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Orkney Islands Council has given its backing to a raft of new measures to better support foster carers to allow them to best meet the needs of children in their care. 

Local authorities are at the heart of communities, and solicitors play a crucial role in ensuring councils operate effectively and legally. 

The Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board has received two applications for occasional licences from Moira Cossar for the YM Community Hall, Longhope.

The Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board has received an application for occasional licence from Lindsay Hall for Gable End Theatre.

Cursiter recycling centre has reopened today with a new, additional garden waste skip, after an unplanned closure last week to clear up illegal dumping.

Orkney Islands Council is highlighting an upcoming opportunity on 20 March for the public to offer feedback on the CMAL project to replace the two Northern Isles freight vessels currently operating on the Aberdeen to Kirkwall/Lerwick route. 

If you are a contractor or farmer with plant equipment for hire that could assist during periods of extreme weather, planned or reactive road maintenance works, then the Council is keen to hear from you. 

Broad Street will be closed to traffic this Sunday 9 March to enable routine high-level survey work on Kirkwall Town Hall.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 10 March 2025.

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of the public and road users while Andrew Sinclair Ltd carry out repairs to an electricity sub-station on behalf of SSEN.