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LERWICK has been confirmed as one of the host ports for the 2023 Tall Ships Races.
Organising charity Sail Training International announced on Tuesday Den Helder (The Netherlands), Hartlepool (UK), Fredrikstad (Norway) and Lerwick as host ports for the annual sailing event.
The tall ships are scheduled to visit Lerwick for the third time, having previously been hosted in the islands in 1999 and 2011, between 26 and 29 July 2023.
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The announcement was not unexpected following leaks to the local press in April suggesting that Lerwick’s bid to host the event had been successful.
Following the council-led bid for the event, a partnership of the SIC, Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Tall Ships Limited will now get to work to plan for the delivery of the event locally.
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SHETLAND and other Scottish islands will move down to Level 1 Covid-19 restrictions and will be able to enjoy additional freedoms along with household visits from next week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
In a televised briefing on Tuesday lunchtime, Sturgeon said the pandemic picture in the islands had been “very much more positive” with case numbers at “consistently low levels, very low levels indeed, for some time now”.
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As a result, while mainland Scotland – with the exception of Moray – is moving to Level 2, Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles will be able to enjoy greater freedoms from Monday (17 May).
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Scotland’s islands will push for further lifting of Covid travel restrictions after learning they will remain in step with the mainland when rules ease later this month.
Tourism bodies had called for clarity on the situation, saying that some businesses were unlikely to survive an extension to the ban on visitors.
The Scottish Government had consulted islanders and decided they will remain in Level 3 in line with the mainland, rather than moving to Level 2, which would have meant some travel restrictions.
NEARLY £300,000 in grant money has been approved by councillors for three local projects through the recently established Crown Estate Fund.
At a meeting of the full council on Wednesday elected members approved a grant of up to £100,000 to the local authorityâs childrenâs services department to establish a youth voice forum.
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This would allow Shetlandâs young people to discuss issues affecting them with councillors and other public organisations, and âensure young peopleâs rights and participation are embedded on a local levelâ.
The idea was warmly welcomed by councillors, but Shetland Central members Moraig Lyall and Ian Scott expressed some reservation over plans to remunerate participants.