Around £55 million in investment in Orkney’s electricity network has been announced. SSEN Distribution says the projects will create an even more reliable network, which will also provide greater capacity to support future economic growth and electrification. The projects involve the construction of new substations, the reinforcement and upgrading of existing overhead lines carried on […]
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Original plans for one of Orkney’s most iconic wartime buildings have been discovered. Buried away in The National Archives, historian lan Brown has found the records for Kirkwall’s famous Black Building. Demolished in 2009, the imposing structure at Inganess Road was an important headquarters of the RAF during the Second World War. Mr Brown, an […]
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Two traditionally rigged tall ships crewed by a rotating team of 70 wounded, injured and sick (WIS) veterans and serving personnel, will sail into Stromness, as part of a UK expedition. The voyage, coordinated by local veteran sailing charity Turn to Starboard and delivered in partnership with Invictus Games Birmingham 2027, aims to raise £300,000 so the […]
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Two Burray boys will be putting pedal to the metal today as they undertake a mammoth cycle for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).  Caleb Sutherland, aged nine, and Louie Wilson, aged ten, will be clocking up 20 miles, cycling from The Sands Hotel in Burray to the Burwick Pier in South Ronaldsay and back.  The […]
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Roads officials have defended the decision to ditch the midsummer pruning of roadside verges. Orkney islands councillors previously agreed to reduce the former two cuts to just one, in September/ October, to save money and better look after the environment. But the change, which was brought last summer, has faced some public backlash. The latest […]
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The charter of a Pentland Ferries catamaran to CalMac is due to finish later this week — though the vessel may be set to remain on the West Coast yet. MV Alfred’s current hire on the West Coast will come to an end on Saturday, February 28, after which the vessel will head for refit. Following statements from […]
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Work is underway to install new and replacement bus shelters across Orkney. Five cycle shelters and nine bus shelters are to be put in place, following funding from the Scottish Government. The money also includes upgrades to bus timetable displays across the county and real-time information upgrades at Kirkwall Travel Centre. Trueform has been awarded […]
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Never-before-seen police files from 1994 suggested that a Bangladeshi waiter, murdered in Kirkwall, was the victim of a “professional execution.” The records, which have now come to the attention of The Orcadian, also reveal that Shamsuddin Mahmood was alleged to have “breached acceptable levels of behaviour”, according to a close relative who is quoted in the files. […]
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Ten pin bowling, karaoke rooms, a games arcade, pool and interactive darts — Garden Square has it all to keep the whole family entertained this December. For the older clientele, you can make this festive season an unforgettable one, with a host of special nights at Orkney’s newest nightclub, Rapture. Renowned DJ, Gary Davies, of […]
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