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Alcohol awareness workshops for pupils

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:58:00 GMT

ORKNEY Islands Council's Education and Leisure Services in partnership with Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership is teaming up with Scottish Youth Theatre, Scotland's national theatre by and for young people, for a creative alcohol awareness project with all Primary 7 and Secondary 1 pupils in the county.

The Wise Choices workshops will take place from March 8-9 with organisers hoping to develop aspects of the workshops with schools in the future.

MP wants to hear banking issues

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:53:00 GMT

ORKNEY and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael is asking people in the Northern Isles to tell him their recent experiences with the banking sector after the publication of a report critical of the failure of the banks to reach binding lending targets.

Mr Carmichael is a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, which yesterday published a report into the experience of small and medium businesses with the banking sector since the onset of the financial crisis.

Continued without plea

Victoria Rhodes info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:03:00 GMT

THE case against a teenager accused of three assaults and breaching the peace was continued without plea at Kirkwall Sheriff Court this afternoon.

19-year-old William Mills, of Little Twinness, Tankerness, appeared from custody on Monday, March 8, charged with conducting himself in disorderly manner, shouting, swearing and committing a breach of the peace at Pipersquoy Terrace on Sunday, March 7.

He is also accused of assaulting a woman and two men at the same address. He is charged with grabbing hold of the woman and pushing her against wall, repeatedly throwing punches at one man, punching him on the head to his injury, and repeatedly butting the other man on the head, pulling him to the ground and repeatedly kicking him in the head, all to his injury.

Mills was ordered to reappear in court on March 17. In the meantime he was released on bail, under the special condition that remain in his home from 7pm - 7am each day.

Hatston break-ins

Victoria Rhodes info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:26:00 GMT

SEVERAL premises at Hatston Industrial Estate were broken into during the early hours of Saturday, March 6. items were stolen during the break-ins.

A vehicle had its tyres damaged while it was parked near to the Town House in Stromness on Saturday, March 6.

Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them on 872241, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

Coastguard rescue man trapped on cliff ledge

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:53:00 GMT

A FULL SCALE rescue was launched last night (Thursday) after a man who was attempting to free a bird trapped in a bush himself became trapped on a ledge on cliffs near Kirkwall.

Shetland Coastguard who co-ordinated the rescue said that they were informed of the situation on the cliffs at Inganess around 5.30pm.

Second charity talent show will take place on Saturday

Victoria Rhodes info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

AFTER a great start in the West Mainland last weekend, the second Talented Orkney heat will take place in the St Andrews Community Centre at 7.30pm this Saturday, March 6.

12 acts are due to take to the stage in the East Mainland; singers, musicians and dancers will perform to win the approval of the judges and the audience, who can vote for their favourite acts.

Entry costs �3 and each vote is �1. Last week's event raised a fantastic �859, to be split between CLIC Sargent and CLAN,and the organisers are hoping this weekend they can raise even more!

Chief Scientific Advisor to give talk on renewable energy

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:58:00 GMT

DAVID MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change and author of the influential book 'Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' will be in Orkney this week to visit the European Marine Energy Centre.

Whilst in Orkney, he will be giving a talk on Friday at 7pm in the King Street Halls. It will be open to the public, and anyone with an interest in renewable energy and climate change is encouraged to come along and hear one of this country's most influential scientists speak on the topic.

Lots to discover at the library

Victoria Rhodes info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:53:00 GMT

THE Orkney Library and Archive's Discovery Week started yesterday,Thursday March 4 to coincide with World Book Day. For the next week there are events and competitions taking place to highlight the range of services and resources available in Orkney's libraries.

This afternoon there will be a representative from the Switchover Help Scheme answering questions in the Kirkwall Library foyer and the Orkney Library Book Sale starts. On Saturday, there is a Bookstart Rhymetime event and two of Scotland's leading writers of crime fiction, Allan Guthrie and Stuart MacBride, will be holding a seminar and workshop in the MacGillivray Room.

