Leisure centre slump may be down to slowing economy
By NEIL RIDDELL QUARTERLY user numbers for Shetland Recreational Trust’s leisure centres across the isles are down by over seven per cent year on year,…
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Downturn in housing market as credit crunch hits mortgages
By RYAN TAYLOR SHETLAND has witnessed a downturn in housing demand, with a growing number of properties waiting months on end for new owners to…
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Quiet harbour IT WAS an exceptionally quiet period in Scalloway Harbour in the week to Friday. For the second week in a row most of…
READ FULL STORYSIC may have to shoulder transport costs
By RYAN TAYLOR SHETLAND Islands Council must provide improvements to its transport infrastructure without actually having the money to pay for them. Members of the…
READ FULL STORYFastest Big Bannock slinger in the north
By MAREE HAY THE SIGN said “Extreme Spree Zone” – and it was. North Roe was inundated with cowboys, cowgirls, indians, squaws, wigwams and wagons…
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Readers may remember that Linda and Peter Davis recently spent two years working as VSO education volunteers in the north-east of Ghana. In a few…
READ FULL STORYIsles Views 22.08.08
By Margaret Tulloch Unst police change POLICE Constable Scott Haig, his wife Janette, daughter Lucy, aged four, and son Ross, aged two, have left Unst…
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Ollaberry squad dance THE NORT ladies will hold their squad supper dance in the Ollaberry Hall tomorrow night at 8.30pm. Music will be from the…
READ FULL STORYMy favourite place
HEALTH promotion officer RACHEL STEWART describes her many favourite places this week – Shetland’s beaches. Rachel, who has had great success in her smoking cessation…
READ FULL STORYBlues festival set for hot 48 hours
By NEIL RIDDELL SHETLAND’S fifth annual blues festival takes place next weekend with another impressive-looking line-up of visiting artists set to play 14 shows in…
READ FULL STORYBethany set for an Indian adventure
UNST girl Bethany Scott has secured a place at one of United World College’s (UWC) prestigious schools. She went through a challenging selection process after…
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BY Paul Bloomer ST NINIAN’S Isle Cafe in Bigton is holding a small exhibition of printed textile pieces by Jennifer Tait. Jennifer has just completed…
READ FULL STORYZimbabwean theatre group to stage school workshops
FIVE members of the Grassroots Theatre Company from Zimbabwe arrive in Shetland this weekend for a 10-day visit. The company specialises in what it calls…
READ FULL STORYAs exacting as any painting or sculpture
IT IS often assumed that photography is the process of fast freezing a moment in time, a fraction of a second, a quick glimpse captured…
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