. It was to become a long lasting family favourite. Doctor Who was originally intended to appeal to a family audience as an educational programme using time travel as a means to explore scientific ideas and famous moments in history. The programme first appeared on the ...

On 23 November 1963 the first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC. It was to become a long lasting family favourite. Doctor Who was originally intended to appeal to a family audience as …

23/11/2025

Weather Forecast 23 November : Mostly cloudy with scattered showers today.

Information from The Met Office. Today 23 November : Mainly cloudy with a few passing showers today, these most frequent across Orkney. More in the way of drier weather across Shetland. Freshening east or northeasterly wind. Maximum temperature 7 °C. Tonight 24 November : A mostly cloudy evening and night with passing showers but some spells of drier weather too. Drier over Shetland late....

Information from The Met Office. Today 23 November : Mainly cloudy with a few passing showers today, these most frequent across Orkney. More in the way of drier weather across Shetland. Freshening …

22/11/2025

Portraits for Peace Fair Saturday Scotland