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The next couple of weeks will see works road works start in Hoy and Mainland Orkney.

Orkney Islands Council is advising there may be delays and closures on the Churchill Barrier No 2 from Monday 18 October, for a period of around six weeks, as repairs to armco barriers takes place.

Two Orkney families have shared how their cancer journeys have been made that little bit easier thanks to a new initiative set up at the Balfour - The Hospital Adventures.

Scotland’s top school chef – Stromness Primary’s Karen Bevan - has accepted a very special award on behalf of all school kitchen staff in Orkney for their “phenomenal” frontline work throughout the pandemic.

The Scottish Government has called in Orkney Islands Council's planning application for a six-turbine wind farm on Faray in the North Isles.

Orkney’s Karen Bevan was pipped to the top School Chef of the Year title at Wednesday’s national cooking competition in Birmingham.

Kirkwall Grammar School students are working on a project to help fellow learners in Pakistan – and they have reached a third of their fundraising target.

The Council is reminding school staff and pupils of COVID-19 measures still in place to try and keep everyone safe as they return to the classroom after the October break.

A bell from the battleship HMS Royal Oak has been restored to its former glory and rang out once more on the eve of the 82nd anniversary of the ship’s sinking with the loss of 835 boys and men.

The consultation on ‘Orkney Gateway’ proposals for future management of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS) closes this Friday, 15 October at 5pm.