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November 8, 2024 at 11:49 am. Internal Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP) papers, released to The Orcadian, suggest that a plan to use “species control orders” could be enforced on local farmers in future. The use of legal powers — acknowledged as a last resort — compelling landowners to co-operate with the stoat eradication scheme ...
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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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June 27, 2024 at 9:51 am. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online. “I’ve got a while to go before I regain my good looks!” — it takes a lot to keep a good man down, and that is certainly the case with Ken Amer, whose sense of humour is still evidently intact. The well-known and popular cameraman fell ...
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March 1, 2023 at 1:25 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now in shops and is available online here. The front page introduces our coverage of Orkney Islands Council’s budget plans, including the public reaction to news of a ten per cent hike on tax and service charges. We also share a delightful image from the first ever Orkney ...
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October 25, 2023 at 4:27 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online.. On the front page, we report on the discovery of a tomb buried near Holm, and the hopes of archeologists that the “rare find” of these 14 intact skeletons could answer some of our biggest questions about the Neolithic period.
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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 ...
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May 3, 2023 at 4:20 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now in shops and is available online here. On the front page, we report the latest news on the grounding of Pentland Ferries vessel, mv Pentalina, and the inquiries that are ongoing into how the vessel came to be sailing.. This month, The Peedie Orcadian leads with Sir Chris Hoy’s opening of …
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Jan 26, 2024 · In this week’s The Orcadian. January 26, 2024 at 10:02 am. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is available now, in shops and online. On the front page, we report on the avalanche of community spirit during last week’s snow. Also, there is news from NHS Orkney about some of the cost cutting measures now underway at the health authority.
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November 9, 2022 at 4:58 pm. This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now in shops and is available online here. On the front page, is there a staffing crisis at The Balfour? Staff are calling for urgent action amid the closure of the county’s high dependency unit, amid reported pressures to services across the hospital — but NHS Orkney’s interim …
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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 ...