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READ FULL STORYDay: 20 June 2008
Building costs set to rocket
By JOHN ROBERTSON BUILDING prices are poised to rocket in Shetland as the SIC seeks to push ahead with some of its delayed big projects….
READ FULL STORYDecision time for important projects
By NEIL RIDDELL A YEAR on from the inception of this council, the next week will mark a watershed in determining the direction in which…
READ FULL STORY“Captain Calamity’ goes it alone again, this time safe on dry land
By NEIL RIDDELL A SMALL part of Shetland will “become” a Crown dependency this weekend, according to maverick udal law campaigner Stuart “Captain Calamity” Hill….
READ FULL STORYJuvenile sent south after being blamed for trail of vandalism
A SMALL boy responsible for a crime wave in Shetland has been removed from the islands to a secure school in Scotland. The boy, who…
READ FULL STORYHoliday company goes to the wall, leaving customers out of pocket
By HEATHER BAILLACHE A SHETLAND holiday company has gone bust owing customers hundreds of pounds in lost deposits. Offering customers a cheap holiday, Northern Light…
READ FULL STORYCash cut forces Hjaltland to scale back house building plans
By NEIL RIDDELL HJALTLAND Housing Association is facing a huge cut in funding from the Scottish government at a time of acute housing shortage in…
READ FULL STORYGirl destined to be a singer pays tribute to those who helped her
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS JILLIAN Isbister was always destined to be a singer. She started when she was peerie, she said, singing in the house, in…
READ FULL STORYSIC launches tasty new directory for produce
SHETLAND Islands Council has launched its first Shetland Food Directory. The directory will be available in booklet form this weekend at Flavour of Shetland on…
READ FULL STORYLoganair to cut flights to isles
By RYAN TAYLOR FLIGHT operator Loganair insists its service will not suffer when it withdraws some of its flights to the isles from its summer…
READ FULL STORYStrike action planned at airport
ISLANDERS are set to face travel disruption this summer, with Sumburgh Airport to be closed to all scheduled flights on Monday as part of the…
READ FULL STORYTimes Past 20.06.08
25 YEARS AGO After years of trying to attract new business to Shetland, the islands council is divided over a project which could bring at…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Westminster 20.06.08
A NUMBER of commentators have described last week at Westminster as a “roller coaster week”. They are right in as much as it had its…
READ FULL STORYViews from the Scord 20.06.08
Bus boat returns THE DISTINCTIVE “bung-bung” noise of the Wickmann engine heralded the arrival of the Shetland Bus vessel MK Andholmen into Scalloway Harbour last…
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