Orkney arts enthusiasts will be treated to a degree show of the highest calibre, when final year BA Fine Art students at Orkney College show their works in June - the first degree show to be attended by the public in three years.

Residents of Dounby are being urged to submit ideas and visions for development in their community, as part of ongoing work to create a ‘place plan’ to capture future ambitions for the village and surrounding area.

Flagstone repairs will be taking place over four days next week in central Stromness.

The Council is reminding the public there will be road closures and traffic changes in central Stromness next week in relation to the Folk Festival, starting Thursday 26 May and carrying through to Sunday evening (29 May).

Census staff have carried out more than 1 million doorstep visits in the drive to support households to complete their census, according to new figures from National Records of Scotland (NRS).