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Now food festival is victim of cuts

Shetland’s popular Food Festival has become the latest victim of council cost-cutting, but some local food producers could still be selling their wares in November.

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Work begins on new 100-bed hotel at Brae

Building work started today on the new hotel in Brae which will be used primarily to accomodate workers on the Shetland Gas Plant.

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Inspirational walker stops off during fund-raising challenge

A disabled army veteran was in Shetland yesterday as part of an extraordinary mission – to walk 2,012 miles around the UK and raise £15 million for his charity.

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Road closed at Brig o’ Fitch for investigations following serious car accident

A serious accident took place at Brig o’ Fitch near Lerwick shortly after 10am this morning involving one car.

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NHS board wants more people to use public transport for appointments

Patients should be encouraged to use public transport rather than taxis wherever possible when travelling to appointments, a meeting of NHS Shetland’s board heard today.

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Lifeboat tows broken-down Prolific to Lerwick

Lerwick lifeboat was called out in the early this morning after the local whitefish boat Prolific broke down 56 miles east of Lerwick.

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Isles actor to the fore as filming starts on BBC crime drama

Filming has started of a Shetland murder mystery to be shown on prime-time TV, the biggest drama production ever to be filmed locally.

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Saying it with, er, slurry

Forget saying it with flowers, spraying it with slurry spreads the message much more widely and has got a whole village talking.

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Praise for SIC planners

Shetland has the best record in Scotland when it comes to granting planning permission, according to the council’s head of planning Iain McDiarmid.

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Lerwick town centre businesses vote in favour of improvement plan

Lerwick’s historic town centre is in line for a revamp after local business and premises owners voted today for the area to become a Business Improvement District (BID).

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