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Tag Archives: Shetland
Tavish Scot not to go for Presiding Officer
We understand that the former LibDem Leader, Tavish Scott, received Continue reading
Shetland magic at Celtic Connections
Take four fiddlers add a clarsach and a couple of guitars and you have the magical Fiddlers Bid (above). Continue reading
White Nights at Lochgoilhead
On cue, just as we’ve hit the dark nights, fiddler Chris Stout and harpist Catriona McKay bring White Nights Continue reading
Saltire Prize opens for applications
No small prize this – the biggest Government innovation prize in the world, Scotland’s Saltire Prize Continue reading
Lismore exchange to be upgraded to facilitate better broadband access
The telephone exchange on Argyll’s Isle of Lismore Continue reading
Dubai World asset sale includes Inchcape Shipping Services of Campbeltown origin
Istithmarh, the investment wing of £14BN debt-laden Dubai World, Continue reading
Mhairi Killen’s Absent Voices speak in Shetland, Inverness and Glasgow
The Tobermory arts centre, An Tobar, commissioned Continue reading
Renewable energy: capacity and technology is there but…
(updated below on 17th December) … where is the infrastructure – the investment in the infrastructure? Continue reading
Passenger and crewman injured this morning as Aberdeen-Shetland ferry hits rough water
The Northlink ferry, Hrossay, coming in to Shetland on the overnight run from Aberdeen, hit rough water this morningat around 6.00am as it rounded Sumburgh Head on the approach to Lerwick.
The ferry rolled twice in quick succession in a sever gale and this is when the injuries happened. The passenger and the crewman were thrown against bulkheads. The passenger sufferd a rib injury and the crewman a head injury. Both are in hospital in Lerwick.