About Rosalind Griffiths
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High profile launch of isles’ first crime-writing festival
Shetland’s first crime festival, Shetland Noir, was launched at Lerwick Town Hall on what was appropriately Friday the 13th.
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Shetland’s annual Christmas craft fair was launched at Clickimin on Friday with stalls cramming both the bowls hall and main hall.
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Barton is prospective Scottish Labour candidate for Holyrood
Bressay resident Robina Barton is about to be formally adopted at Scottish Labour Party’s Holyrood candidate.
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Storm Abigail leaves 1,000 properties without power
Around 1,000 properties suffered power cuts during the night as storm Abigail hit the isles.
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Young fiddlers enjoy success in Kirriemuir
Shetland fiddlers excelled themselves in a mainland competition at the weekend, bringing home a clutch of awards.
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Christmas tree arrives – and it’s going back to the Market Cross
The Christmas tree for Lerwick arrived off the boat yesterday and will be back in its familiar place this year – at the Market Cross.
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Winning Bulter poem ‘exploded with joy’
Quarff resident Joyce Reid has been chosen as the winner of the Rhoda Bulter Award 2015 for her dialect poem.
READ FULL STORYBlanket of fog disrupts flights
Today’s fog disrupted flights to and from Shetland, with both Sumburgh and Scatsta suffering cancellations
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Cooper takes issue with SIC’s planned maintenance programme
More discussion should take place before projects find their way onto the council’s capital programme, according to Shetland North councillor Alastair Cooper.
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Robertson sorry over Foula problems
Shetland West councillor Frank Robertson has offered his “sincere apologies” to Foula residents who have been without permanent electricity for nearly 10 months. Two households…
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‘Fragile areas’ identified
The North Isles, Northmavine and the outer isles have all been designated as fragile areas in a report for the Tackling Inequalities Commission that met…
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Mid Kame landslip on proposed windfarm site
A landslip near the site of a proposed road serving the Viking windfarm north of Sandwater has prompted concern from the project’s opponent.
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Schiehallion oil will not flow through Sullom Voe
BP and its partners have announced that Schiehallion oil will not be coming to Sullom Voe in order to cut costs.
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Bressay resident complains of his housing distress
“I’m 79 and I shouldn’t have to live like this.” So said Rex Fearnehough, who is trying to carry on while council workmen install new
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