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16 May 2025
Council ‘shaped by unique needs of community’ marks half century
Orkney Islands Council has today – 16 May 2025 – marked 50 years since its formation with a message from Council Convener Graham Bevan to the community.
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15 May 2025
Roads update for week starting 19 May 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 19 May 2025.
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9 May 2025
Orkney 2025 – Council service changes
Arrangements for waste and recycling collections during the week of the Orkney 2025 Island Games have been announced this week.
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7 May 2025
New Viking displays bring Orkney’s Norse past to life at The Orkney Museum
Orkney’s deep Viking history is being brought to life in an exciting new exhibition at The Orkney Museum, opening on Saturday, 10 May 2025. This permanent exhibition will immerse visitors in the…
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7 May 2025
Orkney Community Wealth Building Delivery Plan Published for Consultation
The Orkney Community Planning Partnership has today published its Draft Orkney Community Wealth Building (CWB) Action Plan for public consultation and is inviting comments and submissions from…
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7 May 2025
Meet the Buyer event for wind farm projects
A Meet the Buyer event is due to take place in Orkney later this month for contractors with an interest in contract opportunities arising from the Quanterness six-turbine wind farm project and a…
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6 May 2025
Community invited to mark 80 years since VE Day
Members of the public are warmly invited to attend a community remembrance event on 8 May marking 80 years since VE Day and the end of six years’ conflict as a result of World War Two. The Council is…
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29 April 2025
‘Share the Vision’ team spotlights resources at Orkney Library for sight-impaired readers
The amazing array of resources for folk with vision impairment will be the focus on 3 May at Orkney Library and Archive as the team is visited by the national, ‘Share the Vision’ campaign.
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29 April 2025
Travelling Gallery headed for Orkney!
The Travelling Gallery, a brightly coloured bus which has been bringing contemporary art to communities around Scotland for more than 40 years, is visiting Orkney again in early May, with the ongoing…
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28 April 2025
One cut a year conservation verges to offer wildlife a habitat highway
Orkney is thought to be one of the first areas in Scotland to designate its roadside verges as conservation assets, cut only once per year to support local wildlife and wildflowers.
