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NORTHLINK staff and crew came together recently to mark the retirement of long-serving engineer Billy Edwards.
He has worked on the north boat for a total of 24 years.
NorthLink said Edwards started his career as an apprentice engineer with Fleetwood’s in Lossiemouth.
After completing his apprenticeship he went to sea as a fisherman before joining North Star as an engineer on oil rig standby vessels.
He joined P&O Northern Isles Ferries, sailing as fourth engineer on the St Clair and then transferred to NorthLink when they took over the service in 2002. He has been third engineer on the MV Hjaltland since.
A UNIQUE film exhibition which lasts for ten and a half hours is coming to Mareel next month.
Legacy of an Invisible Bullet will show in Mareel’s auditorium between Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 February.
The free, non-ticketed 10.5 hour show will be screened daily (11am – 9.30pm), with visitors welcome to step in and out as they please.
Based on 170 short films, Legacy of an Invisible Bullet invites an audience into the collapsed time universe of a cancer-struck, conflicted filmmaker and video artist as he investigates his life and film archive, with the help of a female avatar acting as his subconscious voice.
Film-maker Doug Aubrey has spent his entire life with a camera in his hand observing the world and often getting into trouble.
Diagnosed with thyroid cancer after a winter surf trip, he turns his camera’s gaze inward and starts making short films.
Legacy of an Invisible Bullet unfolds as a stream of 170 short films exploring a real as well as a hidden ‘inland geography’ populated by fear, hope, trauma, dreams and an imagination facing the end of life.
In addition to the daily screenings of the film in its entirety, there will also be two screenings of a feature length version in the cinema on Wednesday 5 February at 6.30pm and Sunday 9 February at 12.40pm.
The screening on 5 February will be followed by a live Q&A with director Doug Aubrey, hosted by Kathy Hubbard.
Tickets for the feature-length screenings are available now.
LOCAL MP Alistair Carmichael has highlighted the benefits sufferers of some chronic conditions find from using medical cannabis, during a debate on the topic.
Carmichael noted the case of the late Biz Ivol from Orkney, who used cannabis to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, and called for greater support from government for those in need of medical cannabis.
He said: “When somebody is feeling that sort of pain and discomfort, surely it is incumbent on us all to find a way, through medicine, to give them some relief if we possibly can.”
Responding, David Mundell said: “I think all of us who have taken an interest in this issue have heard from multiple sclerosis sufferers about the pain and difficulties that they have encountered.
“It is incumbent on us, those in government and those in the medical world to do what we can to make sure that that is no longer the case.”
A PARLIAMENT committee is set to discuss the topic Will a rocket be launched from Scotland this year? – with representatives from SaxaVord Spaceport and rocket companies due to speak.
The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee will meet on 5 February to examine the ongoing work to achieve rocket launch capabilities in Scotland.
Some rocket companies, including RFA and Orbex, aim to launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport later this year.
SHETLAND features on the schedule for Scottish Opera’s upcoming primary schools tour.
The tour will showcase The Tale o’ Tam o’ Shanter, which has been created to re-introduce young people to the works of celebrated poet Robert Burns.
It will run from 3 February until 27 June, with schools in a number of areas such as Shetland, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Angus set to receive a visit.
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