In this week’s edition of The Orcadian

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available from all the usual outlets, and here.

This week’s front page features:

• The secret’s out — a new survey declares Orkney to be the best place to live in the UK.

• Thirty-eight candidates are to stand in Orkney Islands Council’s upcoming election.

Also in this week’s paper:

• The changing face of Kirkwall — we have a double-page spread on the new developments in the town.

• Orkney’s trailblazing Japanese studies are the way forward for Scotland’s schools, according to a visiting consul general from the country.

• Holyrood plans to abolish the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise are scrapped.

For these stories, and much more, pick up a copy of today’s edition of The Orcadian.