Kirkwall News

Warm Orkney welcome as Island Games arrivals begin

The first of the 23 visiting islands competing at the International Island Games are beginning to arrive in Orkney. Kirkwall Airport and ferry ports at Stromness, Kirkwall and St Margaret’s Hope will be a hive of activity over the next two days, as islanders from across the world arrive, most having travelled thousands of miles. […]
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‘A win for islanders, by islanders’ — helicopter rescue service protected

The current state of readiness for coastguard search-and-rescue helicopters will be protected, it was announced today (Tuesday, January 14). Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the news that the service out of Sumburgh and Stornaway will be safeguarded at the existing response time of 15 minutes during the daytime and 45 minutes at […]
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