Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed at a premises near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands on 30 October 2022.
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry with some sunshine.
Fresh southerly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
War of the Worlds #OnThisDay
On October 30th 1938, “The War of the Worlds” was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds (1898).
Free Travel on Stagecoach Services for Veterans, Military Personnel & Cadets #Remembrance
The commitment to free travel, which is now in its second year, comes on the back of the launch of Stagecoach’s employee led Veteran’s Network.
Yes We Really Did Land On The Moon – Part 2, On The Moon Itself
Surveyor 3, Apollo 12, with lunar module behind
Halloween Tales From Orkney: ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’
The ‘youth of Orkney’s country parishes’, wrote a letter to The Orkney Herald and Advertiser on 4th of November 1931, to prove they were not degenerate.
Clocks Back 1 Hour
In the UK the clocks go back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October. This year that is the 30th of October. When the clocks go back, the UK is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Weather Forecast: Dry with bright and sunny spells.
Mild with mainly light winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
Half of Scots Eating Out-Of-Date Food : #Costoflivingcrisis
“ the cost of living crisis is driving consumer behaviour with the potential to negatively impact public health.” Jacqui McElhiney, Head of Science at FSS
Halloween Tales From Orkney: ‘Authority Was Flouted’
“The young fellows from all the farms and villages round about used to fairly let themselves go on Halloween night. Authority was flouted. “