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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 2h

We have been contacted by several parents who raised serious concerns about the lack of support their children receive in Orkney. We will follow these up with the Education Secretary

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Education Secretary Praises Orkney Schools

Jenny Gilruth, the Scottish Government’s Education Secretary has praised the work being undertaken to support pupils and students with additional needs. In a recent visit to Orkney the Cabine…

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"We need to see Words & Promises Becoming Actions": A Glimmer of Hope for Gaza's Children theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/w...

“We need to see Words & Promises Becoming Actions”: A Glimmer of Hope for Gaza’s Children

Hamas and Israel have agreed to Phase 1 of a Peace Deal. The news was welcomed with great joy by Palestinians and Israelis. In Orkney the Peace campaigners who have met every Saturday since the end…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 3h

Road Safety Trust Small Grants theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/r...

Road Safety Trust Small Grants

The Road Safety Trust’s Autumn 2025 Small Grants programme distributes grants of between £10k-£50k to help fund practical research projects and interventions that will make a positive impact on the…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 3h

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Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/b...

Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies

By Callum Potter. Comet Lemmon, or C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) to give it its full name, will be well placed for Orkney star gazers over the next few weeks of October. Discovered on January 3rd this year, i…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 3h

Weather Forecast 11 October : Cloudy and breezy with patchy light rain or drizzle. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/w...

Weather Forecast 11 October : Cloudy and breezy with patchy light rain or drizzle.

Information from The Met Office. Today 11 October : A cloudy and misty day with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle, these perhaps turning heavier for a time in the afternoon. Fresh westerly winds. …

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 18h

The visit by Malmö University is in the news @theorkneynews.bsky.social

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Strengthening Bonds Between Orkney & Sweden

The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is welcoming staff and students from Malmö University in Sweden to Orkney from 8th to 11th October 2025. This will be their third visit to Orkney following su…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 19h

“Walk in the footsteps of one of Scotland’s pioneering geologists, Hugh Miller, and you too might find fossil remnants of the Devonian ‘age of fishes’”

— @scottishgeology.bsky.social on the Black isle & the Hugh Miller Museum
#geology #FossilFriday
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d

Education Secretary Praises Orkney Schools theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/10/e...

Education Secretary Praises Orkney Schools

Jenny Gilruth, the Scottish Government’s Education Secretary has praised the work being undertaken to support pupils and students with additional needs. In a recent visit to Orkney the Cabine…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d

‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers' theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/10/i...

‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’

I recently watched the original version of ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ – and I recommend it

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d

Strengthening Bonds Between Orkney & Sweden theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/10/s...

Strengthening Bonds Between Orkney & Sweden

The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is welcoming staff and students from Malmö University in Sweden to Orkney from 8th to 11th October 2025. This will be their third visit to Orkney following su…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d

Weather Forecast 10 October: Mainly cloudy with patchy light rain theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/10/w...

Weather Forecast 10 October: Mainly cloudy with patchy light rain

Today 10 October : Cloudy for much of the day but a few brighter spells possible over Orkney later. Patchy light rain possible throughout the day. Strong westerly winds easing in the evening. Maxim…

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)

Collection of 13 books, laid out in an approximate grid, showing the front covers of Robert Lumley‘s original fairytale books, including the enormous turnip and the elves and the Shoemaker

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d

Safety Concerns Raised Over Grieveship Playpark theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/09/s...

Safety Concerns Raised Over Grieveship Playpark

Some residents in Stromness have expressed concerns over work currently being undertaken at the Grieveship Playpark. New works to renovate the equipment at the playpark are underway but the complai…

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"From small seeds of requirement grew a diverse, welcoming and incredibly supportive community." theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/09/f...

“From small seeds of requirement grew a diverse, welcoming and incredibly supportive community.”

By Anna Laird. It all started with an exasperated post on the Orkney Merkitplace Facebook page by skater Daniel Savage. Frustrated with the lack of maintenance of the Kirkwall skate park, he …

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Rescued from the Rigging theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/09/r...

Rescued from the Rigging

On a cold December day in 1907 a large crowd assembled in the Stromness Kirkyard for the funerals of two men. The Orcadians attending did not know the men but as islanders they were showing their r…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 2d

Stronsay Men's Shed : New Members Welcome theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/09/s...

Stronsay Men’s Shed : New Members Welcome

Republished here with kind permission of The Stronsay Limpet. The Stronsay Men’s Shed meets every Saturday at 10.30am in the Mission Hall, Lower Whitehall. We’re a small but lively group who enjoy …

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 2d

Weather Forecast 9 October : Largely dry and cloudy on Thursday with gales. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/09/w...

Weather Forecast 9 October : Largely dry and cloudy on Thursday with gales.

Information from The Met Office. Today 9 October : A largely dry and cloudy day with a few bright or sunny intervals breaking through. The odd light shower possible over Shetland but these will pas…

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 2d

Had my free flu Jag yesterday. Thank you @nhsorkney.bsky.social

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 3d

"One day, those words and those moments will grow within yourself as a seed that will nurture a more peaceful world because this is something that one person cannot accomplish by themselves. "