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:

• NHS Orkney has ruled out the possibility of island patients having to travel south by ferry to attend hospital appointments.

• An investigation is under way after an air ambulance was called to Orkney flew to Shetland instead.

Also in this week’s paper:

• The Burray viking totem pole stands its ground after an attack by vandals.

• Orkney welcomes one new and one returning Member of Scottish Youth Parliament.

• A local drama group, The Palace Players, triumph in the divisional finals of a one act play competition.

• A 127-year-old yole, which once plied the waters of the Pentland Firth, gets set to return to sea later this year.

For all these stories, plus round ups of all the county’s top news pick up a copy of The Orcadian today.