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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 hills between Sandness and West Burrafirth. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 4.49pm on Monday, 1 April to...

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Faulty Papa Stour power cable to be replaced

THE SUBSEA electricity cable to Papa Stour will be replaced after it developed a fault earlier this year. The hope from SSEN is to carry out the work by the end of September. Generators have been brought to the island to ensure stable supply for 20 customers following a fault on...

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Work gets underway on electric boat which will be used in Papa Stour trial

Work gets underway on electric boat which will be used in Papa Stour trial
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Ship-building jobs boost for Goat Island

Ship-building jobs boost for Goat Island
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Estimated cost of new Cullivoe road reaches £9.9m

THE ESTIMATED cost of creating a new Cullivoe road in Yell has now risen to nearly £10 million. The £9.9 million capital estimate is almost double the £5 million figure given in the early stages of the project in 2020. The most recent budget had been £6.3 million. Meanwhile...

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Power cuts, tow-in, Stena Spey airlift and more…

MORE than 600 properties in Scalloway, Hamnavoe and Bridgend were without power for up to three hours on Saturday. SSEN Distribution said a fault had occurred in the utility’s overhead network twenty minutes before midday. Engineers went out to restore the fault and by 2.36pm...

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Road surface dressing to begin soon

THE SUMMER programme of surface dressing on roads throughout Shetland is due to begin soon. Over 80 locations have been identified across the isles for surface dressing to improve the road surface and protect the road from winter frost damage. In some locations, work is only...

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Surfacing of roads to begin | The Shetland Times Ltd

Surfacing of roads to begin | The Shetland Times Ltd
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High-speed connectivity on the cards for Papa Stour as part of a government funded trial

THE SMALL community of Papa Stour is set to benefit from high-speed satellite broadband in the not too distant future, part of a UK Government pilot project to connect ‘very hard to reach’ areas. Global satellite communication company OneWeb has been commissioned to provide...

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Papa Stour community's concern at 'lack of consultation' on electric boat trial

It has been confirmed that a fully-electric boat will temporarily replace the Papa Stour ferry during a four-week trial in 2025

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