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Road maintenance works are due to be carried out on Stromness' main street from next week (11 June - 15 June). 

The Council will be carrying out surface dressing in the Bay of Skaill and Skara Brae area on Thursday and Friday this week.

A new Chief Officer has been appointed for Orkney Health and Care, the Integration Joint Board that commissions and oversees community health and social care services in the islands.

People living in Orkney’s North and South Isles are being encouraged to contribute ideas as part of the community conversations initiative.

Surface dressing will be taking place on the A965 - the main Kirkwall to Stromness road - from Binscarth Farm to Germiston Road, over the course of Tuesday (5 June) and Wednesday (6 June) this week.  

The Council is advising that surface dressing will take place on Monday 4 June on the Bigswell Road in Stenness.

Orkney Islands Council is looking to recruit Head Teachers for two distinct local schools.

The Council is advising that surface dressing road works will be carried out in two areas tomorrow (Friday 1 June):

Following an ongoing safety review of the county's cemeteries, Orkney Islands Council is urging local folk to check on their relatives headstones.

Orkney Islands Council has welcomed the outcome of today’s Islands Bill debate in the Scottish Parliament as an historic and momentous day for Scotland’s island communities.