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The Shetland Times Ltd is Shetland’s leading communications organisation. Founded in 1872 the company publishes the islands’ popular weekly newspaper The Shetland Times.
In the run up to the Scottish election last month, each and every candidate standing in the islands identified the price of fuel as one
READ FULL STORYThis is a translation of Anton Chekhov’s short story, The Lady with the Little Dog. Originally written in Russian and published in 1899, I have
READ FULL STORYWe live in interesting times. Regime change everywhere. All across North Africa the people are rising up and taking to the streets determined to free
READ FULL STORYThose of you with long memories may recall my name having appeared before in these pages as the organiser of an academic conference in 2009
READ FULL STORYThis week-end Messrs J. & M. Shearer Ltd., of Lerwick, hope to be in a position to meet orders for the highly successful new flake
READ FULL STORYIt is not surprising that the consequences of what is in effect a new industrial revolution are ignored, even by some of its immediate victims.
READ FULL STORYThe pelagic fishermen who admitted their involvement in a £37 million pound “black fish” scam to cheat European Union fishing quota restrictions are fighting a
READ FULL STORYSteps are being taken to tackle long- standing problems of stress among staff at Shetland College amid complaints about working practices and lack of support
READ FULL STORYThe fish factory in Whalsay is set to reopen again under newly-formed company Norpak.
READ FULL STORYThe Olympic torch will arrive in Shetland on 10th June next year and nominations are being sought for 20 people to carry it on 250-300
READ FULL STORYA Whalsay teenager has been warned he could be facing up to two years in prison for making a hoax mayday call onboard a fishing
READ FULL STORYNo-one who has had to confront Scottish government policy on school closures is likely to be anything other than pleased by the education minister’s announcement
READ FULL STORYThe 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
READ FULL STORYFoula resident Martin Ferguson Smith, best known for his Ancient Greek and Latin scholarship, for which he was appointed OBE in 2007, has recently been
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