In this week’s The Orcadian

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available in shops and online.

On the front page, we report that a lack of speech and language therapists is the only thing standing between a Kirkwall youngster and the autism assessment, which his mum claims to have first asked for a decade ago.

Also, we have an exclusive story on Orkney Islands Council’s unsuccessful attempt to find a new owner for the Pelamis P2 wave energy device.

Also inside:

• Star Wars star in Orkney short film.
• Kirkwall runner to tackle London marathon after devastating loss of Dad to lung cancer.
• Orkney Library book in the limelight.
• Pupils and public get hands-on experience of construction careers.
• Westray conference spurs on collaborate thinking for island’s transport, training, and industrial future.
• Lack of ferry cover leaving Orkney as a ‘second-class island.’
• High hopes for abattoir study.