September 2nd, 2010
A former Lerwick optician is suing his estranged wife and erstwhile business partner for more than £800,000, claiming that her actions after they went their separate ways
six years ago effectively left him out of work.
Brian Kelly, who with his wife Christine operated Kelly Opticians in the town’s Commercial Street for 20 years, is seeking the money because, he says, a court order taken out by her after their business partnership was dissolved in 2004 and he began operating as a sole trader had forced him to give up and leave Shetland.
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September 2nd, 2010
New SIC chief executive Alistair Buchan came face to face with all councillors this week for the first time since taking up the post for what he described as “very positive” initial discussions about how to react to major criticisms in the Accounts Commission’s recent report on the local authority.
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September 2nd, 2010

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Multiple Grammy winner Steve Earle, the outspoken singer-songwriter responsible for a host of classic Americana songs including Copperhead Road, Guitar Town and Galway Girl, will be stopping off in Lerwick next Thursday for a re-arranged show at Clickimin.
The Virginian-born erstwhile outlaw is returning for what will be his second solo show in the isles. He had been due to appear for a sold-out gig here last December but an untimely bout of freezing fog put paid to that, leaving him stranded in Inverness and prompting an expletive-laden curse, nine months on, at whoever was responsible for the siting of the city’s airport.
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September 2nd, 2010

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Tom Jamieson could hardly have taken in just how big a part his pleasure-boat service to Mousa would play when he first started ferrying tourists to the isle in 1971.
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September 2nd, 2010
The foundation of a new pilot scheme designed to subsidise home ownership for first-time buyers in the isles who are on low incomes was approved by councillors today.
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September 1st, 2010
Plans for a major development of 21 houses in Scalloway were once again recommended for refusal by the council’s planning board today.
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