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Orkney Islands Council's Convener Graham Bevan has paid tribute to the Council's Leader, James Stockan, who has been awarded an MBE in the Birthday Honours list.

The strategy covers how the Council will go about acquiring goods, services and works from third parties - ranging from the purchase of routine supplies or services to the formal tendering and placing of contracts for large infrastructure projects.

The Council spends approximately £67 million per annum on goods, services and works.

A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county - for week starting Monday 19 June 2023:

A look ahead to traffic changes and impacts on buses associated with community events.

The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) met this morning to discuss the ongoing power outage in Stronsay

The Progress flag will fly from Kirkwall Town Hall from this Friday night, 16 June, throughout the weekend, in support of diversity and equality in the community.

The Council’s Trading Standards Team is advising of a banking telephone scam reported to be targeting businesses in particular.

The fraudsters are using new approaches in an attempt to catch businesses off guard. They will call claiming to be a member of bank staff, indicating that there’s been suspicious transactions appearing on your business account. They’ll claim to be calling to make sure that any fraudulent transactions don’t go through.

Divers working with Orkney’s Scapa Flow Museum have captured some amazing underwater imagery this weekend of two First World War wrecks, both widely regarded as among the UK’s most significant naval losses.

Staff from Aurrida House were dressed for success during a fundraiser at the weekend, which has raised almost £2,500 - five times their original target of £500!

The sun shone on Saturday as the group of around 35 staff, children and young people and their families donned an array of costumes for the sponsored walk and run at the Pickaquoy Centre track to raise funds for the Aurrida Comfort Fund.

There was a lady bird, butterfly, bees, Pink Ladies, Sherlock Holmes, Spider Man, Rapunzel, Elsa from Frozen, Cruella Deville, a cute dalmatian puppy, a werewolf and a family of flower power hippies!

For the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

Copies of the unaudited accounts of Orkney Integration Joint Board for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 will be available for public inspection in the Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall between the hours of 10:00 to 13:00 and 14.00 to 16.00 Monday to Friday, from 1 July 2023 to 21 July 2023, both dates inclusive. A copy of the accounts will also be available at the following website: www.orkney.gov.uk