About Keegan Murray
Reporter for The Shetland Times. Interested in politics, literature and music. Born and bred Shetlander. Long suffering Newcastle United supporter.
About Keegan Murray
Posts by Keegan Murray:
‘Charging phone caused Voe house fire’
A family from Voe are counting their blessings after a house fire laid waste to their kitchen.
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Nerves and anticipation ahead of mandolin band’s debut
Dwaam – or the Folk Festival Spree Band – may be the headline Shetland supergroup debuting at this year’s folk festival but they…
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Legal bid over bonuses
• Disgruntled former employees seeking payment of bonuses promised by Petrofac have this week received the backing of Shetland’s Liberal Democrat candidate Tavish Scott. •
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Orkney man appeals for second votes as he throws hat into ring as list candidate for region
• An Orkney Islands Councillor has put himself forward as an independent list candidate for the Highlands and Islands region in the imminent Scottish election.
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Rowntree trust helps Carmichael’s legal fees to the tune of £50,000
• A trust with ties to the Liberal Democrats has donated £50,000 to Carmichael • The Northern Isles MP was left with a £155,000 legal
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Technical problem hits Mareel’s smaller cinema
Mareel will be unable to show films in the cinema’s smaller Screen 2 over the coming days, owing to a fault with the projector.
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Sandwick bairns find ‘St Kilda Mailboat’
• A fine weather trip to the beach last week resulted in an exciting find for Sandwick resident Euan Crawford and his children Elsie, seven,
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Mark Thomas’ Trespass – a fine display of political comedy
• In Trespass Mark discusses an issue which angers and saddens him. The privatisation of public spaces. • His jokes will make you laugh, but
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Scott launches campaign as Wir Shetland declare support
Campaign group Wir Shetland this week gave its backing to Liberal Democrat candidate Tavish Scott for the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections.
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Folk festival’s online booking system causes problems
A high demand for tickets caused issues for many Shetland Folk Festival fans on Monday night as the festival website’s servers struggled to cope.
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Calm start to Viking festivities in Brae
The Delting Jarl’s Squad was blessed with a dry and calm start to the day as they mustered at The Northern Lights function room to…
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Round Britain trekker reaches the isles
A charity walker is in Shetland this week as part of an epic trek which will see him traverse 19,000 miles of British coastline.
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Man airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter
• The Aith lifeboat and Shetland’s coastguard helicopter were involved in a rescue operation last night. • Man said to have become disoriented at the
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Local composer Eamonn Watt releases “atmospheric” album ‘Pianissimo’
Local composer Eamonn Watt, otherwise known as ‘The Virtual Conductor’, has released a new album of piano compositions titled Pianissimo. Watt ‘virtually composes’ and produces…
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