From the monthly archives: February 2012
Islands councillors have recommended purchasing a £10,000 custom-made boat for the county’s Olympic-hopeful rower, Sean Corrigall.
At 6ft 9in, the rower has been unable to reach his full potential with standard sports equipment — the new boat, to be named The Viking of the North, will assist with the elite athlete’s training.
Mr Corrigall, who [...]
Continue Reading →Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has warned that abuse of the Government’s fuel price reduction scheme will not be tolerated.
Under the government’s scheme, a 5p per litre duty derogation will come into force tomorrow, Thursday, March 1, across the isles.
Mr Carmichael was speaking after reports that the price of fuel in the Northern [...]
Continue Reading →The Carbon Trust Scotland is hosting a free carbon coaching workshop next week to support local businesses in their carbon reduction efforts.
The workshop, in the Pickaquoy Centre, on March 7, will run from 11.30am to 2.30pm and include a working lunch, will provide an informal introduction to the Carbon Trust’s support services and what is on [...]
Continue Reading →The excavations on the Ness of Brodgar have been named the winner of the 2012 Andante Travels Archaeology Award.
The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology/Orkney College UHI project was named runner up in the international award scheme in 2008, and went on to take the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year title last year.
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Continue Reading →Orkney Islands Council is holding an information evening on March 5 for anyone interested in standing for the May 3 Local Government Election.
The Prospective Candidate Briefing Session will take place in the council chamber (OIC offices, School Place, Kirkwall) from 5.30pm, with a presentation from 6-7pm.
Anyone interested should register with the council’s election [...]
Continue Reading →Police are warning dog owners in Orkney to keep their pets under control after two separate incidents in Hoy and Deerness.
By law, owners must ensure that their animals’ behaviour does not cause alarm or apprehension to anyone else.
And the police highlighted that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 now applies to all dogs regardless [...]
Continue Reading →The Pickaquoy Centre looks set to receive £146,864 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Spaces scheme.
The funding will be used to construct an indoor climbing wall within the main arena at the leisure centre.
Welcoming the award, Mark Harrison, the general manager of the centre, said: “The board of trustees and staff at the [...]
Continue Reading →Police have named the two women who died in a road accident outside Kirkwall on Sunday night.
They were Ann Stanger, aged 64 and Moira Towers, aged 65, both from Stromness.
The third casualty is confirmed to be a 25-year-old man, who is in hospital receiving treatment for serious, but not life threatening, injuries.
Inquiries [...]
Continue Reading →Orcadian dialect scholar Tom Rendall has been carrying out further research into Orkney dialect and will be presenting the results at a talk in Stenness tonight, Monday.
Entitled Migration and the Mither Tongue, the talks will also be held in Westray on March 9, and Kirkwall on March 28.
The events have been organised by Orkney Heritage Society, [...]
Continue Reading →The catering department at the Balfour Hospital has received national recognition for the quality of its meals.
NHS Scotland’s most recent compliance report on nutrition, for the six months to December 2011, consistently placed Orkney among the best performers in a range of different categories.
The service received top marks for meeting the nutritional needs of [...]
Continue Reading →Two people have been killed and one person has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Kirkwall.
According to police, around 9.45pm on sunday evening a three-vehicle accident occurred on the A965 Kirkwall to Stromness road, near Sunnybank.
Police, fire and ambulance crews attended the scene, where two casualties suffered [...]
Continue Reading →Kirkwall Police would like to speak to an Asian gentleman who is carrying out door-to-door sales of clothing in Orkney.
Anyone with information about this person is asked to contact Kirkwall Police Station on 872241.
Continue Reading →The Palace Players (Bishops) were announced as the winners of the Orkney district heats of this year’s Scottish Community Drama Association one-act play festival.
In a slight change of format from previous years, all the results were announced last night on the final evening of performances.
Adjudicator Tony Rushforth awarded the Challenge Cup for first place to [...]
Continue Reading →Vice-chairman of the board of NHS Orkney, Jim Robertson, has stood down after serving his two terms in the post.
He is to be replaced with fellow board member Liz Middleton who was elected at the NHS Orkney board meeting last night. She will take over the role from March 1.
In another change, Craig [...]
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