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18 April 2025
Roads update for week starting 21 April 2025
A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 21 April 2025.
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16 April 2025
Waste and recycling arrangements for upcoming Easter break
Orkney Islands Council is advising of waste and recycling arrangements over the upcoming Easter break and Easter Monday public holiday (21 April).
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16 April 2025
New national suicide prevention campaign launches to kick-off Scotland’s biggest conversation about suicide
Scotland’s new national suicide prevention campaign goes live today (16 April 2025).
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14 April 2025
Ground investigation works to get underway at proposed deep water quay site
Ground investigation works are due to get underway on the site of Orkney Islands Council’s proposed Scapa Deep Water Quay at Deepdale in Holm this month, with marine based site investigation works to…
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11 April 2025
Talk to delve deeper into the history of the Cathedral’s Royal Oak memorial
St Magnus Cathedral has long been a place where people remember and pay tribute to those who gave their lives during both World Wars – and no memorial is more poignant that that of HMS Royal Oak.
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10 April 2025
Roads update for week starting 14 April 2025
A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 14 April 2025.
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9 April 2025
Mobile signal “mapping” exercise reveals mixed picture across operators in Orkney
Orkney Islands Council has carried out a mobile phone “mapping” exercise to gain a better understanding of the coverage available in parts of Orkney.
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9 April 2025
Isles schools get their kicks out of fun football sessions!
The Council and Scottish Football Association’s (SFA) ongoing Isles Community Programme got the Royal seal of approval from one Stronsay school pupil who declared: “If I was King, I would have…
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8 April 2025
Housing Regulator report published for Orkney Islands Council
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published its 2025/2026 annual ‘engagement plan’ for Orkney Islands Council’s Housing service.
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4 April 2025
Learning road safety through the power of magic!
Life saving road safety skills for children were conjured up in Orkney schools recently (1 April) through the captivating power of magic! Fully funded by Transport Scotland and facilitated by the…
