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14 June 2024
Mouth-watering “hobby” sees £100k raised for charity
A “hobby” making fudge has led to a mouth-watering £100,000 raised for charity thanks to one of our long-serving early years practitioners.
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14 June 2024
Roads update for week starting 17 June 2024
A summing up of closures and delays due to road works, events or cruise visits - for the week starting Monday 17 June 2024.
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14 June 2024
Orkney's Children's Panel needs you - find out what's involved
Children’s Hearings Scotland will be recruiting for volunteers across the country later this year, including in Orkney, to help support Scotland’s infants, children and young people by playing a part…
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13 June 2024
Orkney's public bus services buck the national trend with rising usage
The number of people using public buses in Orkney continues to grow, bucking the national downward trend.
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12 June 2024
Thanks issued to Prom Pop Up supporters
The Council’s Youth Services team are issuing a heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated formal wear to the Prom Pop Up wardrobe this year.
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12 June 2024
Orkney residents encouraged to complete alcohol and underage drinking survey
The Orkney Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) is encouraging folk in the county to complete a short survey focused on alcohol and underage drinking.
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12 June 2024
Bursting the bubble of youth loneliness – local project helps inform national toolkit
A series of bubbly welcomes held by local young people - for local young people - around Orkney earlier this year has fed into a toolkit aimed at tackling the heartbreaking issue of youth loneliness…
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11 June 2024
Ronan represents Orkney at national joke telling competition
North Walls pupil, Ronan McGeehan, was among 28 primary schoolchildren from across Scotland who had MSPs in fits of laughter as they highlighted the importance of speech and language therapy at the…
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11 June 2024
Ukrainian film animation comes to Picky to mark Refugee Week
A Ukrainian movie animation – Mavka: The Forest Song – will be shown on the big screen at Picky later this month to mark Refugee Week.
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11 June 2024
From cruise to childcare!
Childcare wasn’t on Kirsty Rochford’s radar when she began a career on cruise ships after gaining a degree in Hospitality Management.
