Church merger one step closer
A MULTI-agency emergency planning exercise is set to take place in Lerwick next year to explore the consequences of a major terrorist incident on a cruise ship.
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OVER 20 organisations will vie for funding at a participatory budgeting event due to be held in the South Mainland this weekend.
Scalloway introduces humane fish slaughter.
MORE social housing could be on the horizon for Sandwick after plans were submitted for 12 units.
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BT is reminding its customers to continue being on their guard when receiving cold calls from companies pretending to work on behalf of the communication company.
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Regional symbols will be burned at Holyrood
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Shetland Solidarity with Refugees has used Brevik House for around two years.
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David Spence and Rhona Tait were highly commended at the SQA ceremony.
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Natural history writer Patrick Barkham’s arrival in Shetland on Friday evening as a guest speaker for Wordplay was certainly an eventful one.
ISLANDERS commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a Festival of Remembrance. Alex Garrick-Wright reports.
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AITH lifeboat and the Sumburgh based search and rescue helicopter were called out on Sunday afternoon Shetland Coastguard received reports of a capsized boat off Muckle Roe.
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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.
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.
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.
WORDPLAY 2018 officially began on Thursday evening in Mareel with A Celebration of Shetland Writingwhere a small, intimate audience gathered to listen to poetry and prose from a variety of local writers. Alex Purbrick was in the audience.
Events are taking place to mark the centenary of the end of WWI.
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The northbound ferry will only leave for Lerwick in the early hours.
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Many readers will think since I tend to mention the subject of a relocation for the Shetland College quite a bit in the course of a year and that I should just let it pass.
Transport links to blame for the situation, says councillor.
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SENTENCE has been deferred on two men who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to supplying cannabis over a 16 month period in Shetland.
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TWO FAMILIES who have fled civil war in Syria will be resettled in Shetland in the coming weeks.
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.
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AIR ACCIDENT investigators have issued a report into an incident that saw an Eastern Airways plane bound for Sumburgh with 18 passengers turn around and make an emergency landing in Aberdeen in February.
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A MAN and a woman were taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital on Wednesday afternoon following a two vehicle collision on the A970 at the Cunningsburgh Cliffs, near the turn off to Sandwick.
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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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A MAN has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to assaulting three women at a house in Sandveien in Lerwick last month and stealing a car.
CONCERNS have been raised in some of Shetland’s island communities over a “perceived resurgence” in drink-driving.
A MAN was found guilty of assaulting a woman after a three day trial at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
Watchdog says current rules not adequate, as impact of salmon farming may not be contained to the vicinity of individual farms.
A HANDFUL of jobs are set to be lost in Scalloway as a result of Norwegian salmon feed producer Skretting closing down its UK production by April 2019.
A MAN has been fined £365 and given six penalty points for a motoring offence on the Tingwall Straits.
SHETLAND’s pubs have been given the green light to stay open to 2am during the festive period.
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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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A SURVEY showing only one third of Shetlanders would vote for Brexit if given the chance to vote again has strengthened the case for a referendum re-run, according to some isles politicians.
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THE SHETLAND Accordion & Fiddle Club has been nominated for a national traditional music award.
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A DELIVERY charge campaigner has welcomed a new service that could make deliveries to Shetland easier and cheaper.
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AROUND £10,000 a year could be saved on electricity as Shetland Islands Council looks into installing a wind turbine at Baltasound Junior High School in Unst.
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