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‘Location manager’ Davie Gardner reflects on the first day of the Tall Ships Races visit to Lerwick, and finds it difficult to decide which of the live stages to go to
WHEN MORE than 300 fully kitted out Vikings gathered in Scalloway’s Lovers Lane on Tuesday night, local jarl John Magnus Gray had the rare honour of steering a galley to her fiery death for the second time this year. In what was a massive spectacle, Scalloway was hosting a...
BOATS taking part in the Tall Ships Races have begun arriving in Shetland ahead of the main Lerwick event this coming week. Some are already in the North Isles, with Baltasound and Cullivoe two cruise in company guests ports. The Sail Yell festival begun today (Sunday) and is...
NEW social housing in Scalloway is in high demand - with nearly 280 applications lodged for just 13 properties. A mix of one, two, three and four bedrooms flats and houses were recently advertised by Hjaltland Housing Association. A total of 275 applications were received from...
TWO garden gnomes have mysteriously appeared at the Whalsay Health Centre today (Wednesday). No one locally seems to know where they came from, but they have set up home in what was described as a “nasty pothole” seemingly to draw attention to the very hole. A local resident...