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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. 

A number of young trees within Muddiesdale Park in Kirkwall have been deliberately damaged. 

Kirkwall Police are appealing for information after the toilets within St Magnus Lane were vandalised over the weekend. 

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. 

The South Isles are to benefit from an additional passenger ferry service over the summer months from Stromness to meet increased demand. 

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. 

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.