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Parents and carers in Orkney are being reminded they have just a few days left to participate in a survey on parental involvement and engagement in education.

An app aimed at encouraging locals and visitors alike to explore one thousand years of the history and heritage of Kirkwall has been launched.

A name has been chosen for the new care home in Stromness.

The Council is unable to provide a live broadcast of this morning’s meeting of the Integration Joint Board.

Orkney's new pilot vessel is to be called 'Scapa Pathfinder'.

The deliberate sinking of a fleet of warships was remembered in Orkney today (Friday 21 June), 100 years since one of the most extraordinary events in naval history.

When it comes to getting a handle on the details of child car seat safety, it’s the little things that matter. That’s the message coming from Orkney’s Road Safety Forum ahead of free car seat checks being offered in Orkney next month when the national ‘Good Egg’ campaign visits the county.

A training scheme to help reduce the number of collisions involving motorcyclists is being run for the first time in Orkney

North Ronaldsay, Orkney’s most northerly island community, is seeking applicants for a unique role overseeing care and repair work on a historic stone dyke that plays a vital part in the management of a unique local breed of ancient seaweed eating sheep.

Orkney Islands Council has welcomed an announcement that innovative plans for greater local management of the seas around the islands have taken an important step forward.