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27 May 2021
Cathedral closed to public for St Magnus International Festival filming
Orkney Islands Council is advising St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall will be closed to the public from 7 – 10 June (inclusive) to allow filming and recording for this year’s St Magnus International…
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27 May 2021
Deadline approaching for comments on ‘Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project - Hoy’
The deadline date for submission of comments to the Scottish Government on proposed plans for a six turbine, council-owned wind farm at Wee Fea in Lyness is fast approaching.
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27 May 2021
Pupils plot future Scapa Flow Museum education space
A Museum charting how the remote island of Hoy in Orkney became the hub of the UK’s largest Naval base in WWI and II is working with local school children to fire the imagination of young people who…
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26 May 2021
Surface dressing update for 27 May
Following completion of the surface dressing road works at Puldrite Road in Rendall today (26 May), the Council is advising crews will move onto Arwick Road in Evie tomorrow (27 May). This is a dead…
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26 May 2021
Tall Ship Royalist to call
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are not the only Royalty expected to visit Orkney this week.
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26 May 2021
Recycling disruption 26 May - Birsay and Sandwick
Orkney Islands Council is advising due to a mechanical issue there will be delays this afternoon on Recycling Route 11 – Sandwick and Birsay.
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26 May 2021
Warm welcome for The Duke and Duchess
The visit to Orkney by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been warmly welcomed by the county’s Lord Lieutenant and the Leader of Orkney Islands Council.
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26 May 2021
Taskforce tackling child poverty in Orkney
Orkney fares better than 22 of the 32 local authority areas across Scotland – when it comes to rising levels of child poverty – but there is no room for complacency.
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26 May 2021
Orkney electricity transmission link worth up to £807 million to Orkney economy
A new electricity transmission link between Orkney and the Scottish Mainland could be worth at least £371 million to the Orkney economy, according to a recently commissioned study into the potential…
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25 May 2021
Surface dressing update for 26 May
Following completion of the surface dressing road works at Holland Road in Firth today (25 May), the Council is advising crews will move onto the following areas tomorrow:
