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SHETLAND Amenity Trust celebrated a night of triumph on Friday at the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2008. The trust was among the elite of…
READ FULL STORYSHETLAND Amenity Trust celebrated a night of triumph on Friday at the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2008. The trust was among the elite of…
READ FULL STORYCROFTS and farms across Shetland will lose over £2 million a year unless the government introduces simpler funding schemes, MSP Tavish Scott claimed this week….
READ FULL STORYTHE NEW head teacher of Sandwick Junior High School is to be Stuart Clubb, it was announced this week. Mr Clubb, 40, is currently principal…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON QUALITY of life is better in Shetland than anywhere else in Scotland, a new study claims. Shetland has been ranked first in…
READ FULL STORYUNST fiddle great Steven Spence returns to the spotlight this weekend with the launch of a new album to be followed soon by an illustrated…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON FISHING quota negotiations continued this week at the Fisheries Council in Brussels with discussions between the EU and Norway over total allowable…
READ FULL STORYA MODERATELY busy week at Lerwick Harbour saw the three-day visit of a 140-metre ship which had been laying a cable between Denmark and Greenland….
READ FULL STORYTRADE at the Lerwick fishmarket was lighter this week with the poor spell of weather but there have been very good prices for what has…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON ANIMAL rights activists stepped up their campaign against the shooting of seals this week when they protested outside Holyrood. In an attempt…
READ FULL STORYTHE SHETLAND Christmas carol CD/card is back by popular demand. Over 50,000 copies of the CD have been sold to date and a further 50,000…
READ FULL STORYTEXTILE designers Karen Bruce, Suzanne Shearer and Andrea Williamson returned from Paris this week after taking part in an international Shetland Arts collaboration with a…
READ FULL STORYVIKING Energy has welcomed the government’s pre-budget announcement that it is to extend its incentive scheme for renewable energy projects until 2037. The 10-year extension…
READ FULL STORYTHE LAST month of the year, the month in which the skies start to get lighter as the sun starts its journey north in the…
READ FULL STORYTHE LIFE of a member of parliament may be many things but no-one could ever suggest that it lacks variety. That thought came to me…
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