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Anyone looking after friends, neighbours or relatives and providing them with vital support and care in their day to day life is invited to take part in the ongoing Carers Survey being run by Orkney Health and Care.

Orkney Islands Area - Community Council Election 2023

The number of votes cast for each candidate in the was as follows

Orkney is set to benefit from a £15m funding award which will see two electric vessels running routes in the county over a three-year trial period.

The results for the election to South Ronaldsay and Burray Community Council have been declared.

Check these priceless pictures from a 'Peedie Parade' arranged by staff at our Smiddybrae House care home.

The Council has simplified the arrangements for representations to planning applications, whether objections, letters of support, or other representations.

OIC's own Iron Man, James Green, has raised over £1500 in a herculean challenge for Cancer Research UK.

A summing up of road closures and delays underway or soon to start in the county due to road works, events and cruise - for the week starting Monday 11 September 2023.

Industrial action by unions is expected to impact on Orkney’s schools from 26 to 28 September

This year there has been concerns raised nationally around the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in school buildings - leading to the closure of certain schools across the country. There has been significant press coverage nationally on this and we thought it would be useful to set out the position in Orkney – and provide some information about RAAC.