In this week’s edition of The Orcadian

This week’s edition of The Orcadian is now available from all the usual outlets, and here.

This week’s front page features stories on:

• Literary find of the decade — Original pages of Hugh Marwick’s The Orkney Norn, dating back 87 years, have been unearthed in an old storeroom, in Kirkwall.

• In the final days of a campaign to save Shapinsay’s Elwick Mill from being sold, the bereaved family who set out to fulfill their father’s wish have thanked all who have so far pledged their support.

Also in this week’s paper:

• Confusion reigns over the NHS’s patient flight compensation.

• A petition with over 2,000 signatures, in support of reopening the St Magnus Lane public toilets, in Kirkwall, is presented to Orkney Islands Council.

• The chairman of Scotland’s farmers’ union visits Orkney, delivering a message of optimism in a post-brexit UK.

For these stories, plus round-ups of all the week’s entertainments, farming, marine and sports news pick up a copy of today’s edition of The Orcadian.