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We know how you value the service at the Kirkwall Community Centre’s St Magnus Café, but from today, 12 June, until Wednesday 28 June, the café will be operating reduced hours.

The café will be open from 10am until 2pm most days during this period, however, it will have to close in full on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 June due to insufficient staff cover.

Applications are now open for academic year 2023-2024 and we want to remind families to check whether or not they may be entitled to free school meals and/or school clothing allowance.

Pupils are eligible if their families receive any of the following benefits or support:

Staff from the Kirkwall Community Centre’s St Magnus Café say it’s a great place to work with regular and visiting customers who value the service on offer.

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Those admiring Orkney's beautiful big blue skies over the last few days might have spotted a low flying plane carrying out important survey work for Orkney Islands Council.

The aircraft has been undertaking Lidar surveys of Orkney's coastline - providing the Council's Engineering team with vital data on potential coastal erosion and flooding issues.

A number of students at Sanday Junior High School have been given a taste of life as a tour guide and the film industry as part of a project to give them, and others, a better understanding of the island’s heritage.

S1 – S3 pupils have teamed up with Stromness-based film maker, Mark Jenkins, as part of an education and learning project funded and run by the North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS).

A very special delivery of handmade “quilted hugs” was made to Orkney Health and Care (OHAC) this week to pass on to young people who are leaving the care system.

Orkney Islands Council’s Environmental Health Team has placed warning notices at the Loch of Kirbister and Loch of Harray after confirmation from SEPA that blue green algal blooms have been found in the waters there.

A reminder for local people with an interest in the Tomb of the Eagles site to take part in a survey.

A summary of road works underway in the county or soon to start, for week starting Monday 12 June 2023.

The care and support provided for those living with dementia and their families in Orkney has taken a significant step forward with the launch of a new Admiral Nurse service for the first time in Scotland.

In collaboration with Orkney Health & Care (OHAC) and Dementia UK, Age Scotland Orkney (ASO) are looking to recruit a registered specialist dementia nurse, known as an Admiral Nurse.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family.