“Women in Scotland earn £182.90 per week less than men and yet make up 49% of the work force”
Women’s Low Pay: Families in Poverty
Sgathaich: Gundam the Origin
“Gundam is, well in cultural importance, to Japan, what Star Wars was to America, only they didn’t build a life size death star yet.”
Helen’s Home Cooking
A quick and easy spicy pasta dish, great value for money.
Steve Sankey:More Transparency and a Culture Change Needed in OIC
“the electorate should be presented with unambiguous local policies to encourage the implementation of a greener approach to local decision-making”
Two Orkney Projects Benefit from Tackling Climate Change Funding
Two organisations in Orkney are to benefit from Scottish Government funding to tackle Climate Change.
AFRAYEDKNOT: A Small Local Business Making A Big Difference
Mark Cook makes all sorts of useful objects from what most folk consider to be marine litter.
John Finnie MSP: Local Democracy
“Greens believe in local democracy, but this is meaningless without empowered local communities.!
Anti Trump Demo in Kirkwall
On a cold Monday, the 20th February, a group of about 35 protesters met on the steps of the iconic St Magnus Cathedral to protest against US President Donald Trump
Orkney Fisheries: Investment Boost From Scottish Government and EMFF
“Orkney Sustainable Fisheries have been awarded £110,170 for the development of the ‘Orkney Shellfish Project’.”
Nick Morrison: Building a House of Straw Part 2
“No Straw Bale house has ever been refused Planning merely because it
was Straw bale”
