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This week, Royal Mail has started a trial of scheduled, autonomous flights for two weeks between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay (both in the Orkney Islands) with Windracers Ltd to help better connect remote island communities.

“Our door is open – we are here to try and help people if we can” – this was the clear message for Afghan families being resettled in the UK from Councillors in Orkney.

Orkney Islands Council will soon be handing over the reins to part of the Stromness Squash Courts to the Orkney Amateur Weight Lifting Club, in what is the first ‘Community Asset Transfer’ for the county.

Orkney’s economic, environmental and cultural assets will be showcased to northern neighbours later this month when Orkney Islands Council’s Leader and Chief Executive present at the Arctic Circle Assembly.

An information session is due to take place at the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus in Stromness next week (Thursday 14 October) for local people to find out more about a pilot project exploring the use of autonomous - or self-driving - vehicles (AVs).

Residents of high-risk flood areas in Orkney have hailed the recent flood resilience event a great success.

The Council hosted the resilience community engagement event at the end of September with a visit from the Scottish Flood Forum (SFF) – Scotland’s only charity dedicated to supporting flood-risk communities. Their aim is to reduce the impacts of flooding on individuals and communities, through providing immediate support and by establishing a network of community resilience groups in flood risk areas to equip communities to cope with the impacts and threat of flooding.

A list of Orkney's E Volt chargers still operational despite current technical issues with the national ChragePlace Scotland electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

Orkney Islands Council is reminding the public that the Scottish Government is hosting an engagement events to enable people in Orkney to share their views on the National Care Service.

Orkney Islands Council is to host a series of online discussion groups in the first week of COP26 – aimed at bringing the community together to lead the fight against climate change.

Orkney’s Amy Budge was just like any other newly turned 18-year-old enjoying a night out with friends and the world at her feet.  Within days she was fighting for her life.

Thankfully medical staff were able to identify very quickly what the problem was – and incredibly it turned out that Amy was actually fighting several potentially life-threatening conditions – Diabetes Ketoacidosis, Sepsis and Glandular Fever.