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Local folk are being urged to submit stories and writing showcasing island life for a special public arts project created by the Council and centred on island identity, as the county prepares for visitors from around the world during the Orkney 2025 International Island Games.

Partnership working between teams at Orkney Islands Council and BT helped deliver a successful Roadshow event at the Orkney Library & Archive communicating key messages to more than 200 folk ahead of the 2027 digital switchover.

5 memorials, co-designed by artists and local community members, are being brought to life across the archipelago as part of Remembering Together, a national project to honour those lost to COVID in the region and provide a community place for reflection.

Free drop-in events are being held in Orkney to highlight the support available in Scotland around gambling harm. 

A summing up of road works, closures and delays underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 26 August 2024. 

The Council’s Culture Fund has been described as a catalyst for connection – between young people, their peers and their heritage - by The Connect Project run through VAO.

There are currently six flood warnings in place for Orkney, issued by SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency).

Tomorrow (Wednesday 21 August) will see the Council deploy the flood gates along the Kirkwall waterfront as a precaution.

What are Little Boys Made Of? asks the age-old nursery rhyme – well the teaching staff at Stromness Primary School are about to find out as they welcome a P1 class of 18 boys!