“It will be of paramount importance in the coming weeks that those in need apply for Universal Credit and access the Scottish Welfare Fund via their local authority.”
Families Already in Crisis Hit the Hardest by #COVID-19 Restrictions
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Keeping Your Distance #COVID-19 #Coronavirus
Thank you to artist Stewart Bremner for this poster
Support for the Self Employed: #COVID-19 #Coronavirus
Information & links Open to those with a trading profit of less than £50,000 in 2018-19 or an average trading profit of less than £50,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Records of a Bygone Age The Loss of the Dundee Whaler SS Active
At 117 feet long and with a beam of 28 feet, this three-masted ship was built to be capable of sailing through broken ice, to act as an ice breaker and also to withstand the pressures of being trapped and frozen in the ice fields as happened many whalers of that time
Physical Distancing: #COVID-19 #Coronavirus
Walking every day near your home during this lockdown is not too bad in Orkney.
Sweeping New Government Powers – The Coronavirus Act
“Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” Carl Sagan
Sighthill Stone Circle – An Update By Kenny Brophy – Urban Pre-historian.
“Exactly a year ago, 20th March 2019. the new Sighthill stone circle was officially revealed to the media.”
All Historic Environment Staff Working From Home
All HES staff will stay at home now unless specifically requested to support our emergency response or the controlled shutdown of the estate in the coming week.
HIAL to Close Airports to all Except Essential Flights
All HIAL airports closed to scheduled flights and routine general aviation traffic with effect from Sunday, March 29, 2020.
The Finstown Ceilidh Stoat: A Tune & A Story
For all musicians out there a tune with a peedie story from musician and Orkney News reader the very talented Fiona Driver
