Shapinsay residents are being urged to keep an eye out in coming days for a letter from the Council explaining the roll out of wheelie bins to the island and what residents need to do.

The Council’s Trading Standards team has been made aware of a spate of convincing scam calls where the caller claims to be from the “fraud team” at the person’s bank.

To date, the scammers are said to have strong Scottish accents and go on to claim that large transactions from some local businesses have been made to the person’s account.

A round up of road works in the county for the week starting Monday 6 February 2023:

Orkney Health and Social Care Chief Officer, Stephen Brown, has appealed for time to ascertain with current staff how they view the health and heart of the service they work within.

Mr Brown will spending the next few weeks meeting individually with every member of staff from the Children and Families Service fieldwork teams to hear their personal reflections and perspectives on their experiences over time and now.

Orkney Islands Council is honing in on housing pressures by launching an enhanced programme of research through community and stakeholder engagement.