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Orkney Islands Council is inviting tenders for the contract to extend and refurbish St Andrews Primary School in Orkney.

Views are invited on a state-of-the-seas appraisal of the waters around Orkney.

Voters are being encouraged to cast their vote by post in the North Isles by-election.

The by-election on Thursday 1 October is being held to elect a councillor to represent the ward on Orkney Islands Council.

From Monday 7 September Orkney Islands Councils Sport and Leisure Service will take bookings for their sport and leisure facilities ahead of their reopening during the week commencing 14 September.

Orkney Islands Council would like to thank parents and carers for their swift response to the request for information on their childcare needs.

Further to advice issued on 22 May 2020, regarding remote verification inspection procedures, we are now satisfied that COVID-19 restrictions have eased sufficiently to allow the resumption of site inspection, although initially this applies to unoccupied premises only.

Web accessible guidance for Verification Inspection services is available in PDF format from the 'Related Downloads' section of this page.

Orkney Islands Council has taken the difficult decision to close two of its public facilities due to ongoing antisocial behaviour, vandalism and graffiti.

Orkney Islands Council is advising that they are undertaking our periodic high-level building surveys on some of their facilities from 4 September 2020.

Orkney Islands Council would like to hear from parents and carers looking for childcare provision – following the go ahead to progress a temporary nursery facility while also working on a long term solution.

Orkney Islands Council is warning that increased vandalism and damage within public toilets across the county in recent weeks may lead to the unavoidable closure of some.