In this week’s edition of The Orcadian

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

This week’s front page features stories on:

• A visitor to the county, who stole eggs from nests in Orkney, has been fined £4,200 at Kirkwall Sheriff Court.
• Orphir woman Margaret Groundwater has been awarded a British Empire Medal, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to the community.
• A Stone Age figuring from Skara Brae, thought lost for decades, has turned up in the collections of the Stromness Museum.

Also in this week’s paper:

• A police drugs dog was in the county last week, involved in a series of searches that saw drugs seized in three properties in the county.
• The cost of councillor expenses and salaries has fallen by £2,500. Full breakdown of this and the elected members’ attendances.
• Looking ahead to this year’s 10-day St Magnus International Festival.
• The return of the GlastonBurray mini festival and the Hoy Hoolie.
• We meet the Orcadian boxer, who is set to go professional.
• Mark Harcus was in Hoy at the weekend for the 30th annual Hoy half-marathon.

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