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The wave-powered generator is a hinged flap connected to the sea-bed A major wave energy device sited off Orkney has been switched on by First Minister Alex Salmond. The move saw Aquamarine Power's 'Oyster' being connected to...
A PROJECT to make Orkney's social history more widely available is underway at the Orkney Museum. Locally based photographer Rebecca Marr will be working over the next 10 weeks to digitally photograph most of the items on...
CHILDREN in Need fever has gripped Orkney today with fundraising events taking place throughout the county. This evening BBC Radio Orkney will be broadcasting their annual special programme which includes their auction of...
HAVE you got a talent? If you're a singer, dancer, juggler, acrobat, magician, comedian, or have any other amazing ability that you are keen to show off to the Orkney public, now is your chance. A team of local fundraisers has...
AFTER three years of planning, Orkney's long-awaited, newly refurbished, Youth Café is about to open its doors next Thursday, November 26 with the first of two gigs 'ROAR3' happening that evening. The new venue at St Magnus...
Fresh Water- Being a 'can do' country, Australia has already been implementing plans to save water. Yet by necessity and careful management some communities in Australia have managed to reduce their consumption to 130 litres a...
The increasing number of greylag geese is being addressed at a meeting at Rennibister Farm, St Ola today, Thursday. In recent years the problem has grown considerably and some claim that the numbers have increased by 1000% over...
FILM Archive Nights in memory of Billy Scollie are being held in three locations across Orkney next week and will feature the scary German Luftwaffe film made to show pilots how to bomb Orkney. Billy's Night Oot 2009 is...
Bring on the Orkney tatties All foodies have their own favourite must-have ingredient or dish. Mine is the tattie. This was a passion sown in my youth, by the annual anticipation of the first boiling of father's early Duke of...
REPLIES to parliamentary questions have failed to reassure Orkney MSP, Liam McArthur, that the Scottish Government is doing enough to ensure that the Scottish Agricultural College, (SAC), is providing the animal disease...
