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2 July 2008

• Teenager rescued from LK harbour

• NorthLink needs new freight boats

• Cannabis grower will be out this month

• Heroin dealer awaits sentence

• Opponents question carbon claim

• Isles poets at Edinburgh festival

• Toxic scum threat on Unst

• In brief - 2 July 2008

• Zambia gymnasts head off

1 July 2008

• Five times the limit

• SIC strike ballot begins

• The glass ceiling is unbroken

• Airport strike suspended

• Treasure back on Friday

• In brief - 1 July 2008

• Young filmmakers take over Town Hall
   

June 2008

30 June 2008

• Burra man’s body found

• A Johnsmas success

• Police look for missing man

• Weekend call outs

• Tavish against new drink laws

• Ferry inquiry report “disappoints”

• Broadband to reach furthest corners

• Hamefarin team choose their brand

27 June 2008

• Celebrating Mareel

• New single status deal on the table

• Airport strike talks set

• Linga out of action until July

• Light fingered builder loses home

• Where to berth Whalsay’s ferries?

• NHS chief visits Shetland

• Foula school to get hooked up

• Welcome return for piano man Neil

• Carnival cash

• Garrison enjoys Sex and Chocolate

• Five piece launch second album

26 June 2008

• Mareel objectors battle on

• Mareel no longer an illusion

• No Plan B for school’s A Block

• Top SIC officials call it a day

• Public cash to buy privates homes

• MSP “depressed” after fuel meeting

• Halls offered hope on licence fees

• Ross takes over from Mo

• SIC turbines just the job

• Hockey: All to play for

25 June 2008

• Walker rescued off Ronas Hill

• Hill: I’m ready when they are!

• Councillors told to scale down school

• SFF call again for fuel support

• New wind plans for heating scheme

• Attacker back behind bars

• Phishy email warning

• Island athletes to face drug tests

• Rosettes at the Highland Show

24 June 2008

• Lost it on the pier

• Over three times over

• Decision time for Mareel

• Airport strike: government must step in

• Auspicious result for league hopefuls

• Veterans outrun the rest

• In brief - 24 June 2008

• Stout runs north

23 June 2008

• Sixareen revived

• Thousands hit by strike

• Three arrested after disturbance

• Holyrood must look again at housing

• Drew and Keith join the NHS

• Wet and windy, but still good fun

• Pictures: A weekend of festivals

• Review: Chroma do it again

21 June 2008

• Coastguard not amused by elusive yacht

• Police seize more drugs

20 June 2008

• Missing yacht spotted off Shetland

• Coastguards search for missing yacht

• BT admits broadband fault…eventually

• Careless drivers in court

• Pouring on the big party

• In brief - 20 June 2008

19 June 2008

• Stuart Hill declares independence

• Loganair announce flight cutbacks

• Probation for battering woman

• Cannabis grower stays inside

• Ex councillor banned again

• Skipper appears in court again

• Thrown in the cells to cool off

• Trip of a lifetime

• Open day a huge success

• Hockey: Whalsay hang on to lead…just

18 June 2008

• SIC should be able to “buy seabed”

• First minister backs fuel coalition

• Airport strike due Monday

• Emotional visit by Shetland Bus troupe

• In brief - 18 June 2008

• Ready, steady…sail!

• Come and talk fish quota

17 June 2008

• Altaire skipper to stand trial

• Cod hatchery now just a shell

• Village wants its post office back

• John White eyes up Superfast service

• Vikings want your vote

• In brief - 17 June 2008

• Jam-packed New Shetlander…as usual

16 June 2008

• Weekend police report

• Historic visit by Shetland Bus boat

• Coastguards step up action

15 June 2008

• Holyrood cut housing cash

• Moving on to shortlist

• Salmon talks in Norway

13 June 2008

• Airport strike back on agenda

• Best ever Classic Show

• Museum on another UK shortlist

• Climbing for cancer

• In brief - 13 June 2008

12 June 2008

• Heroin addict escapes conviction

• Fuel rise costs SIC ferries £1 million

• Council adopts Bressay tunnel as policy

• Ministers discuss fishing fuel crisis

• Safety on the croft

• Norway flights are packed

• On the trail of the Earl

• Classic classical group revisit isles

• All aboard for Lifeboat Day

• Terminal to sponsor rugby

• Metal band must tour to find a crowd

• Screen heroes and villains at film fest

11 June 2008

• Shetland awash with heroin

• Crofters to be quizzed about report

10 June 2008

• Trial reveals huge market for heroin

• Polish man held after attack

• Crofters being "left in the lurch"

