Orkney’s Jenni Wilson recently joined the charity GAiN UK as a collection point for donations to assist people in crisis situations and poverty around the world.

Little did she know when she started, that just days later she would be sharing an appeal for support for Ukraine - an Eastern European country invaded by its Russian neighbours just over a week ago.

Sssssshhhhhhh….Westray Junior High staff and pupils are keeping quiet about their fundraiser for Ukraine!

S1-3 pupils will be participating in an all-day silence on Tuesday 8 March, beginning at  9am and finishing at 3.45pm including interval and lunchtime.

A former Council employee now living in Ukraine has spoken of the deafening sound of explosions from Russian missile strikes and the rumble of Ukrainian tanks passing by positioning themselves to defend the cities. 

Ian Ward and his wife Svetlana have been forced to flee their city home of Brovary on the outskirts of Kyiv and are now living with family in a village south of the capital.

"You don't need to struggle on with sensory loss in silence - there are aids and people out there to help." That's the message from Orkney Health and Care's sensory loss Rehabilitation Officer, Anne Donnelly.

It’s that time of year again when parents and carers can enrol their eligible children into primary school.