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The date for the Orkney Matters 2 Kirkwall event has been announced.  

Orkney residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. 

Chair of the Orkney Towns Board, Stephen Hagan, has said that work on the Orkney Towns Fund is continuing, despite follow-up information from the UK Government remaining outstanding.  

Orkney Islands Council has received £80k from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), on behalf of the Sanday community, for a huge freshwater tank to house shipwreck timbers discovered on the island’s shores earlier this year - protecting them for future research.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to works and events, underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 9 September 2024.

If you are a contractor or farmer with plant equipment for hire that could assist during periods of extreme weather or for civil engineering works, then the Council wants to hear from you.

Industry leaders from across the cruise sector are meeting in Orkney today (4 September) for a round table discussion on the potential to introduce a cruise passenger levy in Scotland.  

A final call has gone out to children and young people on their views on the play areas and hang out spaces available in Orkney.  

Landowners and communities who wish to submit their ideas or have their sites considered for development as part of the review of Orkney’s Local Development Plan have until the end of the month to submit their details.

A plan to manage the Council’s property has been approved by Councillors this week (Tuesday 3 September).