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Health / GP recruitment initiative showing first results
Campaigners call for halt on wind farms
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Community / Mid Yell shop and post office could reopen
Energy / Upper Kergord access track gets green light
Viewpoint / Everyone is entitled to equal rightsI often delight in boring my students with the unique social, cultural and political status of Shetland, but the debate around (Lerwick) Up Helly Aa leaves me feeling ashamed, writes former Brae resident Karl Johnson.
Energy / Mossy Hill wind farm plans approved by councillors
Business / Consultancy company becomes employee-owned
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Features / Life after the Fair Isle fireOne month after the world-renowned bird observatory was destroyed, how is the close-knit community coping?
News round-up / MRI donation, vehicles vandalised, Scalloway school reopens
Letters / Preparing for the future in a changing world (Up Helly Aa)
Education / Scalloway school closed due to leaking water tank
Letters / It is going to stink (proposed Toft net washing plant)
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Politics / SIC ready for European election
Viewpoint / Women are a major part of Up Helly Aa‘We are not adverse to change because of gender issues. We oppose it because Up Helly Aa is part of our culture and heritage and we love it the way it is’, writes Linda Hughson.
Entertainment / Isles musicians to go unplugged
Community / Wedding gift for Australian couple travels the globe
Emergency services / Woman treated following Lerwick house fire
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Court / Remanded in custody
News round-up / College merger board, kirk moderator visit, south mainland funding, art and design exhibition and more
Viewpoint / Call for help following devastating Cyclone Idai
Community / Superfast broadband promised for all by the end of 2021Some of the hardest to reach places may end up with better infrastructure than urban areas