Kirkwall police officers would like to speak to anyone with knowledge of this incident on 01856 872241.
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The 18-year-old male driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was uninjured in the accident.

Also in the early hours of Sunday, at about 3am, a Peugeot 106 crashed on the main Kirkwall to Finstown road near Davies Brig. The car left the road, smashed through a dry stone wall and ended up on the beach, half a mile outside of Finstown.

No one was hurt in the incident. A report is to be submitted to the procurator fiscal in Kirkwall.]]>
The Wise Choices workshops started this week and will run until March 19.

The initiative is a team effort between OIC's education and leisure services, in partnership with Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and Scottish Youth Theatre.]]>
Mr Carmichael is a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, which yesterday published a report into the experience of small and medium businesses with the banking sector since the onset of the financial crisis. ]]>
19-year-old William Mills, of Little Twinness, Tankerness, appeared from custody on Monday, March 8, charged with conducting himself in disorderly manner, shouting, swearing and committing a breach of the peace at Pipersquoy Terrace on Sunday, March 7.

He is also accused of assaulting a woman and two men at the same address. He is charged with grabbing hold of the woman and pushing her against wall, repeatedly throwing punches at one man, punching him on the head to his injury, and repeatedly butting the other man on the head, pulling him to the ground and repeatedly kicking him in the head, all to his injury.

Mills was ordered to reappear in court on March 17. In the meantime he was released on bail, under the special condition that remain in his home from 7pm - 7am each day.]]>
A vehicle had its tyres damaged while it was parked near to the Town House in Stromness on Saturday, March 6.

Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them on 872241, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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Shetland Coastguard who co-ordinated the rescue said that they were informed of the situation on the cliffs at Inganess around 5.30pm.

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12 acts are due to take to the stage in the East Mainland; singers, musicians and dancers will perform to win the approval of the judges and the audience, who can vote for their favourite acts.

Entry costs £3 and each vote is £1. Last week's event raised a fantastic £859, to be split between CLIC Sargent and CLAN,and the organisers are hoping this weekend they can raise even more!
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Whilst in Orkney, he will be giving a talk on Friday at 7pm in the King Street Halls. It will be open to the public, and anyone with an interest in renewable energy and climate change is encouraged to come along and hear one of this country's most influential scientists speak on the topic.]]>
This afternoon there will be a representative from the Switchover Help Scheme answering questions in the Kirkwall Library foyer and the Orkney Library Book Sale starts. On Saturday, there is a Bookstart Rhymetime event and two of Scotland's leading writers of crime fiction, Allan Guthrie and Stuart MacBride, will be holding a seminar and workshop in the MacGillivray Room.

For more information about Discovery Week go to the website: www.orkneylibrary.org.uk
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LAST month I was writing about tipping for service, especially in hotels. That's made me consider some rules of etiquette we could try to follow when on holiday.
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SINCE I last wrote, I've been able to tick something very important off my 'list of things to do in life'; I went to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck perform, together and apart, at the O2 Arena in London. Clapton and Beck are two of my favourite guitarists ever, and to get the opportunity to see them 'live' has long been an ambition of mine.
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This is in stark contrast to last year when the school roll had nine pupils. However, with four pupils moving up to attend Kirkwall Grammar, and another three leaving the island for other reasons, the number of pupils has been reduced to two.

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Another car was damaged after being struck from behind on White Street, Kirkwall, last Thursday February 25.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kirkwall Police Station on 872241.]]> SPEAKING after the verdict in the Sanday murder trial Sue Foard, District Procurator Fiscal at Kirkwall, said: "This was a crime which shocked the community in Orkney and people across Scotland. John Campbell killed Robert Rose in his own home and with Stephen Crummack used his car to transport his body to a place where they hoped it would never be found.

"The attack on Mr Rose, the callous concealment of his remains and the repeated attempts of both accused to deflect attention away from their involvement in his death caused considerable anguish to his family and friends, who were forced to wait nearly two weeks before his body was recovered.]]>
At the High Court in Glasgow this afternoon, Tuesday, Jack Campbell, 59, (pictured) was found guilty of murdering Bob Rose and his co-accused Stephen Crummack, 51, was found guilty of his culpable homicide on Sanday on June 6 or 7, 2009 and burying his body in sand dunes.]]>