Last Wednesday’s debate on our Rural Visa Pilot Scheme for Scotland is one that unites parties across the Holyrood chamber, but is an issue on which the UK Government has been obstructively […]
Emma Roddick MSP: Welcoming the Rural Visa Pilot Scheme
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Success of Scottish Water’s Top Up Taps
Scottish Water’s Top Up Tap in Kirkwall served up 272 litres over this summer and Lerwick’s dispensed almost 3,000 litres. The Top Up Taps initiative has inspired a 19% increase in people […]
“It’s good to get together” Orkney’s Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club
By Adrian Hughes September’s Veterans’ Breakfast, on the 30th, took place at the Stromness Hotel. This is the second time the group have eaten there and as before, the food and service […]
A Glimpse into Motoring’s Past at Deerness
By Mike Robertson We were fair belting along in Norman Maver’s 1913 Model T Ford. A little instrument near my feet showed 25 which I took to be miles-per-hour although in the […]
Weather Forecast: Bright and breezy with passing showers
Information from The Met Office Today 3rd October: A bright day with sunny intervals, but there will also be some sharp showers, these perhaps quite frequent at first and again around the […]
UHI Orkney Graduation Celebration 2023
UHI Orkney held its graduation ceremony celebrating the success and achievements of its students and staff on Friday 29th of September 2023. Held in the inspirational surroundings of St Magnus Cathedral the […]
Bill Supporting a Future & Sustainable Farming Sector Requires More Detail
How the Farming Sector is supported in the future is being address in a Bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 28th September 2023. The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill has […]
Royal Mail Post Boxes, 22 #Scotland
Celebrating our rural Post Boxes. The location of this one is Blantyre and was sent in by Orkney News reader Peter Brown.
Harvest moon image by Kenny Armet
Want to know more about the night sky and what to see ? Check this out: The Sky Above You – October 2023
Weather Forecast: Bright and breezy with a few showers today
Information from The Met Office Today 2nd October: Some bright or sunny intervals and a few passing showers, occasionally heavy across Shetland. Orkney seeing more in the way of drier weather. Fresh […]
