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A summing up of closures and delays due to roadworks, events or cruise visits underway or soon to start in the county.
4 July 2024
As part of Alcohol Awareness Week, the Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (OADP) is shining a spotlight on alcohol harm and how it impacts people, families, and wider communities.
4 July 2024
The special bus and ferry timetables to accommodate the Longhope regatta on the weekend of 13-14 July have been published.
4 July 2024
A number of young trees within Muddiesdale Park in Kirkwall have been deliberately damaged.
2 July 2024
Kirkwall Police are appealing for information after the toilets within St Magnus Lane were vandalised over the weekend.
2 July 2024
The special “blue boss” apron was handed over to Kirkwall Grammar School’s new cook supervisor Corinne MacGregor this week from a retiring Coreen Daley.
2 July 2024
The South Isles are to benefit from an additional passenger ferry service over the summer months from Stromness to meet increased demand.
2 July 2024
A free car seat safety clinic is coming to Orkney in July, aimed at helping protect your precious peedie cargo while out and about in a vehicle.
1 July 2024
Repairs are due to be carried out to the Hatston slipway in Kirkwall to ensure its long-term future and continued use by folk in the county.
1 July 2024
Tim Ross is returning to Papay School as Headteacher from the start of next term.
1 July 2024