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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.
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19 October 2021
Support for local athletes attracts £3k boost from Stagecoach
A dedicated grant supported by sportScotland to help sportspeople in Orkney with the costs of attending competitive and training opportunities has received a £3k boost from Stagecoach.
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19 October 2021
Nordic Sea North o’ the Galt plans moving closer
Plans to get the Nordic Sea into service on the Papay to Westray route are moving closer.
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19 October 2021
First stop for new buses in Orkney
The first four brand new buses arrived in Orkney on Friday 15 October 2021.
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19 October 2021
Notice of essential web security maintenance works
The Council’s ICT team require to carry out some essential maintenance work to the network security systems on Tuesday evening (19 October).
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19 October 2021
Community projects across Orkney attract almost £450,000
Seven organisations in Orkney are to benefit from funding totalling almost £450,000 to support employment, community resilience, health and wellbeing.