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U-turn on ferry cuts
07/09/2010 10:33:00
THE Scottish Government will be making no cutbacks in the NorthLink ferry service this financial year, with both council's in Orkney and Shetland also optimistic that the same will apply next year.
Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council issued a joint statement following a meeting with the Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson which took place on the issue in Edinburgh on Monday.
Science festival continues
06/09/2010 10:45:00
THE 20th Orkney International Science Festival continues this week.
The seven-day festival - which features speakers from around the world - opened on Thursday. Pushing back the
boundaries will be a theme of this year's festival, which highlights
the role of science as exploration of the unknown.
Further details and reviews of the festival will be in Orkney Today on Thursday.
Lifeboat rescues Stromness yacht
06/09/2010 10:42:00
STROMNESS Lifeboat was launched on Sunday to go to the aid of the local yacht Valhalla, which suffered machinery failure near Houton in Scapa Flow.
Deerness water now safe to drink
03/09/2010 16:12:00
THE apparent water quality problem in the supply to parts of Deerness
and the surrounding area on the Orkney mainland has now been resolved,
Scottish Water has reported.
Testing of the water in the previously affected area has confirmed that
it is safe to drink and customers no longer need to boil their water.
The provisional result from Thursday has not been confirmed by Friday's
test.
Covingtrie House wins design award
03/09/2010 12:17:00
A converted seed store in Kirkwall and a modern rural house with
spectacular views of Shetland's Bay of Skellister have been named the
winners of the Inverness Architectural Association (IAA) Design Awards
for Orkney and Shetland.
Kirkwall-based chartered architect Leslie Burgher won the 'new life for
old' category for converting the late 19th century store building in
the centre of the car park next to the Albert Hotel into a comfortable
and practical office building, named Covingtrie House, for Clark
Thomson Insurance Brokers.
Dounby pharmacy to go ahead
03/09/2010 11:52:00
NORSEPHARM Ltd have been given the go ahead to open a pharmacy at
Vetquoy Road in Dounby. NHS Orkney announced yesterday, Thursday, that
the National Appeals Panel of the Scottish health Service has upheld the
appeal lodged by the company, which reverses the position taken
earlier this year by the Orkney Pharmacy Practices Committee.
The panel took the view that the provision of new pharmaceutical
services was necessary to ensure adequate provision of services in the
neighbourhood.
NHS Orkney is now negotiating a contract with Norsepharm Ltd and the pharmacy is expected to open in the next few months.
Theft from J W Gray's
03/09/2010 11:09:00
A PAIR of steel forklift fork extensions have been taken from J W
Gray's yard at Crowness Crescent in Hatston industrial estate, Kirkwall, sometime between noon on Saturday, August 28, and 7am on Wednesday. The extensions are painted black and about eight feet in length.
Kirkwall Police would like to hear from anyone who may know anything about who stole these items or where they may be, Tel: 872241.
Stromness crossing to remain closed
03/09/2010 11:01:00
The school crossing patrol on Ferry Road in Stromness is currently
closed and will be also be closed next week starting Monday, September
6.
This is due to a shortage of relief school crossing patrol officers in
Stromness, a situation that the council is currently trying to address.
Care facility for Kirkwall
03/09/2010 10:26:00
A NEW residential health and care facility for Kirkwall took a step nearer becoming a reality after plans for the complex were given the green light at the Environment, Planning and Protective Services Committee which met this week.
The detailed planning application for the facility which will provide 40 residential spaces on land north of Glaitness Road, known as Corse West, was approved by councillors.
More details in Orkney Today on Thursday.
Science festival begins
02/09/2010 14:45:00
THE 20th Orkney International Science Festival has just been officially opened.
The seven-day festival features speakers from countries ranging from Austria to Australia, and France to Thailand.