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Weekly Highlights
Monday, 8 April 2024
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Below you'll find 4 highlights from the past week.
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Fishing trawler returning to port under a cloudy sky.

Fishing boat refloated after running aground in Lerwick harbour

A LOCAL whitefish trawler has been refloated on the rising tide in Lerwick harbour after running aground  earlier this afternoon (Wednesday). Coastguard teams, Lerwick …
A woman in a yellow jacket resting against a rock with a grassy hill in the background.

Receiving 'mind-blowing' news – Hadfield wins six-figure literary prize

IT HAS taken a while for Burra-based poet Jen Hadfield to process the life-changing news that was broken to her one dark winter’s evening …
Two individuals in high-visibility jackets survey a charred landscape after a fire.

Hill fire in the Westside

FIREFIGHTERS were sent to deal with a hill fire in the Westside on Monday afternoon. Two appliances were sent to the fire on the …
A rocket is being fired out of a container.

Rocket firm given licence to let launch debris fall into sea

A ROCKET company has been given a marine licence to deposit debris in the sea during launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst. The …
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