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Poetry Corner: Day-Job’s Over

“Day-job’s over, come on now John/ Time to be getting your diggin’ boots on

For all musicians out there a tune with a peedie story from local musician and reader of the Orkney News the very talented Fiona Driver

The Picky centre has taken steps to curb selfish parking at the centre.

One of the main drivers is to “decarbonise” Transport and Heating fuel thus reducing CO2 emissions

Alistair Carmichael has written to Michael Gove requesting that he forgoes banning Chloropyrifos.

The Orkney Library and Archive has been exhibiting a wonderful collection of diaries spanning a breadth of 200 years.

These little frogs were rescued as frogspawn from a drying puddle

Simmans: This is a strong straw rope formed of two cants twisted together and spun by hand alone.

the stories of stones, and people, and people picking up stones on their travels, and stones travelling with people.

On this day, July 9th in 1867 Queens Park Football Club was formed, the first senior club in Scotland.