Times Past
Shetland is to get a new hostel for the mentally handicapped, councillors agreed this week. Shetland Islands Council’s social work committee voted to go ahead
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Times Past
25 Years Ago Despite a recommendation from the SIC’s planning department that the council go ahead with the huge office complex at Hayfield, and the
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The News of the World sells an enormous number of copies on an average Sunday. Its Scottish edition features a perceptive political comment piece by
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I have always been a little puzzled by the level of anger directed toward Mareel. After all, this is a building that will, once it
READ FULL STORYMaritime: The Dorjoy
By the end of the first World War, all seaborne traffic to and from Shetland was carried in powered vessels, while the islands’ fishing fleet
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After six months of phone calls, e-mails, letters and shouting I am finally getting a settlement from my insurance company. Last December we had water
READ FULL STORYFiction: Da Lass wi da Peerie Dug
Winter in Edinburgh wis terrible cowld. Da first thing ony body did ida moarnin wis fire up da haetin, an da bairns had tae pit
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The twice-decorated coxswain of Lerwick lifeboat, Mr John Sales, found himself on the other side of a sea drama on Wednesday evening, when his fishing
READ FULL STORYPast Life: Shetland Amenity Trust: The Future
It is perhaps only natural that at a time of rapid change in Shetland society, people have become more concerned about their heritage of buildings,
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25 years ago: Technological advances are no threat to the Shetland coastguard services, Captain Peter Harris, Britain’s chief coastguard, said last week during a two-day
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Arriving in London this week was a bit like getting off the plane in Spain or Greece at the start of your summer holidays –
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Fair Isle yesterday celebrated one of the most memorable days in its history, when its scenic, cultural and scientific importance in Europe was officially recognised,
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Sport and the arts can sometimes be at odds. We give too much money to one and not to the other, depending on your point
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Four weeks after it closed its doors with the loss of 110 jobs Shetland Fish is expected to re-open in 10 days under new management
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