For more information about Discovery Week go to the website: www.orkneylibrary.org.uk

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Expect the unexpected with top crime writers

Catherine Turnbull info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:56:00 GMT

YOU can expect the unexpected at a crime writing workshop hosted by two of Scotland's finest authors of the genre in Kirkwall on Saturday.

SCDA northern heat to be held in Orkney

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:50:00 GMT

THE SCDA Northern Divisional Festival is to be held in Orkney this year, from Thursday March 25 to Saturday March 27.
Eight plays, including three from Orkney, will be performed at the Orkney Arts Theatre over the three nights. The plays will begin at 7pm each evening.

Seven more acts confirmed for Orkney Folk Festival

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:48:00 GMT

TWO acts scheduled to appear at the 2010 Orkney Folk Festival recently triumphed at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Womanly Wiles by I Venus

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:44:00 GMT

Who's set off the fire alarm?

LAST month I was writing about tipping for service, especially in hotels. That's made me consider some rules of etiquette we could try to follow when on holiday.

Keeping it real with Rory

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:43:00 GMT

A blast of Clapton and Beck, and a squash on the tube

SINCE I last wrote, I've been able to tick something very important off my 'list of things to do in life'; I went to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck perform, together and apart, at the O2 Arena in London. Clapton and Beck are two of my favourite guitarists ever, and to get the opportunity to see them 'live' has long been an ambition of mine.

School could be mothballed

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:31:00 GMT

FLOTTA primary school could be mothballed in the next school year as there will be no primary or pre-school aged children on the island.

This is in stark contrast to last year when the school roll had nine pupils. However, with four pupils moving up to attend Kirkwall Grammar, and another three leaving the island for other reasons, the number of pupils has been reduced to two.

Cars vandalised

Victoria Rhodes info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:14:00 GMT

TWO Citro�n Berlingo vehicles were vandalsised in the Broad Street Gardens carpark in Kirkwall, to the rear of Judith Glues, in the early hours of Sunday morning. One, a van, had its rear window smashed, the other had its front windscreen smashed and bodywork damaged.

Another car was damaged after being struck from behind on White Street, Kirkwall, last Thursday February 25.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kirkwall Police Station on 872241.

Local reaction to Sanday murder trial verdicts

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:07:00 GMT

SPEAKING after the verdict in the Sanday murder trial Sue Foard, District Procurator Fiscal at Kirkwall, said: "This was a crime which shocked the community in Orkney and people across Scotland. John Campbell killed Robert Rose in his own home and with Stephen Crummack used his car to transport his body to a place where they hoped it would never be found.

"The attack on Mr Rose, the callous concealment of his remains and the repeated attempts of both accused to deflect attention away from their involvement in his death caused considerable anguish to his family and friends, who were forced to wait nearly two weeks before his body was recovered.

Two convicted of Sanday killing

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:19:00 GMT

TWO men have been convicted of the brutal and cowardly killing of a dad-of-three in his home on Sanday.

At the High Court in Glasgow this afternoon, Tuesday, Jack Campbell, 59, (pictured) was found guilty of murdering Bob Rose and his co-accused Stephen Crummack, 51, was found guilty of his culpable homicide on Sanday on June 6 or 7, 2009 and burying his body in sand dunes.

Jury sent home early in murder trial

info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:59:00 GMT

THE jury in the case of two men accused of murdering a dad-of-three and burying his body in sand dunes on an Orkney island cut short their deliberations today, Monday, after one of them became unwell.

Jack Campbell, 59, and Stephen Crummack, 51, deny murdering Bob Rose on the Orkney island of Sanday on June 6 or 7, last year, and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by covering up the crime.

The jury retired to consider their verdicts early in the afternoon, but after one of them became ill the judge Lord Turnbull decide to send them home early.

Jury retires in Sanday murder trial

Catherine Turnbull info@orkneytoday.co.uk — Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:40:00 GMT

The jury in the trial of two men accused of the murder in Sanday of Robert Rose has retired to consider its verdict.

Jack Campbell, 59, and Stephen Crummack, 51, deny murdering Mr Rose, 54, on Sanday last year and burying his body in dunes.

Judge Lord Turnbull told jurors at the High Court in Glasgow to take as long as they need to reach a decision.