Junior football season may still go ahead
Shetland’s young footballers may still have the opportunity to don their boots this year.
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Shetland Times steps in to help in scrubs campaign
An ongoing effort to produce medical scrubs for frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus is getting a helping hand from The Shetland Times.
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Cunningsburgh Show is cancelled due to Covid-19
This year’s Cunningsburgh Show has been cancelled, in light of the situation surrounding coronavirus.
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Loganair to offer air ambulance duties
Loganair will be able to transfer Covid-19 patients from Shetland to the mainland by the end of this week.
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MP Carmichael demands more support for local media
A campaign calling for support for local media during the coronavirus crisis is being led by isles MP Alistair Carmichael.
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Swan will not sail this year
The 2020 sailing season for the Swan has been cancelled due to Covid-19.
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Remote communities cannot be left behind, MSPs warn
MSPs Beatrice Wishart and Jamie Halcro Johnston have raised concerns that rural communities could be left behind by the Scottish government’s response to the Covid-19
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SIC: Book onto ferries or they will not run
Anyone wishing to travel on one of the council’s ferry routes must book beforehand, the SIC has said, or the ferry will not sail.
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No immediate plans to reopen schools, health secretary says
National media reports suggesting schools could soon reopen as part of moves to ease the lockdown have been dismissed by Holyrood politicians.
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Missing kayakers prompt sea search – and fresh calls to ‘stay home and stay ashore’
Concerns for two kayakers who were reported missing led to the Aith lifeboat and coastguard teams being called into action on Sunday – and prompted…
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WATCH: Printing presses keep running at Times as chief executive thanks readers
A skeleton staff at The Shetland Times are continuing to print, package and deliver papers to the public, all while following strict social distancing restrictions.
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Five deaths related to coronavirus in Shetland, NRS says
The National Records of Scotland (NRS) has announced that there are five deaths associated with coronavirus in Shetland this year.
READ FULL STORYCoronavirus testing equipment is in the isles
New kit which will pave the way for on-island coronavirus testing has arrived in Shetland, paving the way to allow for a quicker turn-around of
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Council offers reassurances over care homes
The Shetland Islands Council has said that “everything is being done” to support those receiving social care, and their carers, during this “difficult time”.
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