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22 October 2021
James in the running for Leader of the Year award
Orkney Islands Council’s Political Leader, James Stockan, has been shortlisted as ‘Leader of the Year’ in a national councillor awards scheme.
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21 October 2021
Earl Sigurd crew thanked for attending to poorly passenger
The master and crew of the Earl Sigurd ferry have been praised for their quick thinking in attending to a poorly passenger on board.
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21 October 2021
“She’s summit special!” - Orkney Head Teacher conquers Ben Nevis and raises £3k for cancer charity
An Orkney Head Teacher, who gave herself a mountain to climb to raise cash for a cancer charity close to her heart, has successfully completed the challenge.
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21 October 2021
Young Person’s Guarantee Marketplace
An event to enable employers to learn more about how they can support young people in achieving a successful future is being held in Kirkwall.
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21 October 2021
OLECG meets to ensure Orkney is winter ready
The drop in temperatures has reminded us that winter is on the way and in preparation the Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) has met to ensure partners are winter ready.
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21 October 2021
Young people in Orkney urged to join in climate action debate
What are your climate action priorities?
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20 October 2021
“Follow your dreams” – students share their stories at Orkney College UHI Special Awards 2021
This year the Orkney College UHI annual special award presentations were a little different although no less special for those involved.
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20 October 2021
OIC strengthens and streamlines communications infrastructure
Vital connectivity services for Orkney, has been completed by Exchange Communications, one of the UK’s leading telephony and digital transformation specialists, streamlining council services and…
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20 October 2021
Packed programme of events for 2021 Orkney Tourism Summit
Eco-travel, sustainable tourism, and cruise liner strategy are just some of the topics up for discussion at this year’s Orkney Tourism Summit, which gets underway next month.
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19 October 2021
Local charity has the key to their future thanks to Council support
Age Scotland Orkney (ASO) have secured a long-term future premises within the town centre thanks to support from the Council.
