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A special festive gift for the Orkney community has arrived in the county overnight. 

A summing up of road closures and delays due to works and events - for the week starting 2 December 2024. 

Life can change in a heartbeat.  

A “robust” improvement plan across the Council’s Children and Families Service has led to a series of positive Care Inspection reports. 

Orkney Library & Archive has been awarded £11,000 from the Public Library Improvement Fund (PLIF) to create an interactive Orcadian trail of native flora in the library forecourt. 

An Orkney teacher was part of the Scotland over-35s squad who made it to the quarter finals of the Masters Hockey World Cup in South Africa last month (October). 

Orkney Islands Council is reminding isles residents that their household and trade collection days might differ from their usual collection day over the festive period from 23 December 2024 and 3 January 2025 inclusive, due to public holidays.

Following a request from the haulage company serving Stronsay, the island’s weekly waste collection day is to be moved from a Tuesday to a Thursday. 

Scottish bird keepers have until this Sunday, 1 December 2024, to register the location of their birds on the new ‘Scottish Kept Bird Register’ (SKBR)

Simpson & Brown have been appointed to carry out a quinquennial (five year) survey of St Magnus Cathedral.