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SHETLAND Library today (Monday) announced six winners in this year’s Young Shetland Writer competition. With the theme of The Gift, judges James Sinclair, Jim Mainland, and Mary Blance had to select the winners from a total of 316 entries. Winners in the seven to nine...
The funeral of Lise Sinclair was held in Fair Isle. The sun streamed in the windows of the small Methodist Chapel where Lise had often played the organ. Family and friends gathered to pay their last respects to a radiant personality who’ll be remembered far beyond her native...
THE SCOTTISH Government has published a new plan on how to deal with bird flu outbreaks. Environment minister Gillian Martin has also thanked organisations and the public for their response to the ongoing outbreak. Martin said: “The avian flu outbreak in wild bird populations...
Willie Thompson, 1939-2023 In 1962 Willie Thompson, with his wife Noreen Butler, and his close friend Douglas Bain, joined the Communist Party and the Young Communist League in Glasgow. They were all around 23 years old. I remember hearing a Lerwick businessman fulminating about...
THOUSANDS of tickets for the many live music events during the Tall Ships Races at the end of July will go on sale next Friday (12 May). With 40 ships now confirmed for the event, taking place from 26-29 July, organisers expect tickets for the packed Thursday, Friday and...