£180k from National Lottery for Clan child support
The National Lottery has awarded Clan more than £180,000 to support children impacted by cancer. The funds will be split between the Clan’s children and…
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Cooke’s Christmas raffle raises cash for care home residents
Aquaculture staff raised a four figure sum for care home residents by hosting a Christmas raffle.
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Small power cut hits South Mainland
A power cut has hit just over a dozen homes in Exnaboe and Scatness, near Sumburgh, this morning (Monday). The outage was reported at to…
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Brief outage hits Lerwick district heating
District heat pumps briefly failed this morning (Sunday), causing a outages in Lerwick. In a social media post around 9am, Shetland Heat Energy and Power…
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NorthLink tickets up for grabs in council exercise challenge
Christmas dinners are not yet in the oven, and Shetland Islands Council has offered some early inspiration for New Year’s Resolutions. “Jump start your January”…
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RNLI sail Christmas tree out of Lerwick harbour
Lerwick RNLI took advantage of the deteriorating winter weather today (Saturday) to practice some drills — and sign a festive farewell to 2024. The local…
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Strong winds throw ferry timetable and draw flood alert
Very strong wind and rain have disrupted ferry sailings and drawn a flood alert for the west of Shetland this weekend. 70 mile-an-hour gusts are…
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MSP accuses SNP of breaking food poverty promise
The SNP has “broken its promise” to tackle food insecurity, according to Labour Highlands and Islands MSP, Rhoda Grant. The Shetland Foodbank this year distributed…
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POLL: Is Die Hard a Christmas film?
With Christmas just around the corner, a seasonal debate has come back into conversation.
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NorthLink cancels Saturday sailings
NorthLink’s Saturday evening sailings have been cancelled due to “adverse weather”. Hjaltland was scheduled to depart Aberdeen sailing for Kirkwall and Lerwick at 5pm. However,…
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In this week’s Shetland Times
In today’s (Friday, 16th August) edition of The Shetland Times:
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Times campaign nominated in press awards
The Shetland Times has been recognised in the Highlands and Islands Press Awards. The newspaper has been shortlisted in the Campaign of the Year category,…
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Man jailed for driving offences from 2019
A banned driver has been jailed for nine months after admitting three separate charges at Lerwick Sheriff Court. Gary Guilfoyle, 33, from Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire,…
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Statkraft submits application for substation
A planning application for Mossy Hill windfarm’s substation has been submitted to the SIC.
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