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Orkney will wish ‘Gratulerer Med Dagen’ to our Norwegian friends this weekend as Norwegian Constitution Day is marked in the county.

Drivers are being urged to allow extra time for journeys and drive with care as Orkney Islands Council’s Roads team gears up for the summer road works season – including the annual surface dressing programme.

Foster Care Fortnight (FCF) is the UK’s biggest foster care awareness raising campaign – a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the amazing impact that foster caring can have and to encourage more people to consider becoming a foster carer, and is delivered by leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network.

Orkney Islands Council, through Orkney Health and Care, is responsible for ensuring that children and young people in Orkney, have a safe, stable and caring environment when they cannot remain with their birth families for any reason. We’re currently looking for more people to consider whether foster caring could be for them.

Orkney Islands Council, through Orkney Health and Care, is responsible for ensuring that children and young people in Orkney, have a safe, stable and caring environment when they cannot remain with their birth families for any reason. We’re currently looking for more people to consider whether foster caring could be for them - but what steps do they need to go through to become a foster carer?

The Orkney Islands Council has received an application for an occasional licence from Birsay Community Association for Birsay Community Hall.

A summary of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works and events for the week starting Monday 04/05/2026. An interactive map showing roadworks carried out by the Council is available at www.orkney.gov.uk/roads. Road works and closures by other bodies are published on the Scottish Road Works Commissioner website.

Notice is hereby given that Orkney Islands Council has made an order in terms of section 62 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to ensure the safety of the public and road users while the Kirkwall City Pipe Band hold parades in Kirkwall

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under Section 62 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to ensure the safety of the public and road users during the Orkney Folk Festival. The Order shall be in operation from Wednesday 20 May 2026 to Monday 25 May 2026, and its effect will be to:

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will visit Orkney later this spring as part of his nationwide Laureate’s Library Tour, with Orkney Library & Archive being the final stop for the 2026 schedule.