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28 July 2021
Could you help maintain our toilet facilities?
Could you help ensure a very important service continues in Orkney – maintaining our public toilet facilities for all to use?
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28 July 2021
“Superstar” students showcase their sporting successes and special deeds – Malcolm Clark (5)
Schools are out, summer is in – and it’s proving to be a time for some of our young students to shine in sporting events and special deeds!
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28 July 2021
“Superstar” students showcase their sporting successes and special deeds – Jorgi Craigie
“Superstar” students showcase their sporting successes and special deeds – Jorgi Craigie
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28 July 2021
The way the Local Biodiversity Record Centre is run is under review from this week (26 July)
Due to a vacant post, the Council and partner organisations involved in natural heritage management and protection are looking at how the Centre can be taken forward in conjunction with changes to…
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27 July 2021
Surface dressing update – Wednesday 28 July
The Council’s roads crews are planning to carry out surface dressing in St Margaret’s Hope on Wednesday 28 July – weather permitting.
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27 July 2021
Orkney’s new police chief visiting Westray
The Westray community are being invited along to the island school on Wednesday 28 July to meet Orkney’s new Area Commander Chief Inspector Ali Garrow.
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27 July 2021
Inspectors praise “fantastic” School Meals’ Service in Orkney
Orkney Islands Council’s School Meals’ Service has been given a resounding endorsement by the Soil Association’s Food for Life Served Here (FFLSH) inspectors.
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26 July 2021
Surface dressing update – Tuesday 27 July
Our roads crews are hoping to carry out surface dressing at Ness Road in Burray on Tuesday 27 July – weather permitting.
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26 July 2021
Westray community rallies to support the RNLI – with a “scary” challenge
The Westray community – including a number of our school pupils – have rallied to support the RNLI – taking up the “scary” challenge of designing and making their own scarecrows.
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26 July 2021
Surface dressing postponed – Monday 26 July
Surface dressing work planned for Ness Road in Burray today (Monday 26 July) has been postponed because of the weather conditions.