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30 January 2024
Temporary closure of Great Western Road (South) car park - 31 January to 1 February
Orkney Islands Council is advising of planned maintenance on the Great Western Road (South) car park tomorrow (Wednesday 31 January) and possibly into Thursday. (That’s the car park opposite Tesco…
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29 January 2024
Orkney Business Forum event
Challenges and opportunities for local business will be in sharp focus at a special forum later this week (1 February) involving private, public and third sector representatives.
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28 January 2024
Consultation launched on local housing strategy
A public consultation has been launched seeking local views on a strategy for housing in Orkney - which aims to see up to 1035 homes being built in Orkney over the next ten years
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25 January 2024
Roads update for week starting 29 January 2024
A summing up of road closures and delays due to road works or events - for the week starting Monday 29 January 2024.
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25 January 2024
Additional arrangements for waste collections missed due to snow
A reminder for those residents who didn’t get their waste collected last week (week starting 15 January 2024) due to the ice and snow:
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23 January 2024
Shapinsay School strikes gold - again! - with sportscotland school sport awards
Shapinsay Primary School have once again achieved ‘Gold’ status in sportscotland’s School Sport Awards, a national, Lottery funded initiative designed to encourage schools to continuously improve…
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23 January 2024
A peedie look back at peedie folks' tractor runs for care home residents
While the rest of Orkney were enjoying the Tractor run this last festive season, three of Orkney's care homes also got in on the act.
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20 January 2024
OLECG – take some time to prepare for storm impacts
Orkney's Local Emergency Coordination Group has met this morning to discuss the aftermath of the recent snowfall - and the bad weather coming in again on Sunday night. An amber weather warning for…
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19 January 2024
OLECG says ‘think twice’ on travel
Orkney's Local Emergency Coordination Group has thanked the public for heeding travel warnings in Orkney last night - but advised drivers that they should 'think twice' about road journeys over the…
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19 January 2024
Roads works update for week starting 22 January 2024
A summing up of road works and other delays or closures underway or soon to start in the county - for week starting Monday 22 January 2024.
