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November 12, 2024 at 4:45 pm. In this Thursday’s edition of The Orcadian, we continue our feature, in partnership with Orkney Museums, Orkney in 100 Objects. The staff at Orkney Museums retell our islands history by examining the objects in their extensive collection. Ranging from the mundane to the spectacular, the domestic to the industrial ...
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Aug 14, 2024 · This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, news that a pioneering project to eradicate stoats from Orkney has secured pledges of over £4 million, allowing the delayed conservation scheme to continue its work. Originally, the £8 million Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which began removing ...
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November 29, 2023 at 3:13 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online.. On the front page, we report that absence levels in Orkney primary schools appear to have doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures obtained by The Orcadian.. Orkney Islands Council was unable to respond to questions about the statistics before the newspaper went to press ...
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August 23, 2023 at 4:21 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, we report that Orkney could be about to become the latest port authority to cap the number of cruise liners to call in Orkney. Also inside:
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July 24, 2024 at 4:03 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, fears have been expressed that Orkney could be transformed into an electrical super power station, with no benefit to the community. At a meeting organised by the Orkney Heritage Society, it became clear that many in the ...
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Oct 18, 2023 · In this week’s The Orcadian. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, we report that Orkney Islands Council is drawing up a “like-for-like” ferry replacement plan, which would entail as few changes to existing piers as possible. A new estimate, stemming from a briefing note for a draft ...
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June 6, 2024 at 9:39 am. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, new fall-out has emerged over the controversial decision to import 80,000 tonnes of stone from Oban to Orkney three years ago. Also in the newspaper is this month’s edition of The Peedie Orcadian, leading with the exciting ...
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March 21, 2024 at 12:12 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. On the front page, we share the stories of Orkney-based Ukrainian refugees, two years on from the outbreak of war. Oksana Barabash, who lives in Kirkwall, now faces life without her husband, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in giving his life ...
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September 21, 2022 at 2:44 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now in shops and is available online here. On the front page, we report on an internal Orkney Islands Council audit report into the procurement of mv Nordic Sea, which has been plagued by issues and defects since its arrival from Norway in April 2020.. Councillors on the council’s monitoring and audit committee are set ...