CLAN appeal snowballs
FUNDRAISING manager of the cancer support charity CLAN Susan Crighton and finance manager Susan Christie were in Shetland this week to lend their support to…
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Mareel money wins approval
By NEIL RIDDELL SHETLAND’S proposed cinema and music venue will be built if funding from the EU is approved at the end of this month…
READ FULL STORY‘Historic’ deal aims to free SIC’s hands
By NEIL RIDDELL FINANCE minister John Swinney was in Shetland this week to sign a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) between the SIC and the Scottish…
READ FULL STORYWeek of training lands Yorkshirewoman world title in ancient Viking board game
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A SPORTING event with a difference was held in Fetlar on Saturday, with a world title up for grabs. The Grand Tournament…
READ FULL STORYOlympic flags raised to mark handover of games
THEY may not be taking place until 2012, but preparations are already underway in Shetland for the London Olympics. This weekend will see two Olympic…
READ FULL STORYSwinney opens door to school funding request from council
BY Neil Riddell THE SCOTTISH Government would consider any request for funding from the SIC towards the cost of building the new Anderson High School….
READ FULL STORYTalks over council pay after 1,200 strike
By RYAN TAYLOR HOPES of a breakthrough in the council pay dispute rose after an estimated 1,200 workers staged a 24 hour strike on Wednesday….
READ FULL STORYFaulty aerosol can may have caused builder’s death
By JOHN ROBERTSON AN AEROSOL can of expanding foam which exploded and killed a young Brae man could have been faulty, a fatal accident inquiry…
READ FULL STORYSouthern pleasures pull people away in ever-increasing numbers
By NEIL RIDDELL MORE people are leaving Shetland than any other area of the country, with the population slipping below 22,000 last year for the…
READ FULL STORYTimes Past 22.08.08
25 YEARS AGO A kit house and building supplies business in Renfrewshire has been strongly criticised by several local couples who complain of long delays…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh 22.08.08
CYCLIST Chris Hoy is the hero of the hour. The country’s triple Olympic champion is encouraging young and old to get on their bikes and…
READ FULL STORYNew fisheries college boss named
THE TRUSTEES of the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway appointed David Gray as the new director of the centre yesterday. A marine biologist, he is…
READ FULL STORYFreight service plan hit by funding delay
By RYAN TAYLOR PLANS to launch a new freight ferry service connecting Shetland with Norway are hanging in the balance because of a delay in…
READ FULL STORYDecline in yacht trade as summer departs
THERE have been fewer yachts and cruise ships visiting the harbour this week as the summer draws to a close, although the harbour has still…
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