From the monthly archives: January 2012
Police have advised that Berstane Road in Kirkwall is now clear following an incident this afternoon
Although details have yet to be released, it is believed a member of the public sustained a minor injury.
Earlier, numerous emergency vehicles attended the scene and police asked drivers to take alternative routes.
Continue Reading →Orkney’s top flight football league will soon be increased to a ten-team division.
Members at last night’s Orkney Amateur Football Association AGM unanimously agreed that relegation should be scrapped in the upcoming 2012 season, with two teams promoted from the ‘B’ League.
This would create a ten-team league in 2013, along with a return to [...]
Continue Reading →Orkney Archaeology Society is hosting an evening of updates on work at Cantick on Hoy and Ha’breck on Wyre.
Site director Dan Lee will talk about inside of the stonebuilt early Neolithic houses on Wyre including a remarkable layer of burnt grain, suggesting that one building may have been used to process and store grain.
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Continue Reading →The former CESS premises in Stromness has been converted into student accommodation and is now open and ready for business.
Orkney Islands Property Developments Ltd, who purchased the building, are now advertising for students.
Initial concerns were that the plans may be in direct competition to other businesses in the town — brought about through [...]
Continue Reading →The Orkney Astronomical Society is to hold its first meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, at 7pm in the King Street Halls garden room in Kirkwall.
Meanwhile, according to Rousay astronomer John Vetterlein, Comet Garradd is now readily seen in small binoculars and may well reach naked eye visibility within the next two to three weeks. For more details, see Continue Reading →
Sometime between January 13-23, 2012 a window was broken at an address on Willow Road, Kirkwall. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police at Kirkwall Police Station on 01856 872241 or Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Continue Reading →A public meeting takes place next month to look at setting up a “Friends of Camoran” voluntary group to champion the cause of young people looked after and accommodated by the OIC.
The group will be responsible for some fundraising activities, contributing to the planned new facility and raising public awareness of [...]
Continue Reading →Orkney Fisheries Association celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
The association was established in 1972 by a number of fishermen, merchants and processors and this year’s AGM takes place on Saturday, February 11, at 2pm in the Ayre Hotel.
OFA Secretary Fiona Matheson said it was an ideal time for those in the industry to come [...]
Continue Reading →A Kirkwall man appeared from custody at Kirkwall Sheriff Court today, Friday, and admitted breaching bail conditions set in December.
Bruce Malissa, 41, had previously denied behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards a woman at an address in Dounby, however, he changed his plea at court to guilty, where he also admitted breaching [...]
Continue Reading →Following press reports that courts across Scotland were at risk of closure, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur sought assurances from the justice secretary regarding the future of Kirkwall Sheriff Court.
Mr McArthur has now received a response from the Scottish Court Service.
He said: “I am pleased to hear that the Scottish Court Service sees the [...]
Continue Reading →Three local projects have been granted support from the latest round of LEADER funding.
They include support for the community development officers on Flotta, Hoy, North Ronaldsay and Papa Westray who are producing island development plans, the creation of a public area at Palace Village in Birsay, and support for the digitisation of Westray Heritage [...]
Continue Reading →A Kirkwall resident has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to assaulting a police officer at Kirkwall Police Station on Tuesday.
Leslie Darren Norquoy, 39, of Holm Road, appeared from custody at Kirkwall Sheriff Court yesterday.
Norquoy also denied behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by challenging a police officer to a [...]
Continue Reading →A man has appeared in private at Kirkwall Sheriff Court in connection with an alleged robbery last Sunday night.
Yesterday afternoon, William Dennis Mills, 21, of Tankerness, was remanded in custody and committed for further examination after making no plea or declaration.
Continue Reading →The OIC is set to introduce new speed restrictions on a number of roads across the county.
Following a review of all ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads in Orkney, members of the council’s transport committee recommended that new limits should come into effect on sections of the following roads:
30mph B9056 at Quoyloo, Sandwick, including Quoyloo [...]
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