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Orkney Islands Council has welcomed funding worth just over £1.25 million from the Scottish Government to improve the energy efficiency of homes across the county.

The Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) of the Scottish Government is considering a draft stopping up order, to stop up a section of Scapa Crescent, Kirkwall, for car parking related to the proposed expansion of Garden House.

Orkney Islands Council has appointed to three vacant Head of Service posts this week.

Visitor numbers are off to a roaring start at the newly-reopened Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum, with the facility welcoming its 1000th visitor over the weekend.

A number of roadworks projects are underway around Mainland Orkney, as detailed below. As usual we would like to thank the public for their understanding as the various woks progress and also apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The search for a new Chief Executive to lead Orkney Islands Council will begin again after the summer.

Elected Members at this week’s Full Council meeting agreed that a further recruitment exercise be carried out.

Orkney Islands Council has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) for the Quanterness and Hoy elements of Orkney's Community Wind Farm Project

The successful bidders were announced today by the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Being successfully awarded a CfD means that the Council has been offered a guaranteed price for electricity generated over a 15 year timeframe, thereby reducing financial risk.

Orkney Islands Council has welcomed the news that NorthLink Ferries will be providing an extra return sailing from Stromness to Scrabster whilst the MV Alfred is off its Pentland Firth route.

The Hamanvoe will do two extra runs leaving Stromness at 9.15pm and departing Scrabster at 11.30pm from today.

Pentland Ferries had initially hoped to return to their route on July 10, however this has now been extended to July 18 whilst the Alfred goes to dry dock for a further inspection and possible repairs

The Council has launched a recruitment campaign to strengthen Orkney’s dedicated adult care services alongside news of an increase in salaries for Home Care staff.

Crowds gathered outside the St Magnus Cathedral on Saturday witnessed the staged rescue of a casualty trapped in a car, as part of a road safety event aimed at getting people thinking about the causes and ramifications of a serious road accident.