A chilly start then a fine day with some lengthy spells of sunshine and feeling quite warm over inland parts. Winds light and variable, settling into the south or southwest during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
“We have long called for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased and extended to all children up to 16 and so it’s very encouraging to see the positive impact this is making, reaching more families and getting more cash into the pockets of people who need support the most.” – Polly Jones, Head of Scotland at the Trussell Trust
“Mr Cursiter showed me, in his collections, two large burial urns of steatite, one quite perfect, the other complete in form but reduced almost to a shell. These had been taken from Mounds in the islands. “
A short walk back in time.
There were 13 deaths involving COVID-19 (12 fewer than the previous week).
A rather cloudy start with, especially across Orkney, patchy drizzle, however it will soon become brighter with some good spells of sunshine developing. Occasionally fresh northerly winds easing. Maximum temperature 12 °C
Orkney International Science Festival has announced its schools programme for this year. Each year in addition to its public programme, which is freely available to school pupils to visit, the Festival provides a special further programme for schools only, delivered direct to the various individual schools with no charge.
Kirkwall RNLI return back to the harbour to transfer casualty to ambulance. Image Credit: Kirkwall RNLI
The Moon will be New on June 4th, and it will be Full on June 18th, near Venus and Mars on the summer solstice, June 21st.
The exhibition features work by Ingrid Budge, Magdalena Choluj, Rebecca Marr, Cat Moore, Robin Palmer and Frances Scott.
