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Shooters eye medal in Olympic skeet discipline
Island games veteran manager of the shooting team Pete Davies says Shetland has a very strong chance of scoring a medal in the Olympic skeet
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Plans for Bressay to join global parkrun network
A scheme to introduce a fun run to Bressay which will be part of the global parkrun network is bidding to bag a cash boost
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Lifeboat walker hits the high road on the West Side
Charity walker Alex Ellis-Roswell is continuing his round the coast of Britain and Ireland charity walk in Shetland. Yesterday he walked from the Weisdale shop
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Virtual future of policing fails to impress community councillors
A document outlining Police Scotland’s 10-year vision for the future left Lerwick community councillors distinctly unimpressed, with none having managed to wade through the masterpiece
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Very different slices of music served at Islesburgh
Islesburgh’s Thursday night Folk Festival concert provided a healthy mix of folky styles that won the approval of visiting audience members of travelling and local
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Contract tug makes her way to Sullom Voe
A new tug for the Shetland Islands Council harbour operation at Sellaness was making her way up the east coast of Scotland this afternoon.
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Breaking News: New trustee opts not to take his place on board
Newly-selected trustee Malcolm Younger has informed Shetland Charitable Trust Chairman Bobby Hunter that he will not be taking up his place on the board.
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Charitable trust attacked after voting to ratify reorgaisation
Shetland Charitable Trust has voted overwhelmingly to ratify its planned reorganisation which threatens to place almost half Shetland’s oil fund out of democratic control.
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WATCH: New mast for historic Fifie Swan
Many hands were at the Albert Dock this afternoon to put in place a new mizzen mast on the historic fishing boat Swan, which broke
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WATCH: Appeal to raise cash for Josie’s bionic arm
A funding appeal has been set up to provide a bionic limb for a man who had his arm amputated because of canc
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Unite warns of illegal fishing risk, as ‘Scotland’s Navy’ votes for industrial action
Unite the union is warning that Scotland’s seas could be left wide open to illegal fishing, after members at Marine Scotland voted in favour of
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North Sea herring fisheries retain eco label standard
The North Sea herring fishery undertaken by Shetland vessels has been recertified by the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) ecolabel scheme, that is intended to indicate
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No council backing for campsite
The council has given a lukewarm response to moves to establish a new caravan and campsite at North Lochside.
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Council’s £265,000 rent for empty North Ness building
Shetland Islands Council has paid £264,834.50 in rent for its North Ness headquarters since evacuating the building on 20th September because of structural problems. The…
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