Scottish Water’s Top Up Tap in Kirkwall served up 272 litres over this summer and Lerwick’s dispensed almost 3,000 litres. The Top Up Taps initiative has inspired a 19% increase in people […]
Success of Scottish Water’s Top Up Taps
“It’s good to get together” Orkney’s Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club
By Adrian Hughes September’s Veterans’ Breakfast, on the 30th, took place at the Stromness Hotel. This is the second time the group have eaten there and as before, the food and service […]
A Glimpse into Motoring’s Past at Deerness
By Mike Robertson We were fair belting along in Norman Maver’s 1913 Model T Ford. A little instrument near my feet showed 25 which I took to be miles-per-hour although in the […]
UHI Orkney Graduation Celebration 2023
UHI Orkney held its graduation ceremony celebrating the success and achievements of its students and staff on Friday 29th of September 2023. Held in the inspirational surroundings of St Magnus Cathedral the […]
Bill Supporting a Future & Sustainable Farming Sector Requires More Detail
How the Farming Sector is supported in the future is being address in a Bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 28th September 2023. The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill has […]
Celebrating Rae’s Legacy in Arctic Exploration
The John Rae Society (JRS) held its annual commemoration of the birth of Arctic explorer Dr John Rae on Saturday 30th of September 2023. After a short piper led walk to Rae’s […]
Value of the Screen Machine Raised in Scottish Parliament
A meeting between the Culture Secretary and Regional Screen Scotland is to take place on 5th of October to consider the funding and future of The Screen Machine.
Variation in Experiences and Outcomes for Older People Receiving Acute or Emergency Care Across Scotland
The report includes figures comparing outcomes across 19 acute hospital sites and a summary for each hospital site. Data for some smaller hospital sites were removed for disclosure reasons. The figures for NHS Orkney Balfour Hospital are not included.
‘School Staff Were Left With No Other Option’
Most schools in Orkney were closed for three days, 26th, 27th and 28th of September as non teaching school staff, members of the trade union UNISON took industrial action after rejecting the latest pay offer from Local Authority organisation COSLA.
5% Excess Deaths in Scotland : Weekly Update
There were 1,116 deaths due to all causes, an excess of 57 taken over a 5 year average. There were excess deaths in Dementia/Alzheimer’s +8 ; Circulatory +26 and Other Causes +44. Of the 30 deaths involving Covid, Covid was the underlying cause in 23 of them
