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Fantastic feeling for Scalloway Jarl Kenny
It promised to be a grand day for the Scalloway fire festival, if the morning’s crisp but clear conditions were anything to go by. And Guizer Jarl Kenny Grant was happy as could be as he prepared to...
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Photo gallery: Scalloway Fire Festival
Guizer Jarl Kenny Grant and his squad of Vikings made their way through the streets of Scalloway last night followed by scores of guizers who formed 12 different squads. The procession was blessed with...
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Reliving Up-Helly-A’ moments
After 15 years of waiting, Lerwick Guizer Jarl Ivor Cluness has experienced a week he will never forget. From the hundreds of burning torches encircling the galley, to the overwhelming receptions in...
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From the traditional to the bizarre … Shetland’s got talent
Lauren Johnson 16, and Megan Nisbet, 13, from Yell wowed the judges. Photo: Kevin Osborn Last night’s Shetland’s Got Talent was an extravaganza of entertainment which combined a fund-raiser for cancer...
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Restored complex will light up summer visits
The restored Sumburgh lighthouse complex will open to the public a week today for the summer season. The £5.4 million Shetland Amenity Trust project is complete, with the lighthouse and surrounding...
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Scores of entries in calendar contest
Scores of stunning photographs have been sent to The Shetland Times and are in with a chance of featuring on the newspaper’s 2015 calendar. Your photograph could feature on the 2015 Shetland Times...
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Calendar photos – vote for your favourite
The Shetland Times newsroom was flooded with photographs following a Facebook appeal for entries to the newspaper’s calendar competition. A free 2015 calendar will be included with every issue on 31st...
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Super night for Uyeasound festival
Guizer Jarl Richard Mouat in front of his burning galley. Photo: John Coutts Friday 13th was certainly lucky for Guizer Jarl Richard Mouat and his squad at this year’s Uyeasound Up-Helly-A’. Some...
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Gallery: Jarl Lesley’s day gets under way
History is in the making today with the first ever female Guizer Jarl proudly taking her place in the galley at Shetland’s newest fire festival, the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’. According to Lesley...
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Midsummer Carnival – Gallery
Shetland Times photographer Dave Donaldson was among the crowds watching the Midsummer Carnival in Lerwick. The weather was kind and people were out in force as the floats made their way around the...
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Partial reopening of pool planned for Monday
Parts of the Clickimin Leisure Complex pool building will reopen on Monday but it will be mid to late October before the main pool re-opens following the closure of the complex on safety grounds last...
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Pioneering development for mussels to be launched at Scalloway
A major project intended to stabilise shellfish production and “take it to a new level” is about to kick off in Scalloway. A partnership between industry and science will see pioneering research at a...
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Record turnout for half marathon
The 2016 Simmer Dim Half Marathon gets under way in Cunningsburgh. Photo: Kevin Jones The good weather finally returned for the Simmer Dim Half Marathon – and brought out a record number of runners....
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Latest orca drama captured in Quendale Bay
Kevin Jones was on hand to capture the dramatic moment a seal had a narrow escape from a hungry orca in Quendale Bay on Tuesday night. Kevin’s series of photo’s show the apparently oblivious grey seal...
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Voting open in Shetland Times 2018 Calendar competition
It is decision time in our Shetland Times 2018 Calendar competition – and the choice is down to you. A total of 95 entries were received, which have been whittled down to 12 by newsroom staff. The...
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GALLERY: Concert marks launch of Relay for Life 2018
Registration is open ahead of next year’s CRUK Relay for Life. The 2018 relay takes place at the Clickimin Centre in Lerwick on 26th May – with a “survivors” reception being hosted in the new Anderson...
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It’s Up-Helly-Art! Bill heads to go on display at museum
Northmavine Guizer Jarl Mark Kearney’s bill head of 2012. The latest exhibition at Da Gadderie in Shetland Museum features “bill heads” from all the Up-Helly-A’s across Shetland. The bill head sits...
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Jarl ‘Ragnar’ roars as fire festival season get under way in Scalloway
And so it begins… The 2018 season of fiery festivals got under way in Scalloway this morning as Leslie-Wills Setrice rallied his troops for the big day ahead. This year’s Jarl was smiling from ear to...
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Winning wildlife images portray plastic litter problem
An Unst photographer has scooped two national awards for his shocking images of gannets ensnared in plastic litter. The winning image of a solan entwined in plastic netting. Photo: Robbie Brookes...
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