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Children in Need events
CHILDREN in Need fever has gripped Orkney today with fundraising events taking place throughout the county. This evening BBC Radio Orkney will be broadcasting their annual special programme which includes their auction of...
Photographing social history
A PROJECT to make Orkney's social history more widely available is underway at the Orkney Museum. Locally based photographer Rebecca Marr will be working over the next 10 weeks to digitally photograph most of the items on...
Seeking talented people
HAVE you got a talent? If you're a singer, dancer, juggler, acrobat, magician, comedian, or have any other amazing ability that you are keen to show off to the Orkney public, now is your chance. A team of local fundraisers has...
Youth Café ready to ROAR into action with two live gigs
AFTER three years of planning, Orkney's long-awaited, newly refurbished, Youth Café is about to open its doors next Thursday, November 26 with the first of two gigs 'ROAR3' happening that evening. The new venue at St Magnus...
Hot topic - Views from the street by Alastair Macleod
Fresh Water- Being a 'can do' country, Australia has already been implementing plans to save water. Yet by necessity and careful management some communities in Australia have managed to reduce their consumption to 130 litres a...
Rising number of geese to be discussed
The increasing number of greylag geese is being addressed at a meeting at Rennibister Farm, St Ola today, Thursday. In recent years the problem has grown considerably and some claim that the numbers have increased by 1000% over...
Orkney as bomb target featured in Billy’s Night Oot 2009
FILM Archive Nights in memory of Billy Scollie are being held in three locations across Orkney next week and will feature the scary German Luftwaffe film made to show pilots how to bomb Orkney. Billy's Night Oot 2009 is...
Liz Ashworth on food
Bring on the Orkney tatties All foodies have their own favourite must-have ingredient or dish. Mine is the tattie. This was a passion sown in my youth, by the annual anticipation of the first boiling of father's early Duke of...
MSP not satisfied by animal health surveillance answers
REPLIES to parliamentary questions have failed to reassure Orkney MSP, Liam McArthur, that the Scottish Government is doing enough to ensure that the Scottish Agricultural College, (SAC), is providing the animal disease...
Marketing levies set to rise for livestock
Quality Meat Scotland recently held a meeting in Orkney regarding an increase in the livestock levies. They want to raise the levy for cattle from £4.57 to £5.50 a head, on sheep from 67p to 80p, and on pigs from £1.05 to £1.26.
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