The Scottish SPCA’s fostering service is now recruiting suitable foster homes in Orkney. Expanding the fostering service is a key part of the Scottish SPCA’s commitment to increase its community engagement activity […]
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#Orkney Silent Vigil for #Gaza
A silent vigil will take place on Monday 30th of October from 12 midday till 1pm on the St Magnus Cathedral steps adding to the many hundreds of thousands of people taking […]
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry and bright, but Orkney will see a few showers
Information from The Met Office Today 29th October: Shetland will have a dry day with some good spells of sunshine. Cloudy across Orkney this morning with some passing showers, mainly dry with […]
Clocks Back
In the UK the clocks go back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October, for 2023 that is the 29th.
An October Visit to the Beach at Birsay
The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand; They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand: ‘If this were only cleared away,’ They said, ‘it would be grand!’ […]
Jeanne de Brigue #OnThisDay
On 29th of October 1390 the first witch trial is believed to be held at Le Châtelet in Paris, in 1390, and ended with the execution of Jeanne de Brigue. She was condemned […]
Space Notes 24 Jeff Hawke Part 4 – Not As We Know It
by Duncan Lunan After the Martians, the next extraterrestrial beings met with in Jeff Hawke were of an entirely different order. On its prospecting mission to the Asteroid Belt, the spaceship Argosy […]
First Minster of Scotland Calls for Immediate Ceasefire #Gaza
First Minister Humza Yousaf has written to UK political leaders urging them to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to allow a humanitarian corridor to open. The First Minister says the UK […]
Weather Forecast: Breezy with a few showers
Information from The Met Office Today 28th October: Variable amounts of cloud and a few passing showers. More in the way of drier weather developing this afternoon. Fresh southeasterly winds across Orkney, […]
Online course takes an in-depth look at the rise of persecution and executions for witchcraft in Scotland.
Aberdeen University is offering a short online course exploring the persecution, trials and executions of those accused of witchcraft in Scotland. The course will focus on the involvement of King James VI […]