In this week’s edition of The Orcadian

This week’s paper is available from all the usual outlets and also online here.

The front page of the paper features:

• A wartime torpedo, discovered in Scapa Flow at the weekend, is thought to have been fired at the HMS Royal Oak from German Submarine in 1939.

• Two Orkney women pop the ‘leap-year question’, on February 29.

• A man who threatened to kill police officers and their families, while drunk and in custody, has his sentence deferred for reports at Kirkwall Sheriff Court.

Also inside this week’s paper:

• An “islands deal” is a step closer, after a working group meets in Shetland for the last time before the Scottish Elections in May.

• A man who sent a threatening message, via Facebook, has his sentence deferred for a personal appearance at Kirkwall Sheriff Court.

• The Stromness Shopping Queen and attendants for 2016 have been selected.

• Full coverage of this year’s SCDA Orkney District Drama Festival.

For these stories and much more pick up a copy of the paper today.