| Kirkwall lifeboat was called out to a boat aground in the Rousay Sound on Sunday afternoon. |
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| Kirkwall lifeboat and the ferry Eynhallow went to the aid of a boat that grounded on Wyre skerry on Saturday. |
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| George Drever, of Kirkwall, was provisionally granted an entertainment licence for the proposed ten-pin bowling centre. |
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| The quick actions of the Kirkwall Hotel's night porter were praised by the police this week after he averted a potentially damaging fire. |
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| Hundreds of employees had to evacuate the School Place offices in Kirkwall on Thursday morning after a false fire alarm. |
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| An exhibition on the life of Orcadian film pioneer James Petrie Chalmers opened on Monday in the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. |
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| St Catherine's Place in Kirkwall was closed for a time yesterday morning after a property was seriously damaged by last night's strong winds. |
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| The creation of a marina breakwater for Kirkwall Harbour has taken another step forward with the job now out to tender. |
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| The ferry was able to continue its journey and return to Kirkwall on one engine, but will be out of service for several weeks, said Mr Henderson. |
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| Mr Wallace volunteered his services to the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall on Friday afternoon. |
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| A Kirkwall man was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to assault and breach of the peace. |
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| The first batch of locally-produced wine went on sale in Kirkwall this week. |
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| In cold and wintry conditions in Kirkwall on Saturday, Orkney's First and Second rugby squads lost out to their visiting opponents. |
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| The bus will also serve Kirkwall, doing a route around the town between each trip to Stromness. |
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| Until now, they have been using the existing linkspan at Kirkwall Pier for their Orkney-Aberdeen-Shetland service. |
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| Orkney Tourist Board has resumed its summer left luggage and tourist information service at the Kirkwall Bus Station in Great Western Road. |
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| The vessel served as the Kirkwall Airport rescue craft until it was replaced last year. |
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| The departure lounge at Kirkwall was packed with enough local worthies to fill a jumbo jet. |
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| The service is reverting to the direct route between the town centre and Kirkwall Airport and the diversion across the Heathery Loan will be discontinued. |
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| The new rector of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Orkney, Reverend Alison Duff, was installed into her charge at a service in Kirkwall on Wednesday night. |
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| It is expected in Orkney at the beginning of next month to try out the Kirkwall linkspan, which will act as backup for the new linkspan at Hatston. |
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| The company topped the smoked cheese class at Nantwich, the largest cheese show in the UK, with extra mature cheese smoked by the Kirkwall firm of William Jolly. |
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| The state of the sewerage system in Kirkwall, which includes a leaking pipe, has meant all new building projects in the town have been put on hold. |
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| A report is to be sent to the Procurator Fiscal, after a Kirkwall milk float collided with two parked vehicles in Victoria Street on Monday morning. |
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| Kirkwall police have once again expressed their growing concern over the quantity of alcohol being confiscated from under-age teenagers in the town. |
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| A privately run ten-pin bowling alley could be up and running in Kirkwall by the middle of next year, following initial support for the scheme by councillors this week. |
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| Marinas in Kirkwall and Stromness look set to go ahead next year while a publicly funded ten-pin bowling alley gets shelved in favour of a private project. |
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| A man appeared from custody at Kirkwall Sheriff Court on Monday morning charged with assault, breach of the peace and possession of cannabis resin. |
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| The handmade Belgian chocolates are available from Kirkwall confectioners Nimms, after being previewed at last weekend's annual Taste of Orkney Food Festival. |
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| The rock is easily quarried and some of the yellow sandstones from Fersness were used in the construction of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall. |
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| Orkney Ferries provide daily ferry crossings to Backaland on Eday from Kirkwall. |
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| Firth, Orphir, Stenness and Harray lie west of Kirkwall and east of the westernmost parishes. |
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| The main ferry terminal is at Rapness with regular sailings by Orkney Ferries to Kirkwall. |
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| Holm, Deerness and St Andrews are located to the east of central St Ola, which contains Kirkwall town. |
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| Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections. |
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| However, helicopters frequently use Wick, Kirkwall, Scatsta and Sumburgh for refuelling stops. |
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| Highland and Islands Airports operates the main airport in Orkney, Kirkwall Airport. |
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| The bulk of the mainland lies West of Kirkwall, with comparatively little land lying East of Kirkwall. |
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| The main airport in Orkney is Kirkwall Airport, operated by Highland and Islands Airports. |
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| Loganair, Flybe's franchise partner, operate Saab 340 aircraft to Benbecula, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Sumburgh. |
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| Some services also call at Kirkwall, Orkney, which increases the journey time between Aberdeen and Lerwick by 2 hours. |
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| The main airport in Orkney is at Kirkwall, operated by Highland and Islands Airports. |
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| The three main settlements on Mainland, in order of magnitude are Kirkwall and Stromness, both of which are burghs, and Finstown. |
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| Flights from North Ronaldsay Airport link the island with Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland, as does a weekly ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. |
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| Magnus Cathedral, still today a dominating feature of Kirkwall. |
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| The total population in 2001 was 19,245 and the largest town is Kirkwall. |
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| The Kirkwall Ba game still takes place, and involves scrummaging. |
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| Loganair operates flights for FlyBe to other parts of Scotland up to ten times a day, the destinations being Kirkwall, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh. |
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| Shapinsay and its Balfour Castle are a short distance north of Kirkwall. |
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| These areas are determined by whether they lie East or West of Kirkwall. |
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| En route back to Norway Haakon anchored some of his fleet in Scapa Flow for the winter, but he died that December whilst staying at the Bishop's Palace in Kirkwall. |
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| The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall. |
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