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Posts by Kevin Craigens:
Northmavine Up-Helly-A’ begins
The weekend’s celebrations have kicked off ahead of the Northmavine Up-Helly-A’ this evening (Friday). This morning Guizer Jarl Alan Doull and his Jarl’s Squad visited…
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Licence extended for North Roe hall hop night
Councillors have approved an extended licence for the North Roe hall during the Northmavine Up-Helly-A’ weekend – despite confusion of which date it is for….
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Loganair’s Hinkles departs with immediate effect
Loganair’s chief executive Jonathan Hinkles announced he was stepping down from his role with immediate effect. After more than seven years in the role, he…
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Jury trials to return in spring
Jury trials are set to return to the isles in the spring of this year, according to the cabinet secretary for justice. Due to staffing…
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WATCH: Memorial centenary service held in Town Hall
A wreath was laid at the war memorial outside of the Lerwick Town Hall this morning (Saturday) to mark the 100th anniversary of the unveiling…
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WATCH: Lifetime achievement award ‘humbled’ Henderson
Surprise was the thought on Mandy Henderson’s mind when she realised she had won the Lifetime Endeavour award at last night’s (Friday) Shetland Sports Awards…
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Two-man crew of sunken creel boat rescued
The two man crew from a fishing boat were rescued this morning (Friday) after their creel boat sunk off Skerries. A call to the coastguard…
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HPMA backdoor risks losing the fleet, says skipper
A skipper has renewed warning calls over the implementation of highly protected marine areas (HPMAs). Mark Anderson, skipper of the Prolific, says more scientific research…
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WATCH: Independence vote ‘ironically’ inspired co-operation, former isles MP says
Relations between the Scottish and UK governments were at their best on the lead up to the independence referendum, a former isles MP told a…
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HPMAs scrapped, government confirms
The Scottish government has confirmed that controversial plans for highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) have been scrapped today (Tuesday). Earlier this year, net zero secretary…
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Lifeboat crew return after 18-hour call
The coxswain of the Lerwick lifeboat has spoken about the “horrible” conditions his crew experienced while on an 18 hour call-out. Stephen Manson described the…
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Energy giant nominated for awards
SSE Renewables has been nominated for two awards relating to work at the Viking Energy windfarm. The energy giant is up for an award in…
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Coastguard stood down after German aircraft goes missing
A search for an aircraft that went missing between Shetland and Norway was stood down on Monday, the coastguard has said. Contact was lost with…
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WATCH: Kate Humble promotes Shetland in new film
Nature and wildlife presenter Kate Humble starred in a Promote Shetland feature film aimed at showing off the best of the isles. The 30-minute film…
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