6 June 2008

• Heat rises at wind farm meeting

• Three hurt in head on crash

• Busy summer for isles band

• Yell man still missing

• Sheriff despairs after players’ brawl

• State aid scuppers abattoir funding plans

• SIC backs go it alone tourism venture

• Kay admits assaulting another woman

• Robbie in the dock

• In brief - 6 June 2008

• Focus on carers

5 June 2008

• Search for missing man to resume

• Distant hope in fuel campaign

• Bizarre assault after heavy drinking

• No jail for paralytic driver

• Fuel price shelves ferry fare review

• College lands megrim study

• Trouble at Sandy Loch

• Brand new cop shop for Whalsay

• First dredger has finished work

• Hockey: Whalsay challenge for the top

4 June 2008

• Tesco plans cause alarm and confusion

• MP seeks probe into fuel price fixing

• Government rejects fishers’ fuel plea

• Log on to car share

• Airport strike called off

• Fish landings set for record year

• Orkney College studies Shetland

• In brief – 4 June 2008

• Fiddling while the planet burns

• Football: Spurs storm home from behind

3 June 2008

• Fishers take fuel demands to London

• Flash, bang…no power

• Rural group holds first meeting

• A glimpse at modern Shetland

• Legendary DJ comes island hopping

• Tips on health from Holyrood

2 June 2008

• Councillors to run the council

• Relay for Life a great success

• Shetland’s beaches worth a visit

• May was dry and sunny

• In brief - 2 June 2008

• Classic Car extravaganza

• Nature gets it own festival
   

May 2008

31 May 2008

• Never has whisky been so sought after

• Strike set to disrupt air services

• Fuel crisis to be taken to the Treasury

• Shetland Line wins freight subsidy

• Job threat to salmon farming industry

• Comrades still going strong

• NAFC forges new partnership

30 May 2008

• Pay offer angers council staff

• Rising fuel prices sparks political row

• Relay for Life could raise £100,000

• Shetland to play Highland Cup

• MEP invites farmers to NFUS surgery

• In brief - 30 May 2008

• Book festival attracts some big names

29 May 2008

• Fuel prices impact on public transport

• Fishermen across Europe demand help

• Wind farm opponents hold public meeting

• Man in custody

• Rebuilding of burnt mound gets under way

• Sandwick pupils win Althing trophy

• Museum wins public vote

• Hockey: Some high quality playing

28 May 2008

• Rising oil prices fuel parliament debate

• Shetland top in rubbish management

• HIE confident it can help business to grow

• Feature: Probe to uncover the fate of Broo

• Police look for help in theft enquiry

• White sided dolphins in Weisdale Voe

• Cruise to take in Shetland’s scenery

• Young knitters to exhibit their work

27 May 2008

• A ferry for Whalsay, a tunnel for Bressay

• LibDem deputy supports fuel price probe

• Help to understand new rural support

• Golfers raise thousands for the mission

• A new job for Fiona

• Sophie makes it into senior national team

26 May 2008

• Police arrest man with ecstasy

• “Life is good” – says Marion

• Fishermen to count kittiwakes

• Two weeks to go to Motor Show

• Johnsmas Foy gets bigger and bigger

23 May 2008

• No fuel surcharge on fish

• Art Fund Prize goes to Woking

• Two cars crash at the Black Gaet

• Man denies using two names in court

• Edwyn Collin to flavour Shetland

• Hjaltland continues growing

• Intriguing new exhibition at Da Gadderie

22 May 2008

• Further Coastguard strikes inevitable

• Police call for witnesses

• Corsa damaged in road accident

• Tavish scrutinises future energy supplies

• Bold move to have little local impact

• Classic bar brawl lands two in court

• Top cyclist escaped disqualification

• Court briefs - 22 May 2008

