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Orkney Health and Care’s Teri Wood is a shining example of what can be achieved with first-class management support behind you!

The Chair of Orkney Ferries has praised the company's staff and crew for their practical response to ferry challenges this weekend - and issued a plea for the Scottish Government to 'get back to the table' for discussions on future ferry funding.

Orkney Islands Council's Convener Graham Bevan has paid tribute to the Council's Leader, James Stockan, who has been awarded an MBE in the Birthday Honours list.

The strategy covers how the Council will go about acquiring goods, services and works from third parties - ranging from the purchase of routine supplies or services to the formal tendering and placing of contracts for large infrastructure projects.

The Council spends approximately £67 million per annum on goods, services and works.

A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county - for week starting Monday 19 June 2023:

A look ahead to traffic changes and impacts on buses associated with community events.

The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) met this morning to discuss the ongoing power outage in Stronsay

The Progress flag will fly from Kirkwall Town Hall from this Friday night, 16 June, throughout the weekend, in support of diversity and equality in the community.

The Council’s Trading Standards Team is advising of a banking telephone scam reported to be targeting businesses in particular.

The fraudsters are using new approaches in an attempt to catch businesses off guard. They will call claiming to be a member of bank staff, indicating that there’s been suspicious transactions appearing on your business account. They’ll claim to be calling to make sure that any fraudulent transactions don’t go through.

Divers working with Orkney’s Scapa Flow Museum have captured some amazing underwater imagery this weekend of two First World War wrecks, both widely regarded as among the UK’s most significant naval losses.