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Shetland Folk Festival turns 40
It’s not quite the fortieth birthday party Shetland Folk Festival had hoped for but tonight they will perform a special night of live music in…
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Shetland’s key workers vote to strike over pay offer
Unison members have joined GMB trade union members in voting overwhelmingly to reject the Scottish government’s pay offer in favour of taking industrial action in…
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Shetland food and drink producers react to trio of success
Shetland’s Thule Ventus has won two awards in the inaugural Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards, one of three isles food and drink producers to
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Shetland food and drink producers bring home the medals
Three of the isles finest food and drink producers have been triumphant at the inaugural Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards 2021. The awards intend…
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Sullom Voe Terminal workers vote to take industrial action
Unite Scotland has today, 27th April, confirmed that dozens of its tug and towage workers based in the isles are set to take strike action….
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Daughter of Lerwick Lifeboat coxswain remembered
The family of the late Elsie Wood Sutherland, who passed away in her 90th year on 18th April, have set up a JustGiving page to…
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Muness Castle goes up for auction. . again
Having been sold for tens of thousands of pounds above the guide price last Friday, Muness Castle in Unst is now back on the market,…
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New speed limit introduced to main Shetland highway
Drivers along a stretch of the A970 are being advised that a new 40mph speed restriction is now in force. The new speed limit covers…
READ FULL STORYUnst castle smashes guide price in online auction
Muness Castle on the isle of Unst has a new owner, one who was willing to pay tens of thousands of pounds over the guide…
READ FULL STORYBidding begins for Shetland castle
The UK’s most northerly castle is now, quite literally, on the market as bidding has begun on an online auction that ends later this afternoon….
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Applications welcome for Shetland community project funding
Shetland Islands Council is now seeking bids from organisations who wish to deliver activity as part of the UK Community Renewal Fund. The UK government…
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NHS Shetland boss to give talk on AstraZeneca fears
NHS Shetland’s chief executive will present a Facebook livestream on the growing concern over the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The online public event will take place…
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Shetland Islands Council announce road closure
A collapsed drain will cause minor traffic delays over the next couple of days as repairs are made, commuters are being warned. From tomorrow morning,…
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Shetland Islands Council offer gull nesting protection
Shetland Islands Council is advising property owners and council tenants to get in touch if they have any problems with gulls nests on rooftops. Now…
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