Stagecoach is sponsoring the Orkney Agricultural Society by proving a free shuttle bus to and from the County Show, as part of a park and ride service from Orkney Auction Mart.

The free shuttle service is running throughout the day, starting with the first bus leaving the Mart at 8.30am. The last bus will leave the show at 5pm.

Stagecoach will be operating additional services on Dounby Show day - running: Kirkwall – Dounby; Dounby – Stromness; Stromness – Dounby; Dounby – Kirkwall.

The Stagecoach fleet offers low floor, easy access buses.

Orkney’s “Queen o’ the Isles” – Westray – is a very special community and the Council is seeking an equally special person to lead the island’s school.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head Teacher at the Junior High School, which caters for 87 pupils, aged from 3-16, in Westray - one of Orkney’s North Isles.

Westray is a thriving, forward-thinking community but, equally the near 600 residents are proud of their history and heritage.

The thought of experiencing island life drew the Central Belt’s Rosalind Rendall to accept a teaching post at Westray Junior High School in 2009.

Despite only intending to stay for a couple of years, “Rozi” as she is known affectionately, met and married a local man and this will be her 14th academic year when the school returns after the summer holidays.

There are many reasons why Rozi has chosen to make Westray her home – and life at the school, which is the heart of the community – is one of them.

A 10km surveillance zone put in place following the discovery of a highly pathogenic strain of Avian Influenza (H5N1) at a premises in Birsay has now been lifted.

The declaration was made on the advice of Scotland’s chief veterinary officer and signed by Rural Affairs and Islands Secretary Mairi Gougeon on July 6 to try and prevent any further spread of disease.