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When is going to work just like being part of one big family? When you join the team at Eday Community School, that’s when!

OIC is warning drivers of lengthier delays from Wednesday 12 July through Finstown as roadworks return to Evie junction as part of wider works on the A965.

A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county:

The search is on again for eight people from South Ronaldsay and Burray to represent their linked south isles communities by standing for election as Community Councillors.

Community Councillors are to be elected for the South Ronaldsay & Burray Community Council.  The number of members required, are as follows:

Orkney has farewelled Scotland’s MSYPs who met at KGS earlier this week (2 and 3 July) for a formal sitting of the Scottish Youth Parliament - as nominations remain open for young people to stand in the next SYP election.

North Ronaldsay put on a breath-taking sunset display recently, during a special guided walk showcasing the island’s Dark Skies status - part of a series of events supported by the North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme.

With show season soon to start, Orkney Islands Council is reminding the local community that while the UK wide Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been lifted today ( 4 July), poultry shows and gatherings remain banned.

Orkney Ferries fares are to remain unchanged til the spring of 2024 – with the exception of the multi journey books of tickets.

The status quo is in line with the Scottish Government’s freeze on external ferry fares to the Northern Isles announced on Wednesday 28 June, by the Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop.

We are looking for all the “Lucy’s” to have led the Norwegian Tree Lighting procession at St Magnus Cathedral between 1997 and 2022.

This year marks the 25^th anniversary of the procession in Orkney and it is planned to put on a special event to commemorate the occasion.