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The Council’s summer holiday free school meal payments should be arriving in people’s bank accounts this week.

Statement from Orkney Islands Council’s Corporate Director of Neighbourhood Services and Infrastructure, Hayley Green.

A new report produced by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has highlighted the unique role agriculture plays in island life and calls on Government to use this new evidence in policy decisions.

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of the public and road users during building works on the Albert Hotel, Kirkwall.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) emergency towing vessel (ETV), IEVOLI BLACK, has been carrying out a training exercise in Scapa Flow today (Wednesday 10 July).

An election was held on Thursday 04 July 2024 for a Member of Parliament to serve the Orkney and Shetland Constituency.

A summing up of closures and delays due to roadworks, events or cruise visits underway or soon to start in the county. 

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. 

The special bus and ferry timetables to accommodate the Longhope regatta on the weekend of 13-14 July have been published.