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Voting opens this Friday 15 March to elect Orkney’s two Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs).

A review undertaken by the Chief Officer of Orkney Health and Care has concluded that St Colm’s will continue to play its part in providing services for people with learning disabilities.

Two families from war-torn Syria are beginning to build new lives in Orkney.

The Leader of Orkney Islands Council has expressed his concern that the Scottish Government is providing reduced funding for the county’s internal ferry service for the year ahead.

Albert Street in Kirkwall will reopen to traffic on Monday afternoon (March 4).

Plans are developing to mark the centenary of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow.

Girl power is set to take centre stage in Orkney next month - with an all-female candidate list for the upcoming Scottish Youth Parliament elections in March. 

Temporary street closures will be in place in Stromness over the next two days (Thursday 28 February and Friday 1 March) whilst Orkney Islands Council completes flagstone repairs.

Work to reinstate headstones laid flat in Orkney's cemeteries is due to get underway shortly.

Orkney Islands Council has cancelled the meeting where Elected Members would have set the authority’s budget for the financial year ahead.