| Five month sentence for Kirkwall man
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A Kirkwall man who burst into a restaurant last Tuesday, and punched
a 14-year-old girl in the face, has been locked up for five months.
Michael Robert Scott Budge, 18, of Kirklands Road, also attacked
two other individuals, both under 16.
Appearing in court on Friday, the sheriff heard that since September
2004, Budge had also breached probation, bail and a restriction
of liberty order, as well as breaking into a licensed premises and
driving a vehicle without insurance.
Sending Budge to a young offenders institute, Sheriff Graeme Napier
said: “Everything has been tried with you. You have been given
opportunity after opportunity and I made it clear this would happen
if you did not stay out of trouble.” |
| With broadband commitment met, Executive
turns attention to "out of reach" households |
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The Scottish Executive has met its commitment to provide broadband
services to every community in Scotland by the end of 2005, according
to Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen.
Orkney’s Finstown, Harray, Holm, Sandwick, St Margaret’s
Hope, Stromness and Westray exchanges were among the 378 across
Scotland that now have broadband access.
However, this leaves 15 of Orkney’s smaller exchanges, serving
around 2,500 households, without high-speed internet access.
And, due to technical limitations, broadband is not available to
those who live too far from their exchange.
While the Executive is not committed to providing broadband to every
household, it has been working to identify any clusters of 'out of
reach' households and is developing the next steps for providing solutions
to these 'clusters' over 2006. |
| Executive cash allows Papay ferry service
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Papa Westray is to benefit from
a share of a Scottish Executive £2.8 million windfall.
The island's development trust asked for funding to continue a
boat service to Westray outwith
school hours in the winter months. The ferry allows Papay residents
to benefit from activities available in Westray.
The project is to receive £3,120 for 2006/07 from the Rural
Community Transport Initiative.
The Dounby Centre is also to receive £20,438 to replace its
11-year-old minibus.
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| Crewman injured on Claymore |
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A Pentland Ferries crewman was injured on Friday night as the boat
attempted to dock at Gills Bay in Caithness.
The Claymore was being tied up at 6.30pm, using lines because
of bad weather, when one rope came loose and struck a deckhand.
It is understood the crewman suffered a fractured knee.
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| Orkney's RSPA to benefit from cash
boost |
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Orkney is to receive £100,000 as part
of a £2.2 million package from the Scottish Executive.
The money has been allocated to 22 Rural Service Priority Areas
(RSPA) across Scotland by way of their Community Planning Partnerships
(CPPs). Each CPP will identify the services they want to improve
in their area.
Orkney's RSPA covers Sanday, Stronsay and North Ronaldsay.
Discussions are being held with Community Planning Partnerships
to agree the priority services for improvement, with targets to
be agreed by end March 2006.
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| Police warn of lottery scam |
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Kirkwall police are warning people in Orkney
about a lottery scam currently circulating in the county.
Kirkwall Sergeant Eddie Graham said: “The letter originates
from the International Lotto Commission in Madrid and asks the recipient
to forward their bank details and, other personal details, as they
have won the lottery.
“Anyone receiving a letter should not, under any circumstances,
pass their bank details to any third party,” he added.
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| One drink driver reported |
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Only one drink driver has been reported
by Kirkwall police to the procurator fiscal in Orkney since the start
of the festive clampdown three weeks ago. |
| Door-to-door inquiries after cars are
vandalised |
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Kirkwall police are carrying out door-to-door inquiries after 16
cars were damaged in the town sometime during the early hours of
Christmas morning.
The vehicles, parked in Buttquoy Crescent, were damaged to “varying
degrees” between midnight on Sunday and 9.30am.
Kirkwall police Sergeant Eddie Graham appealed for anyone with
information to get in touch on 872241.
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| Uppie win in Christmas Men's Ba' |
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The Uppie run of success in the Men's Ba' continued On Boxing Day
with a win for Uppie Eoin Learmonth.
The pack moved down Tankerness Lane before being steadily pushed
southwards along Junction Road.
The ba' touched the Uppie goal at Mackinson's Corner around 3.45pm.
Forty-three-year-old Eoin has been playing in the Ba' since he
was 16 and has never missed a game.
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| First blood to Doonie boys |
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The first ba' of the festive season went to the Doonies.
A determined Doonie push from the start of the Boys' Ba' saw the
pack reaching no further south than Broad Street. Despite valiant
Uppie opposition, the pack made a steady push northwards which saw
the ba' taken a short distance through Albert street and into the
Junction Road/Albert Street car park.
By 11.45am, the pack had moved into Castle Street before a rush
to Kirkwall basin, saw the ba' reaching the goal around noon. The
ba' went to Doonie, Marcus Guthrie.
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