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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><i>Latest from OIC on Faceboiok at 7am on Fri 19 Jan:</i></div><div
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</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Morning all.</div></div>
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dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Key points to note -</div></div>
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style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" height="16"></span>Weather conditions are set to improve today — and temperatures will rise - but road conditions will be very difficult for some time. Our advice remains to stay off the roads in the meantime.</div></div>
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style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" height="16"></span>Our road crews - after a hard day yesterday - were back out at 6:00am. Their focus will be on clearing priority 1 and priority 2 roads </div></div>
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style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" height="16"></span>Schools, nurseries and Orkney College are closed, as are libraries, community centres, sports centres and museums. </div></div>
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style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" height="16"></span>There are no waste or recycling collections today - and civic amenity sites are also closed whilst we focus on clearing the roads and footpaths. </div></div>
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style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" height="16"></span>And finally, a huge shout out to all the key workers who battled through the elements yesterday to keep things moving as long as they did and kept the most vulnerable members of our community safe. Thanks to all those volunteers helping out on the roads and to all those offering shelter last night - an incredible response! Orkney really is amazing <span
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