Library makkers to craft a charity ‘Toorie Tree’
Shetland Library will soon be hosting a new weekly knitting group with a charity focus, to create a special centrepiece in the Lerwick Library at…
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Shetland hand-knitting on Mastermind
Shetland hand-knitting is a specialist subject in tonight’s (Monday) Mastermind. Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous…
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Shetland becomes the cleanest place in Scotland
Figures reveal Shetland is the cleanest place in Scotland with an almost perfect score. Keep Scotland Beautiful’s data showed in 2023-24 Shetland had a 98.7 per…
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Presiding officer visits the isles
Holyrood’s presiding officer has visited the isles as part of anniversary celebrations for the Scottish parliament. Alison Johnstone MSP came to Lerwick on the second…
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Whitedale win Parish Cup
Whitedale has won the Parish Cup, beating Sandwick 5-1 at Gilbertson Park in Lerwick this afternoon (Saturday). It is the 10th time the club has…
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Lerwick Lifeboat assists yacht with engine problems
Lerwick lifeboat launched this morning (Saturday) to assist a 14-metre yacht with engine problems, south of Lerwick. The German-registered vessel with six people on board…
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Energy price hike a ‘serious backward step’, says MP
MP Alistair Carmichael has warned that Ofgem’s announcement today of a 10 per cent increase in the energy price cap in October represented a “serious…
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UPDATE: Power restored in Whalsay
More than 80 homes in Whalsay were currently without power this afternoon (Friday). SSEN said they were aware of 82 homes affected by the “unplanned…
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COMMENT: Governments still show colonial attitude
By Daniel Lawson When the Scottish government proposed turning at least 10 per cent of Scotland’s seas into Highly Marine Protected Areas (HPMAs), and banning…
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POLL: Should energy developers be told to build new homes if they want to come to Shetland?
The shortage of available housing in Shetland has led to calls for “imaginative” solutions to the problem.
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Tesco adds Scan as you Shop feature to Lerwick store
Customers at Lerwick’s Tesco supermarket will now be able to scan their shopping as they go through portable scanners. The chain said yesterday (Thursday) it…
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In this week’s Shetland Times
In today’s (Friday, 23rd August) edition of The Shetland Times: Click here to get The Shetland Times delivered to your device every Friday morning.
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Complaint issued over ‘late night noise’ at The Bop Shop
The Bop Shop in Lerwick could be refused a licence to sell second-hand goods after a member of the public opposed the move.
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