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Works to improve pedestrian safety in Stromness are due to get underway this week. 

Firth Primary has become the first school in Orkney to be given the prestigious Reading School accreditation by the Scottish Book Trust. 

Do you have formal wear cluttering your closet? Be a fairy godmother and donate to the 2024 Prom Pop Up Appeal to help make every young person's Prom a night of magic and sparkle!

The Kirkwall Travel Centre will reopen to the public on Friday afternoons from this week.  

The centre will now be staffed from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday, and from 1:30pm to 5:00pm on a Friday.  

Orkney Islands Council has extended its partnership with Warmworks for a fifth year, helping local households to benefit from a Scottish Government scheme supporting improvements in home energy efficiency.

The community spirit in Orkney has been praised by those behind a fundraising effort for a polytunnel at Aurrida House in Kirkwall. 

Orkney's public bus timetables change on 1 April, with some new improved services and timing changes, and amended Stands at the Kirkwall Travel Centre for passengers to note.

Orkney Islands Council is advising of waste and recycling arrangements over the upcoming Easter break. 

A fun packed Easter programme of activities for the Spring holidays has been launched – and even better, some of them are free! 

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marked 200 years of lifesaving at a service of thanksgiving at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall on Sunday (24 March).