
Vaccinations Public Health Scotland is encouraging young people to take up the offer of routine vaccines at school as the latest statistics show a decline in vaccine uptake rates among this group. […]
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Vaccinations Public Health Scotland is encouraging young people to take up the offer of routine vaccines at school as the latest statistics show a decline in vaccine uptake rates among this group. […]
Cold with wintry showers Information from The Met Office Today 30th November: Mainly cloudy with a few bright or sunny periods. Scattered showers which may be heavy and wintry at times. Remaining […]
The Scottish Government has conceded that its timeline for a transition to clean heat in homes and the scale of change required means that it “is not achievable” by the date originally […]
By Fiona Grahame “No greater ring-giver ever roamed with warguard” Earl Thorfinn The Mighty (1014 – c1060) ruled over lands in Orkney, Shetland, The Hebrides, Northern Scotland and parts of Ireland from […]
NHS 24 has launched its annual winter health preparedness campaign – The ‘Healthy Know How’ campaign helps people manage the usual winter illnesses with advice and helpful reminders ahead of the festive holidays. […]
By Mike Robertson Luckily, last week’s storms abated on Saturday, giving just enough to get the tree up in time for the Deerness Community tree lighting that evening as you can see […]
Cold with a few wintry showers today. Information from The Met Office Today 29th November: A rather cold and often cloudy day. A few wintry showers will be pass by at times, […]
NHS Orkney has been moved to level three of the recently published NHS Scotland Support and Intervention Framework due to its “deteriorating financial performance” . What does this mean and why is […]
Households experiencing fuel poverty in energy-rich Orkney were dealt a double blow by the UK Government last week, with news of a New Year energy price cap rise following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s […]
Information from The Met Office Today 28th November: It will be a bright day with broken cloud and some sunny intervals. Mainly dry too but there will be a few passing wintry […]