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Island Games athletes to benefit from golf tournament

Golf · Bermuda

Island Games athletes to benefit from golf tournament

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Part of the proceeds from this summer’s Atlantic International Junior Championship Alumni Reunion will go towards supporting Bermuda’s Island Games athletes. The 54-hole golf tournament will take plac...See the Story

Two weeks to go until Orkney 2025 welcomes the world! - EVENTSBASE

Orkney · Orkney

Two weeks to go until Orkney 2025 welcomes the world! - EVENTSBASE

The countdown is officially on! In just over two weeks’ time Orkney will host the 20th International Island Games, an event that promises to be a celebration of sport, culture, and community. From 12th to 18th July 2025, Orkney will welcome around 2,000 athletes from 23 other island groups across the globe, marking the first […] The post Two weeks to go until Orkney 2025 welcomes the world! appeared first on EVENTSBASE.Read Article

Ness pop-up shop in Stromness

Stromness · Stromness

Ness pop-up shop in Stromness

There is a fundraising Ness of Brodgar pop-up shop running in Stromness from July 4-19, 2025.Read Article

Orkney Distillery breaks new ground with first rum release - DRAM Scotland

The Orkney Distillery is expanding its spirits range with the launch of its first rum. Man O’ Hoy, a spiced rum inspired by the dramatic sea stack with the same name off the coast of Hoy, will officially debut on 7 July. The Kirkwall-based distillery, known for its Kirkjuvagr gin range, has spent months developing the new expression. It uses locally grown Angelica Archangelica, grown in partnership with the Agronomy Institute at Orkney College, …Kirkwall · Kirkwall Read Article

The Sails of St Magnus #Orkney2025

St Magnus Cathedral is currently displaying the Sails of St Magnus, as part of the Orkney Island Games 2025 Sound Installation, which will run from 7 – 20 July. ‘Sails in St Magnus’ is a collaborative work made in 1993 for the St Magnus Festival by four painters and a poet. The installation comprises fourteen […]Orkney · Orkney Read Article

Carmichael challenges EDF on imposed inferior tariffs for RTS customers

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today written to the Chief Executive Office of EDF Energy Simone Rossi, to raise concerns about letters written to EDF customers on RTS energy meters in the Northern Isles, who are being forced onto inferior tariffs. In the letter Mr Carmichael highlighted correspondence received from multiple isles constituents showing that EDF was forcing them onto the more expensive “Standard Variable” tariff, …Tariffs · Orkney Read Article

Observations On Reading ‘Is A River Alive?’ by Robert MacFarlane.

By Bernie Bell. Which might tempt you, to read it too 1) When I started reading Robert MacFarlane’s most recent book…’Is a River Alive?’….. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455147/is-a-river-alive-by-macfarlane-robert/9780241624814 ……it occurred to me that he’s being a River Shaman – like a Rock Shaman – https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/01/03/imagine-being-a-rock-shaman/ …only with rivers. He’s feeling the rivers, through time. It’s kind-of some…Orkney · Orkney Read Article

Damage at old hospital under investigation

A fire exit, several windows and a CCTV camera have been damaged in an incident at the old Balfour Hospital. The vandalism occurred between 9.30am on Wednesday, June 18, and 3pm on Friday, June 27. Anyone with any information, or door bell footage, is asked to contact Kirkwall Police Station on 101 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. The post Damage at old hospital under investigation appeared first on The Orcadian Online.Kirkwall · Kirkwall Read Article

Bid to move to July verge-cutting tabled and set to be discussed

The issue of verge-cutting will return to the council chamber on Tuesday. Road safety fears over the current schedule in maintaining Orkney’s roadsides has led a local councillor to file an attempt to overturn the summer verge-cutting arrangements. East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray ward member James Moar has submitted a notice of motion which will be deliberated at the full meeting of Orkney Islands Council on Tuesday. Councillor Moar is…Orkney · Orkney Read Article

Housing Crisis : The Latest Figures for Orkney and Scotland

Housing is in crisis and put simply but accurately, not enough houses are being built. In the latest released figures for Orkney the number of house completions were: YearTotalPrivateLocal AuthorityHousing Association20246846148202310274---28202282488262021966036---20207769---820196060------201813898---40201714689---57201610554371420159664201220148764221 The figures for Scotland as a whole are just as disappointing. For all housing types there w…Orkney · Orkney Read Article

Robinson RR: Medusa in Exile

Reviewed by Aine King. The Northlight Gallery, Stromness, continue their excellent programme of thoughtful and intriguing exhibitions with Robinson RR’s latest show, Medusa in Exile. Appropriately scheduled to coincide with World Refugee Day, this exhibition explores the theme of migration from different angles and using a range of different media. The titular work ‘Medusa in […]Stromness · Stromness Read Article