Orkney Veterans’ Breakfast Club – 28th October 2023 by Adrian Hughes and Simon Brodie After seeing an article about the Orkney Veterans’ Breakfast Club, Ash Boyd, Chairman of the Shapinsay Development Trust, […]
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Collaborative Journalism ‘The Scottish Beacon’ Shortlisted for Top Awards
Collaborative journalism project ‘The Scottish Beacon’ has been shortlisted for two awards at the British Journalism Awards, including Innovation of the Year. A first of its kind in Scotland, The Scottish Beacon […]
Weather Forecast: Dry and bright becoming cloudy and windy with rain later.
Information from The Met Office Today 1st November : A dry morning with sunny spells, the afternoon will soon become cloudy with rain reaching Orkney by late afternoon and Shetland by evening. […]
The Sky Above You – November 2023 #Astronomy
By Duncan Lunan The Moon will be New on November 13th, and Full on November 27th, very near Venus on the 9th and occulting it in daylight (see below). There’s some interesting […]
Emma Roddick MSP “the increasing impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having”
Back into Holyrood last week after recess, I was pleased to respond on behalf of the Scottish Government in last Tuesday’s Challenge Poverty Week debate. The week itself, held in the first […]
Weather Forecast: Sunny spells, the odd shower. Rather cold and breezy.
Information from The Met Office Today 31st October🎃 : Another bright day with some sunny spells, along with a few showers. Winds will be a fresh to strong northeasterly the winds gradually […]
Vigils Held in Orkney Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire: #Gaza
“We unreservedly condemn the Hamas act of terrorism that led to the Israeli blitz on Gaza, but will not condone the mass killing of civilians and children that is being visited on […]
Saying it with Selfies
Love them or loathe them selfies, in one form or other, have been around for centuries. Today in the digital age people take their own and some have got very adept at […]
Have a great Halloween
Images from Saturday’s bairns Halloween parade organised by Kirkwall BID. O I forbid you, maidens a’,That wear gowd on your hair,To come or gae by Carterhaugh,For young Tam Lin is there Fiona […]
Weather Forecast: Sunny spells and the odd shower. Windy and rather cold.
Information from The Met Office Today 30th October: It will be a mainly dry and bright day with some sunny spells, along with one or two passing showers. Feeling rather cold in […]