In the week’s edition of The Orcadian

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

The front page of this week’s bumper 52-page paper features stories on:

• The lack of toilet facilities at the Ring of Brodgar — which attracts around 100,000 visitors every year — has been raised by tourists claiming that the site is being used by people being caught short.

• The Orkney rumour-mill goes into overdrive over the police closure of the Dounby show park.

Also in this week’s paper:

• Orkney Islands Council is at risk of a legal challenge over a planning application which would see the expansion of Cursiter quarry, according to a nearby resident.

• ‘Tourist tax’ proposer answers critics. As a public backlash continues this week, over the notion of charging visitors a daily levy for spending time in Orkney, the man behind the idea has written to The Orcadian to answer his critics.

This week’s paper also includes a 16-page round-up of results from Orkney’s agricultural shows, as well as two pages of pictures and a report from last weekend’s explosive Orcadian Parish Cup final.

For all this, plus much more, pick up a copy of today’s edition of the newspaper.