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16 June 2023
Road and bus changes for community events
Here's a heads up of temporary road closures, speed and parking restrictions coming up soon, associated with events in the community, and impacts on public buses.
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15 June 2023
Progress flag to fly at OIC this weekend to mark Pride month
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.
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25 May 2023
College Fine Arts Degree show has a presence of playfulness
The Orkney public will be treated to a degree show of the highest calibre, when final year BA Fine Art students at Orkney College show their works in June.
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25 April 2023
Hoy on Hoy programme announced
Hoy is set to enjoy a visit by champion cyclist and Olympian Sir Chris Hoy this weekend (29 April).
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25 April 2023
Bus, ferry and Museum changes for 'Hoy on Hoy' event
The Council is advising of changes to public transport and to Scapa Flow Museum opening times as a result of the ‘Hoy on Hoy’ events this Saturday (29 April 2023).
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20 March 2023
Orkney Youth Conference takes place in Kirkwall
The Orkney Youth Conference, organised by the Council’s Youth Services team, has brought together young people from across Orkney to take part in workshops and hear from keynote speakers on a range…
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7 March 2023
Hoy on Hoy event - save the date!
Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has confirmed he will visit Orkney in April to officially open the newly refurbished Scapa Flow Museum and celebrate with the community.
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1 February 2023
Taskforce has ‘lit a fire’ under ferry replacement issue
An Orkney Islands Council contingent has 'lit a fire' under the issue of the funding of a replacement internal ferry fleet as they attended the first ferry taskforce meeting in Edinburgh. The…
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28 January 2023
Netballing superstar takes the top award
Sarah MacPhail bags the title of Orkney’s Sportsperson of the Year 2022.
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2 December 2022
Tim Wootton palette knife painting demonstration at The Orkney Museum
Anyone interested in finding out more about palette knife painting techniques should head along to The Orkney Museum on Saturday 10 December for a free demonstration by artist Tim Wootton.
