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17 September 2024
Warning over travel centre
Kirkwall’s Travel Centre could be subject to early closures again if ongoing issues around anti-social behaviour are not resolved.
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17 September 2024
Wave of interest in marine planning consultation
The Council’s Marine Planners are delighted with the significant wave of interest shown in the draft Orkney Regional Marine Plan and Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance consultations.
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17 September 2024
North Walls School and Nursery bairns are “happy, confident and included”
Education Scotland inspectors found “confident children who are safe, included and happy” at North Walls Community School and Nursery.
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16 September 2024
Bird keepers reminded to register
Orkney Islands Council’s Trading Standards team is reminding bird keepers to check if they now need to register their birds, under new UK-wide legislation coming into force from December.
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16 September 2024
Stromness Community Council Election of new members
Folk in Stromness are being advised there will be a public meeting on Monday 30 September to elect new members onto the community council.
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16 September 2024
Football Community Programme heading to the Isles
A Council and Scottish Football Association (SFA) “Isles Community Programme” will be kicking off later this month.
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12 September 2024
Roads update for week starting 16 September 2024
A summing up of road delays and closures due to works and events, underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 16 September 2024.
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12 September 2024
'Once in a lifetime' - bequest will transform Orkney's ‘people of the past’ galleries
Orkney’s people of the past will be front and centre of a £264k overhaul to the Iron Age, Picts and Viking galleries at The Orkney Museum, following a generous bequest. RocketBox – the company behind…
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12 September 2024
Picky running track reopens to a resounding welcome from athletes
Extensive refurbishment of the Picky running track was completed this week, with the painting of the white lines.
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12 September 2024
Orkney Museum welcomes home Stanley Cursiter donation
An untitled painting by one of Orkney’s best-known artists – Stanley Cursiter – has been gifted to the Orkney Museum to go on public display in its original island context.