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14 June 2022
Mouth-watering pop-up Firth School café raises £500 for WaterAid
Staff and P4/5 children at Firth School held a mouth-watering community local produce café on Friday last week – which went down a treat with the wider community and raised £500 for WaterAid.
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13 June 2022
‘Hard to imagine Stromness without Heriot Watt’ - tribute paid by Council Leader on bicentennial
Orkney Islands Council's Leader James Stockan has paid tribute to the special relationship Orkney enjoys with Heriot Watt University as the educational institution celebrates its bicentenary.
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13 June 2022
Orkney pupil wins national My Place photography competition
Ruby Ionides, a P6 pupil from North Walls Community School, has won the Primary-Age category of the Scottish Civic Trust ‘My Place’ photography competition, for her photo entitled ‘White Wood Window…
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10 June 2022
Car park closures in Kirkwall starting 14 June
Orkney Islands Council is advising their Roads teams will be carrying out surface dressing in a number of car parks in Kirkwall from Tuesday 14 June, throughout the rest of the week and into Saturday.
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10 June 2022
Tales from the public toilet
There once was a girl called Lorraine Kelly
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9 June 2022
KGS student secures place in national anti-racism competition final with artwork
An Orkney student has used her creative talents to “Show Racism the Red Card” winning her way through to the finals of a national anti-racism education charity competition.
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9 June 2022
Council raises challenge of marine carbon footprint with Net Zero Committee
The role of local government in helping to reach Scotland’s net zero targets was the focus for the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recent visit to Orkney.
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8 June 2022
Community Council Elections 2022 - “People coming together as a community can achieve great things - to the benefit of everyone”
Nominations for the Community Council elections close next week (Wednesday 15 June at 5pm).
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8 June 2022
Community council role could provide ‘taste for local politics’
There’s just one week to go until the close of nominations for the Community Council elections.
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8 June 2022
Bridge Street to close for essential Scottish Water works
Scottish Water will be carrying out essential repairs to the water network on Bridge Street in Kirkwall from Monday 13 June for up to five days.
