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Changes to X1 bus timetable from 5 December - including trial of late night services on Friday and Saturday
Changes to the X1 bus service between Stromness, Kirkwall and St Margarets Hope are coming in from Monday 5 December – including tweaks to improve timings for workers travelling to/from Kirkwall, and a much requested late night service for Friday and Saturday nights on a trial basis til March 2023.
28 November 2022
Road works update – 25 November onwards
A roundup of works underway or soon to start around Orkney.
Work is ongoing on the Harray Road (A986) to fix a collapsed culvert which has been causing flooding between Grimeston Road and Refuge Corner.
25 November 2022
Waste Management Sites - Festive Period Closures
Check here for the opening times of our waste management sites for both businesses and households during the festive period!
25 November 2022
Christmas wish granted as school festive productions will be open to communities once more!
Oh no, they’re not…oh yes, they are! The festive shows will go ahead in Orkney’s schools this Christmas with communities welcome to attend for the first time since 2019!
There may have been no room at the inn, but there’s plenty of space within our schools for folk to come along and enjoy the nativities and concerts as safely as possible.
24 November 2022
Funding pot proposed for Nordic collaboration
Orkney Islands Council looks set to establish a funding pot to support Orkney-based organisations to collaborate with projects and partners that are funded by the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation.
Elected members at this week’s Policy and Resources Committee agreed recommendations that a £20,000 funding pot should be established with a maximum funding award of £5000.
24 November 2022