Nature / Fair Isle sea cave wildlife documented for the first time
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Education / Fair Isle primary seeks new head teacher
Arts / New town shop’s exhibition highlights lace knitting and Fair Isle chairsSophie and Eve using space to increase awareness of two endangered crafts
Transport / Fair Isle ferry now able to accept passengers againPassengers have been unable to travel on the MV Good Shepherd IV since the start of the pandemic
Transport / Full steam ahead for new Fair Isle ferry funding bidLocal resident Eileen Thomson says ‘we desperately need a ferry suitable for life in the 21st century, to continue to attract visitors and prosper as a community’
Community / More grants given out from Viking Energy community fund
Transport / ‘Let’s get this over the line’: transport partnership supports Fair Isle ferry funding bid
Transport / SIC lines up £25m funding bid for Fair Isle ferry improvements
Arts / Fair Isle chairs exhibition goes online
Features / Fair Isle Times – keeping the remote community and beyond informed since 1978
Also in the news / Vaccination, planning, Foinaven, awards, ANZAC, Saltire, Northwards and marine plan
Transport / SIC to examine if new £4.8bn fund could pay for replacement Fair Isle ferry
Business / Fair Isle knitting designer expands thanks to HIE funding
Health / Work ongoing with outer island communities over nursing provision after resignations
Community / Plans for new Fair Isle bird observatory stall after building work proves too costlyA new building will now not be ready before at least 2023
Community / Money worries behind ‘extremely difficult’ decision to make bird observatory staff redundant
Community / Fair Isle Bird Observatory staff made redundant after 10 years in the job
Community / Museum happy to take slides saved from the dump‘The way these photos have gone down a hit with the public is very much to do with nostalgia’, curator Ian Tait says
Transport / Government minister invited to Fair Isle to explain ferry replacement delaySNP councillor Robbie McGregor says he has held talks with government officials on the matter
Arts / Fair Isle chairs go on display in museum
Transport / Councillor calls wait for progress on replacement Fair Isle ferry ‘despicable’
Community / MP calls on government to support Fair Isle Bird Observatory rebuildCrowdfunding appeal for the project has so far raised over £130,000
Community / Crime drama star helps Fair Isle fundraiser reach £80,000
Emergency services / Fair Isle blaze was detected within half an hour, fire chief clarifies
Marine / Fish health focus for Scottish Sea Farms’ new boat
Community / Video series gives people virtual tours around Fair Isle during pandemic
Community / Isles to be unaffected by National Trust for Scotland’s drastic cost-cutting measuresThe charity has owned Fair Isle since 1954
Council / Fair Isle bird observatory rebuild gets planning approval
Community / Plans submitted for new Fair Isle bird observatoryHopes for the building to be completed by summer next year
Transport / Competition likely for next inter-island air contract
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