• Bourhill moves back to the NAFC

• Shetland’s ready for the Blues

21 May 2008

• Coastguard dispute to hit the Commons

• Killer whale research comes to Shetland

• Council advise on proof of age

• Crofthouse garden wins gold

• Fishing records to return to Shetland

• In brief - 21 May 2008

20 May 2008

• Council reserves hit by credit crunch

• COPE expands to Whalsay

• An impressive educational journey

• Museum wins government support

• Shetland represented at energy show

• Date set for Spiggie Fun Run

19 May 2008

• Police weekend report

• Reformers ready for the long haul
• Lochhead demands help for fishermen
• Cruise liner season kicks off
• Writer delighted by local talent
• Tavish asks islanders to give for Burma
• Museum wants your help
• All ready for classic motor show

16 May 2008

• No Catch assets sale continues

• Police warn of fake identification

• Renewed efforts to find MS cure

• Scott rages at island fuel costs

• All parties like crofting report

• Another event to celebrate local food

• Top tourism businesses sought

15 May 2008

• Catch is over the hump

• Mareel: not dead yet

• School costs skyrocket

• Trust reformers meet again

• Oil port raises its tug charges

• In brief - 15 May 2008

• What makes young people stick around

• Shetland firm powers city tower

• Motorbikes galore at classic show

14 May 2008

• Heroin worth thousands seized

• Tough choices over new school

• Mareel leaps another funding hurdle

• Viking appoints consultancy team

• In brief - 14 May 2008

• Arctic circumnavigator passes isles

• Long trail for army pipers

• Football: Double victory for Scalloway

13 May 2008

• Jobs to go as cod hatchery dies

• No more grovelling to SIC for Mareel

• Blackwood focus back on whisky

• Radical crofting report welcomed

• Fuel task force for fishermen

• In brief - 13 May 2008

• Gymnasts have a high old time

12 May 2008

• Boat fire was an illusion

• Artists take up Viking challenge

• In brief - 12 May 2008

• Stofa timbers arrive onboard Statsraad Lehmkuhl

9 May 2008

• SIC could rescue Levenwick PO

• Sheriff unimpressed by summary justice

• Trustees vote for standstill
• No conflict of interest
• Bouncer cleared of violent assault
• News in brief - 9 May 2008

8 May 2008

• Jailed for supplying teens with booze
• Man drove through window while smashed
• Another livestock container row
• Cleeves brings crime to Shetland
• Science fest tours Shetland
• Hockey: Spurs well ahead

7 May 2008

• Seven months for serial offending
• Trust faces up to change
• SEPA staff ready for action
• Remanded on assault charge
• Scott: Government are breaking law
• Stofa timbers heading Papa’s way
• Lerwick gets shipshape for midsummer
• Netball: Kinetics set the pace
• A fine night of football
• Shetland gymnasts win praise

6 May 2008

• Colour co-ordinated waste for town

• MEP demands help for fisherfolk

• In brief - 6 May 2008

• Football: Tight match, despite score

5 May 2008

• Trust wants £8m for Old Scatness

• Three youngsters nabbed for vandalism

• Whalsay girls’ trampoline success

• Fish cash consultation

• In brief - 5 May 2008

• African charity seeks island helpers

2 May 2008

• More exotic than ever before

• Skeld reels as Smokehouse folds

• Wills demands bridge inquiry

• Faroe to revive “vivda” in Shetland

• Lerwick, lock up your cars

• Ferry firms meet EC commissioner

• Government consults on school closures

• Wigwams in the wild north

• Hockey: Spurs lead under threat

• Hockey: Delting do it

1 May 2008

• Pensions strike could hit Sullom Voe

• Shetland pushes bid for Atlantic gas

• Tesco: bigger store, more jobs

• Bumper quarter for town’s port

• In brief - 1 May 2008

• Rockin’ da Rock