Times Past
Shetland is to get a new hostel for the mentally handicapped, councillors agreed this week. Shetland Islands Council’s social work committee voted to go ahead
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Times Past
25 Years Ago Despite a recommendation from the SIC’s planning department that the council go ahead with the huge office complex at Hayfield, and the
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25 years ago: Technological advances are no threat to the Shetland coastguard services, Captain Peter Harris, Britain’s chief coastguard, said last week during a two-day
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Fair Isle yesterday celebrated one of the most memorable days in its history, when its scenic, cultural and scientific importance in Europe was officially recognised,
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Four weeks after it closed its doors with the loss of 110 jobs Shetland Fish is expected to re-open in 10 days under new management
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Mrs Madeleine Smith of Scalloway got a surprise recently when a strange menacing creature emerged from a basinful of Egyptian potatoes.
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The arrival of 31,000 yearling salmon parr on Fetlar on Sunday marked the beginning of a new era in the island’s history. The salmon farming
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A battle against time is being fought to salvage Shetland Fish Ltd., after the company this week went into receivership and paid off its staff
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O.I.L. (Shetland) Ltd is to announce “at least” 14 redundancies on Monday as a result of the North Sea oil slump.
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25 Years Ago The slump in North Sea oil prices hit the SIC with a vengeance this week. With the council standing to lose between
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Shetland Islands Council has turned down a planning application – from Shetland Islands Council! The proposal to carry out earthworks next to the Clickimin sports
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25 Years Ago The SIC and Shetland Arts Trust came to blows over finance during a meeting of the leisure and recreation committee last Thursday.
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25 Years Ago The uncertainty over the Old Gilbert Bain Hospital’s future deepened this week after a big display of public opposition to plans to
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Oil companies have been asked to give an undertaking that they will deal with any major spills and pay for cleaning up operations.
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