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28 April 2025
One cut a year conservation verges to offer wildlife a habitat highway
Orkney is thought to be one of the first areas in Scotland to designate its roadside verges as conservation assets, cut only once per year to support local wildlife and wildflowers.
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28 April 2025
Hup recycling facility closed til further notice due to dumping
Our recycling facility at St Margarets Hope site will be closed until further notice, until we can clear up the site which at present - due to the large amount of bruck dumped there recently - is a…
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25 April 2025
Roads update for week starting 28 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 28 April 2025.
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24 April 2025
Digital Ferry Voucher Scheme extended to 19-21 year olds
From 23 June 2025, the Scottish Government is extending the concessionary digital ferry voucher scheme to young islanders aged 19 to 21, helping them save money when travelling to and from the…
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18 April 2025
Dress dedicated to Orkney woman convicted of witchcraft to be unveiled at Orkney Library and Archive
A specially created ‘dress’ dedicated to the memory of a local woman, Marabel Couper, who was found guilty of witchcraft and condemned to death ‘by public strangulation and burning at Gallow Ha’, in…
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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.
