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‘The global web of life with a valley at the centre’

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‘The global web of life with a valley at the centre’

WORDPLAY was host to one of Scotland’s most promising new writers, Malachy Tallack, who returned home to Shetland to deliver a travel writing workshop on Saturday morning at the Shetland Library and a public talk in Mareel in the evening to introduce his book Valley at the Centre of the World to a local audience. Alex Purbrick spoke to him about his latest book.
•Reviews

Shetland marks WW1 armistice

A SERIES of events in Shetland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War are under way in Lerwick, writes Alex Garrick-Wright.
•Community

Bike project successful in changing lives for the better

SHETLAND is fortunate to have a relatively high employment rate compared to other rural areas of Scotland.  However, there are people living in the isles who face barriers to employment arising from struggles with mental health, a criminal conviction, substance misuse and long term unemployment.
•Market House
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SLAP reshuffle

The council took over the property company last month.
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Loganair says it has 70 per cent of market share on the routes to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Photo: Mark Berry

Concerns over airline’s winter schedule

SHETLAND’s transport partnership ZetTrans is to write a letter to Loganair raising concerns over the airline’s winter timetable which sees the isles’ connections to Inverness, Orkney and Edinburgh affected.
•News

Fire chief gives reassurance over stations

SCOTTISH Fire and Rescue Service’s head of service delivery for the north of Scotland has given a reassurance that there are no station closures planned in Shetland despite national financial constraints.
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LK Sheriff Court

Fine for careless driver

A MAN has been fined £365 and given six penalty points for a motoring offence on the Tingwall Straits.
•Court
The Spiggie Hotel is set to shut in mid October.

Hotel warned over licence

A REVIEW into the Spiggie Hotel’s licence to sell alcohol is set to be carried out over a lack of clarity on who its premises manager is and an outstanding licence fee payment.
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Police Scotland

Pickup damage plea

Police are asking for help following a collision in the car park at Clickimin swimming pool on Sunday that caused a pickup “significant damage”.
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Drove while disqualified

A MAN from Lerwick has had his sentence deferred after admitting driving while being newly disqualified.
•Court

‘Failure is not an option’

Wildlife cameraman and climate change campaigner Doug Allan has been in Shetland for a series of talks in local schools, and one at Mareel on Sunday night. Alex Purbrick went along.
•Reviews
Lerwick Sheriff Court

Couper kept in custody

A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing at Lerwick Sheriff Court accused of assault and struggling with police officers.
•Court

Amenity trust reshuffle completed

A FORMER head of rural development with the National Park Authority is joining Shetland Amenity Trust’s new management team as its head of engagement next week.
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The Whalsay ferry Linga in heavy seas off Lunning Head on Sunday - Photo: Ian Leask

The case for fixed links

For more than a decade members of the Whalsay community have been promoting a way for the SIC to cut the Shetland Islands Council’s production of carbon and save millions of pounds of public finance in the process.
•Letters
The Sumburgh Head visitor centre and nature reserve - all photos: Hans J Marter/ShetNews

Significant leak at lighthouse tearoom

THE STEVENSON Room at the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse – which offers panoramic views across the sea – is likely to be out of action for a number of months after suffering significant water damage in recent bad weather.
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