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Among them was Orkney Islands Council which agreed a 15% increase to council tax - the largest in the country.

The tank was built with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which awarded £80,000 to Orkney Islands Council to help preserve the wreck.

Moraig Lyall, chair of the environment and transport committee of Shetland Islands Council, said annual household bills in the islands were often more than double the UK average of £1,700 and showed no sign of falling as a result of hosting Viking.

Meanwhile, Orkney Islands Council has asked the SQA to carrying out an investigation in to why some pupils received their results by letter a day early on Monday.

Hayley Green, Orkney Islands Council’s corporate director of neighbourhood services and infrastructure, said it had been "challenging" to identify eight suitable sites for burial.