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Shetland moved a step closer to creating its own broadband provider on Thursday, but councillors are still happy to extend an olive branch to BT to help bring its plans to fruition.Members of the SIC’s development committee approved a £150,000 budget to help launch external organisation She... Read more...
Much-needed refurbishment work to the Islands Accommodation Unit at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital is due to start next week.The accommodation, a lifeline for families who have to spend time in Aberdeen prior to or after the birth of their babies, had become run down and badly in need of modernisat... Read more...
The Hillswick shop is to re-open next week after being bought and completely refurbished by the local community.Local volunteers have spent hundreds of hours and donated hundreds of pounds to bring back the shop, which closed last February when its former owners went out of business.The cen... Read more...
BBC Radio Shetland has a full line-up for the station’s annual Children In Need bash on Friday night.At 7pm community drumming group Aestaewast will kick off proceedings, playing a mixture of African and Cuban music. They will also be bringing along their Mbira, a Zimbabwean thumb piano. ... Read more...
As Thomas Fraser’s daughter May opened proceedings at the final night of the eighth annual festival in memory of her father, an obvious question is what the shy Burra fisherman himself would have made of all this.Fraser may well have been embarrassed by the amount of fame he has achieved l... Read more...
The final six contenders for this year’s Shetland Sports Awards, sponsored by The Shetland Times and Shetland Recreational Trust, represent a wide variety of pursuits.In the sportsperson of the year category the three nominations are archer Billy Finnie, triathlete Lynsey Henderson and athlete... Read more...
The Fiddle Handbook by Chris Haigh. Published by Backbeat Books, £19.95. Ringbound hardback with two CDs.The author’s introduction says it all: “This book answers once and for all the hoary old question ‘What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin?’ The answer, of course, is t... Read more...
Lerwick businessman Leslie Irvine, who is taking part in next year’s Shetland Round Britain & Ireland Yacht Race, is to be sponsored by the Streamline Shipping Group.Irvine, 46, took part in the event in 2006 with fellow crewman Andrew Wood from Penzance and finished first in their class a... Read more...
Delting Dolphins took a squad of five swimmers to the Rens 96 open meet at the weekend and came back with a clutch of medals.Felix Gifford swam brilliantly all weekend, gaining two golds, two silver and three bronze medals and breaking nine Shetland county records on the way.He started the w... Read more...
Yell moved ahead in division one of the badminton leagues after their opponents Whalsay conceded the points while in division two there were wins for Aith, Burra, Whalsay and Sandwick.John Leask & Son Division OneYell A v Whalsay AThis match was conceded by Whalsay A so Yell A rece... Read more...