In this week’s The Orcadian
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This week’s 40-page newspaper leads with full coverage of Orkney Islands Council Councillor John Ross Scott’s hearing in front of the Standards Commission.
Councillor Scott was found guilty of breaching confidentiality after making a series of Facebook posts in 2020, but he has vowed to continue his campaign for openness and accountability within the council.
Council convener Harvey Johnston said “there were no winners in this” as he now looked to put the issue to bed.
Also in this week’s newspaper:
- Low-carbon project to investigate potentially transformational short flight travel
- COVID restrictions extended and schools to remain closed
- KGS vandalism information re-appeal
- Childcare places top 1,000 in Orkney schools
- Cost of St Magnus Cathedral works rises
- OIC urged to consider catamaran option as part of ferry replacement investigations
- Orkney has the lowest COVID-19 stats in Scotland
- Stone car speeds to online fame
- Controversial bins moved from the Strynd
- Mother of two shares a day in the life of remote learning
- Kirkwall alcohol bylaw to be consulted on
- Orkney Ferries’ captain retires after 32 years
- Fault identified on new £30m electrical cable
- Orkney beachcomber set to appear on Winterwatch
- Hoy podcasts set to air island’s history and culture
- New NFU Orkney chairman takes the reins amid challenging period for farming
- Community dentists work to keep smiles healthy
- Recovery fund supports Stromness Museum
- An opinion piece from John Vetterlein
- A letter from North Ronaldsay
- Featured property of the week in Stromness
- Home-Start Orkney celebrates 20 years
- Council progresses with temporary childcare facility
- St Andrews School extension costs escalate
- Inductees set for Sports Hall of Fame honour