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3 December 2021
'Sensing Magnus' - Paintings by Russell Gilmour at the Orkney Museum
Saturday (11 December) sees the opening of the new Christmas exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall.
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3 December 2021
Full steam ahead for the Nordic Sea
The Nordic Sea will make her inaugural journey on the Papay to Westray route tomorrow morning 3 December.
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3 December 2021
Christmas wish for little boy bravely battling cancer
All I want for Christmas is for my family and friends to be happy and healthy.
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3 December 2021
Proposed rent increase consultation begins
Letters are being sent to all Orkney Islands Council’s council house tenants seeking views on a proposed rent increase for 2022-2023.
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2 December 2021
Occasional Licence - Julie Ritch - 28 Jan 2022
Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board has received an application for occasional licence:
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2 December 2021
Pakistan School thank the people of Orkney for “digging deep”
It’s the season of goodwill and that is certainly being felt by the Kirkwall Grammar School’s partner school in Pakistan thanks to fundraising efforts in Orkney.
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2 December 2021
Artistic team appointed to GMB100 public art project for Stromness
An artist-writer duo have been appointed to take forward a public art project based in Stromness to celebrate the life, work and character of much-loved Orkney writer George Mackay Brown.
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2 December 2021
North Walls pupils graduate as Junior Curators for Scapa Flow Museum
Contractors are not the only ones who have been hard at work on the redevelopment of the Scapa Flow Museum.
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1 December 2021
Christmas trees to be lit up across the county
Kirkwall’s Christmas tree – a gift from Norway - will be lit up this Saturday (December 4) as part of a series of outdoor tree lighting ceremonies.
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1 December 2021
Garson recycling centre disruption ahead
Due to operational reasons outwith the Council’s control the Garson Recycling Centre will be closed on Friday 3, Saturday 4, Sunday 5, and Monday 6 December inclusive.
