Letter from Edinburgh
I’m composing these words on Tuesday afternoon before heading out to Up-Helly-A’ with squad number 18.
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Times Past
Repair work on SIC Cruden houses has increased their value eight or nine times, councillors were told on Monday, but there is nothing the council
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Betrayal seems to be one of the most over used words in Scottish politics at the moment and it was getting plenty of overtime in
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I went to Oldham for a day this week. There’s a by-election! All the parties are asking their supporters for help. A great Liberal, Cyril
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Shetland Islands Council has committed itself to fighting against the proposed nuclear fuel processing plant at Dounreay and hopes to see the three islands councils
READ FULL STORYShetland Life: Editorial
As the new year begins, many people make resolutions. They imagine how their lives could be better, then make the changes they need to reach
READ FULL STORYNotes from 60° north
It was cold here in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada last week. Really cold. So cold that even locals brought out their parkas and stopped
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Reading seems a solitary activity, so many people are surprised to find how popular readers’ groups are throughout Shetland.
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The results of an experiment which Mr R. D. Winton is now conducting on his farm at Kergord, Weisdale, should prove extremely interesting to
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Ten years after the issue was last raised Shetland Islands Council is to make a final decision on the question of a flag for Shetland.
READ FULL STORYNelson’s Column
Recently, in a triumph of common sense, a council in England under pressure from local parents forced a school to change a menu item from
READ FULL STORYTochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Weel, dis day has been a lang time in comin. For fower year A’m been tellin you my tochts an news ivery mont. Noo da
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I hope that for you and your family 2011 will be a good year. I am in no doubt, however, that for many people in
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Shetland had a white New Year and a fairly quiet one. Snow and ice kept most folk off the roads and the going on foot
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