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27 February 2019
Street closures in Stromness this week
Temporary street closures will be in place in Stromness over the next two days (Thursday 28 February and Friday 1 March) whilst Orkney Islands Council completes flagstone repairs.
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26 February 2019
Kirkyard Reinstatement Works to Get Underway
Work to reinstate headstones laid flat in Orkney's cemeteries is due to get underway shortly.
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18 February 2019
Full Council cancelled - 21 February
Orkney Islands Council has cancelled the meeting where Elected Members would have set the authority’s budget for the financial year ahead.
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13 February 2019
Council signs contract for new tugs
A contract has been signed for two new tugs for Orkney Islands Council's Marine Services.
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12 February 2019
Budget for year ahead discussed - 2019-2020
Elected Members have recommended that Orkney Islands Council’s budget for the year ahead should take account of the uncertain times the country faces.
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12 February 2019
Personal Licence Holders Should Act Now on Renewal
Personal licence holders in Orkney are being reminded that they must act now to ensure that they apply to renew their personal licences by 31 May this year - or risk losing them.
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11 February 2019
Blocking the bus in the ’Hope
Police Scotland and Orkney Islands Council are asking drivers to ‘think bus’ when leaving vehicles in St Margaret’s Hope.
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11 February 2019
Help for refugees – update for Orkney
Planning is underway to help a further two families from war-ravaged Syria build new lives in Orkney.
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7 February 2019
Orkney Youth Conference Takes Place in Kirkwall
The Youth Conference, organised by the Council’s Community Learning and Development Service, has brought together 80 young people from across Orkney to take part in workshops and hear from keynote…
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5 February 2019
Unsteady headstones to be marked in advance of safety work
The Council is to identify headstones assessed as unstable in local kirkyards to give families advanced notice that these are scheduled to be laid flat.
