Challenges and opportunities for local business will be in sharp focus at a special forum later this week involving private, public and third sector representatives.

A public consultation has been launched seeking local views on a strategy for housing in Orkney - which aims to see up to 1035 homes being built in Orkney over the next ten years

The strategy has been developed by Orkney's multi-agency Housing Market Partnership and sets out the priorities and actions required locally for housing across three key areas - housing supply, housing quality and access to housing.

Advice for residents who didn’t get their waste collected last week (week starting 15 January 2024) due to the ice and snow:

A summing up of road closures and delays due to road works or events - for the week starting Monday 29 January 2024.

Shapinsay Primary School have once again achieved ‘Gold’ status in sportscotland’s School Sport Awards, a national, Lottery funded initiative designed to encourage schools to continuously improve physical education (PE) and school sport opportunities.