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Waste and recycling arrangements for upcoming Easter break
Details of our waste and recycling arrangements over the upcoming Easter break and Easter Monday public holiday (21 April).
16 April 2025
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New national suicide prevention campaign launches to kick-off Scotland’s biggest conversation about suicide
Scotland’s new national suicide prevention campaign goes live today (16 April 2025). Bold, unflinching, and deeply personal, it’s been entirely co-produced by people with lived and living experience of suicide.
16 April 2025
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Ground investigation works to get underway at proposed deep water quay site
Ground investigation works are due to get underway on the site of Orkney Islands Council’s proposed Scapa Deep Water Quay at Deepdale in Holm this month, with marine based site investigation works to follow in June.
14 April 2025
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Talk to delve deeper into the history of the Cathedral’s Royal Oak memorial
St Magnus Cathedral has long been a place where people remember and pay tribute to those who gave their lives during both World Wars – and no memorial is more poignant that that of HMS Royal Oak.
11 April 2025
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Roads update for week starting 14 April 2025
A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 14 April 2025.
10 April 2025
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The Orkney Islands Council (Disabled On-Street Parking Places) Order 2024
On 20 March 2025, Orkney Islands Council made the above-named order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
10 April 2025
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Mobile signal “mapping” exercise reveals mixed picture across operators in Orkney
Orkney Islands Council has carried out a mobile phone “mapping” exercise to gain a better understanding of the coverage available in parts of Orkney.
9 April 2025
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Isles schools get their kicks out of fun football sessions!
The Council and Scottish Football Association’s (SFA) ongoing Isles Community Programme got the Royal seal of approval from one Stronsay school pupil who declared: “If I was King, I would have football sessions every day!”
9 April 2025
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Housing Regulator report published for Orkney Islands Council
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published its 2025/2026 annual ‘engagement plan’ for Orkney Islands Council’s Housing service.
8 April 2025
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Learning road safety through the power of magic!
Life saving road safety skills for children were conjured up in Orkney schools recently through the captivating power of magic!
4 April 2025