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Final contract for Mareel signed and sealed as the sniping goes on
By NEIL RIDDELL Shetland’s long-planned cinema and music venue Mareel will be constructed by local building firm DITT at a cost of just over £10…
READ FULL STORYFeisty debate likely over arts
By NEIL RIDDELL A heated debate is guaranteed tomorrow evening as the Althing Social Group examines whether too much money is spent on the arts…
READ FULL STORYComics raise laughs about Up-Helly-A’
As the Viking longship smouldered just a few hundred yards away, for some of those not in a squad or off to a hall for…
READ FULL STORY‘I shed a few tears,’ says emotional Jarl
“When you got in the park, once Davie and Jim got out of the galley, and I’m the only one standing in there, the lonesome…
READ FULL STORYGood weather and biggest turnout for 14 years make for impressive spectacle
A trademark assortment of guizers descended on the old town for Tuesday night’s impressive-as-ever procession in greater numbers than the streets of Lerwick have seen…
READ FULL STORYMareel deal reached with total price tag of £12 million
Shetland’s long-planned cinema and music venue Mareel will be constructed by local building firm DITT at a cost of just over £10 million, it has…
READ FULL STORYDilapidated school to shut down for day
By NEIL RIDDELL The Anderson High School will be closed today because of a burst pipe which led to “extremely hot” water gushing through the…
READ FULL STORYMooney’s wake flats win approval – with unpopular commercial caveat
By NEIL RIDDELL Two of Lerwick town centre’s landmark buildings are set to be pulled down and a block of flats built in their stead…
READ FULL STORYUp-Helly-A’ comedy night
By NEIL RIDDELL Shetland’s first ever Up-Helly-A’-themed stand-up comedy night will take place at the Garrison Theatre on the night of the fire festival later…
READ FULL STORYOil funds bounce back but respite could be temporary
By NEIL RIDDELL AFTER ill fortune on the money markets throughout much of 2008 recent weeks have seen a significant upturn in the value of…
READ FULL STORYFamiliar local musicians add their weight to Celtic Connections
By NEIL RIDDELL NEXT Thursday sees the 16th Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow get under way, with the now-customary influx of a whole host of…
READ FULL STORYMareel price tag forces rethink
RECENT delays in the building of the cinema and music venue Mareel have been caused by the tender coming in substantially over the £12.2 million…
READ FULL STORYChange to ‘unfair’ planning laws required, says Wills
THE PLANNING system is far too heavily weighted in favour of large corporations, a councillor has claimed in the aftermath of Tesco’s successful application last…
READ FULL STORYCLAN effort defies economic downturn
ORGANISERS of the CLAN 1,2,3 appeal will be celebrating the festive period with the news that funds raised for a new cancer centre in Aberdeen…
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