Times Past
Four Shetland men risked their lives by going into a burning building to check if there was anyone inside a blazing television lounge at the
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Letter from Edinburgh
Erbil is the capital of Kurdistan and Kurdistan is the new Saudi Arabia with the fourth largest oil reserves on the planet.
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When the House of Commons is sitting it has been the practice in recent years to mark the two minutes silence on 11th November by
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In the aftermath of the world’s worst civil helicopter disaster at Sumburgh last Thursday the future of the Chinook aircraft in the North Sea is
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The Olympic Torch is coming to Shetland next June and will be paraded through Lerwick.
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We find ourselves in uncertain times. Difficult decisions must be made, and quickly, but public faith in those whose job it is to do so
READ FULL STORYAnimals: Pony problems
2.30pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 6th October. The back doors of the marts are ringed with pens; there’s a smell of straw, the sound
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For the past year and a half I have enjoyed spouting my half-baked and ill-formed opinions in this fine organ but alas this will be
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During the First World War there were four major incidents involving ships of the North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation Company, resulting
READ FULL STORYPast Times: Youth club is now “mixed”
Islesburgh Youth Club, until now an exclusively male preserve, has thrown its membership open to the female sex, and already quite a few teenagers have
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Within the last few months Shetland’s economic outlook has darkened considerably.
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The receiver appointed at Reawick Lamb has held out hope for crofters and farmers who have been left with no realistic market for their lambs
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One of the best things about being an MP is that after ten-and-a-half years it can still produce fresh challenges.
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Do you remember the game of holding your breath in the bath when a child? The one that caused a look of horror on the
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