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Around 800 households in Orkney are set to benefit from the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcement on Wednesday 27 October in relation to the Universal Credit taper reduction.

This reduction from 63 per cent to 55 per cent means that anyone claiming Universal Credit who has a job will get to keep more of their earnings before it starts to affect the benefit.

The most prestigious awards in Orkney sport has returned, as the search to crown the county’s most outstanding athlete of the last year gets under way.

The Orkney Sports Awards, organised by Orkney Islands Council’s Active Schools team and sponsored by The Orcadian, celebrate and recognise the county’s vast sporting achievement and success over the past year.

An update on the road closures associated with current flagstone repairs in Kirkwall and Stromness.

As Glasgow hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), The Phoenix Cinema has teamed up with Orkney Islands Council and Take One Action Orkney to show three films exploring issues around climate and community.

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Orkney Islands Council is reinforcing NHS Orkney’s appeal for communities to be vigilant heading into the weekend given the rising COVID-19 transmission rate.

The ongoing rate of transmission, and the requirement for close contacts to isolate, is having a knock-on effect on some businesses and services, including within Orkney Islands Council.

A campaign to help protect young children from sexual abuse is being launched today in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles by NSPCC Scotland and the islands’ protection committees.

This Saturday 6 November, sees the opening of a new exhibition at The Orkney Museum, Kirkwall - “An Unappropriated World”, Recent Paintings by Sylvia Hays is a stunning collection of paintings, fed by the Orkney landscape in all its moods.

Calling all Orkney residents – do you want to be involved in shaping your community’s future?

The LEADER Local Action Group, the council and Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO) want to hear what’s important to you about the place in which you live – whether that be development, the countryside, play areas, sports and leisure, shops and services, activities and connectivity, to name a few.

We have a road works update for you for the remainder of this week, into next and beyond.

Works are progressing with the slab repairs in Kirkwall which will hopefully be completed within the next couple of weeks.