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Emma Thompson, Bill Forsyth and Stuart Cosgrove among guests for Screenplay
Actress Emma Thompson will appear virtually at this year’s Screenplay film festival. Thompson – famous for her roles in Howard’s End and The Remains of…
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Loganair hoping for firm sale bid ‘in coming weeks’
Loganair hopes that a “firm” bid to buy the airline will materialise “in the coming weeks”. Chief executive Jonathan Hinkles told The Shetland Times on…
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Viking decommissioning bond: Community councillor says he has ‘given up asking’
The chairman of the Viking Community Liaison Group has said he has “given up asking” about a decommissioning bond for the windfarm. The agreement was…
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Silver for Seumas again in final day of games
Seamus MacKay has won silver again at the island games, finishing second in the 800-metre race. It’s Shetland’s seventh medal of the games overall on…
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Hat-trick for Grant as Shetland glide past Greenland
A hat-trick from Ronan Grant inspired Shetland’s footballers to a 5-1 win over Greenland on Thursday afternoon. The blues were 2-0 up at half-time courtesy…
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Dinwoodie wins bronze for her second medal of the games
Katie Dinwoodie has finished third in the women’s 200-metre race to win a bronze medal – Shetland’s fourth bronze of the island games. It was…
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Smith makes it a double with silver medal
Jasmin Smith has won her second medal of the Guernsey island games, winning silver in the 100m breaststroke final. Following up on her bronze medal…
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Two swimmers into Wednesday’s finals
Two of team Shetland’s swimmers have produced impressive performances to reach Wednesday night’s finals. Finlay Geddes will be in the final of the 200-metre backstroke,…
READ FULL STORYIN PICTURES: Another medal for MacKay as golfers tee-off and footballers thrash Falkland Islands
Seumas MacKay added to his medal tally with a silver in the 1,500-metre race on Tuesday night, taking Shetland’s total medals to four for the…
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Footballers out of the running for medals despite dominant victory
Shetland’s footballers are out of contention for the medal places at the Guernsey island games, despite a second win from three matches. The blues beat…
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Silver for Seumas as Shetland increase medal tally
Athlete Seumas MacKay has won a silver medal in the men’s 1,500-metre race at the Guernsey island games. MacKay secured a personal best time of…
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Dinwoodie races into 200-metre finals as footballers kick-off in crunch match
Athlete Katie Dinwoodie will be in tomorrow night’s 200-metre final after winning her semi-final tonight (Tuesday). However fellow runner Mhia Mouat missed the cut after…
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Trio of athletes into semi-finals as badminton players progress in individual event
Athletes Mhia Mouat, Katie Dinwoodie and Bobby Laurenson have all qualified from their heats for tonight’s (Tuesday) 200 metre semi-finals. Dinwoodie and Mouat have been…
READ FULL STORYMore medal joy as Dinwoodie claims bronze in 100m
Katie Dinwoodie has secured yet another personal medal – and Shetland’s third of the Guernsey island games – in the women’s 100m race. She set…
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