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9 June 2017
Result announced for Orkney and Shetland constituency
Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate Alistair Carmichael has been re-elected to serve as MP for Orkney and Shetland.
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1 June 2017
Iconic Skua brought back from the brink
An iconic and rare wooden racing boat once at risk of ruin has been brought back from the brink in Orkney, following eighteen months of painstaking restoration by a dedicated team of volunteers.
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31 May 2017
Two hundred years of diaries at Orkney Library and Archive
Two centuries of everyday moments captured by people around the world is on show in Kirkwall and Stromness libraries, in a collaboration with London-based artist Dylan Stone.
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29 May 2017
Remembering those who died when HMS Vanguard went down
Commemorations will be held this summer to mark the huge loss of life when a Royal Navy battleship was blown apart while at anchor at Scapa Flow in Orkney.
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26 May 2017
Dementia Awareness Week in Orkney
Organisations across Orkney will come together over next week (28 May to 3 June 2017) to raise awareness of dementia within the local community. A series of events have been planned by staff from…
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25 May 2017
OLECG update
The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) has met after the terrorism threat level in the UK was raised to critical.
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25 May 2017
Convener's message of support
Councillors and council staff joined people across the UK in observing a minute’s silence at 11 this morning as a mark of respect following the Manchester terrorist attack.
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23 May 2017
Postal vote packs arriving
Postal voting packs for the forthcoming UK Parliamentary Election on 8 June will start arriving through Orkney letterboxes from today (Tuesday 23 May).
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19 May 2017
Polling cards arriving this weekend
Poll cards will be arriving through Orkney letterboxes this weekend for all those eligible to vote at the forthcoming UK Parliamentary General Election on 8 June.
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19 May 2017
School report published for Evie primary
Education Scotland has published the findings of an inspection visit to Evie Community School.
