Nelson’s Column
I have found myself having to steal a quick half hour here and there during a busy schedule to get on with writing this article.
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Past Times: Britannia rules the waves
If the Queen lands on Fair Isle on her way north to Lerwick, she will be the first member of the Royal Family to do
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This is my last Media Matters column. The reason for this is simple. As from August (this is written in July) the Shetland Islands Broadcasting
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Bressay is having a lively debate. No, not fixed links. We will be pushing up daisies before that one re-emerges. No, not the splendid new
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Two fires in Sandveien in the past three months have been caused by faulty street light cable which runs through the lofts of some of
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The House of Commons witnessed a small piece of history last week when Nick Clegg stood at the despatch box in the chamber and answered
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Four Norwegians intent on re-living Viking times arrived in Lerwick harbour on Monday in their two small longships. They have almost completed a voyage round
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Sullom Quarries are helping to lay a new pipeline in the North Sea which will eventually pump an extra 80,000 barrels of oil per day
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Bell’s Brae Primary occasionally has a lot to answer for! Cameron came home from school one Friday late last year and decreed that he wanted
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Bobby Macaulay continues his journey in southern Africa and reports back from a trip to a holiday resort in Mozambique.
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Weekend discos and dances in rural halls providing entertainment for young people have been hit by withdrawal of buses from Lerwick.
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The lunchtime reception to launch the Annual Report of the Crown Estate Commissioners is usually one of the grander invitations to land on my desk
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The Arun for Aith campaign was given a boost on Wednesday when planning permission was granted for a new pier.
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Life in a coalition government may be many things but it is rarely if ever going to be boring! Exhausting possibly but never boring.
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