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From 23 June 2025, the Scottish Government is extending the concessionary digital ferry voucher scheme to young islanders aged 19 to 21, helping them save money when travelling to and from the Scottish Mainland.

Notice is hereby given that Orkney Islands Council has made an order in terms of section 62 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to ensure the safety of the public and road users while the Kirkwall City Pipe Band hold parades in Kirkwall.

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of site personnel and road users while various utility works are carried out.

A specially created ‘dress’ dedicated to the memory of a local woman, Marabel Couper, who was found guilty of witchcraft and condemned to death ‘by public strangulation and burning at Gallow Ha’, in 1624, will be unveiled soon at Orkney Library and Archive.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 21 April 2025. 

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of site personnel and road users while cable duct is installed for a new substation.

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of site personnel and road users while general carriageway repairs and maintenance are carried out.

Details of our waste and recycling arrangements over the upcoming Easter break and Easter Monday public holiday (21 April). 

Scotland’s new national suicide prevention campaign goes live today (16 April 2025). Bold, unflinching, and deeply personal, it’s been entirely co-produced by people with lived and living experience of suicide. 

Ground investigation works are due to get underway on the site of Orkney Islands Council’s proposed Scapa Deep Water Quay at Deepdale in Holm this month, with marine based site investigation works to follow in June.