The Shetland News is a news website serving the islands of Shetland, Scotland. Previously, The Shetland News was a weekly newspaper published between 1885...
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Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region...
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Shetland is a Scottish crime drama television series produced by ITV Studios for BBC Scotland. First broadcast on BBC One on 10 March 2013, it is originally...
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linking was the 1996 Scottish case of The Shetland Times vs. The Shetland News, in which the Times accused the News of appropriating stories on the Times'...
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The Shetland pony or Sheltie is a Scottish breed of pony originating in the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. It may stand up to 107 cm (42 in)...
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The Shetland Islands Council is the local authority for the Shetland Islands, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It was established by in 1975 by...
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SIBC (redirect from Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company)
155559; -1.146110 Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company (SIBC) is the only Independent Local Radio station broadcasting in the Shetland Islands. Its coverage...
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Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first...
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SaxaVord Spaceport (redirect from Shetland Space Centre)
known as Shetland Space Centre, is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off...
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Shetland HVDC Connection is a high-voltage direct current submarine power cable connecting Shetland to the British mainland. The project was proposed...
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Balta (Scots: Balta; Old Norse: "Baltey") is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. Balta lies off the east coast of Unst and Balta Sound. It has...
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Viking Wind Farm (redirect from Viking Wind Farm (Shetland Islands))
large on-shore wind farm in the Shetland Islands which was developed by Viking Energy, a partnership between Shetland Islands Council and SSE plc. It...
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BBC Radio Shetland is a radio station and local opt-out service of BBC Radio Scotland, covering the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The station's studio is...
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North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland...
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festival held annually from January to March in various communities in Shetland, Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season. Each festival involves a...
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The Shetland is a small, wool-producing breed of sheep originating in the Shetland Isles, Scotland, but is now also kept in many other parts of the world...
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RRH Saxa Vord (category Aviation in Shetland)
radar station located on the island of Unst, the most northern of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. As of July 2019 it is once more a fully operational...
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The Shetland Times is a weekly newspaper in Shetland, published on Fridays and based in Lerwick, the main town in the Shetland Islands. The newspaper is...
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Elections to Shetland Islands Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish...
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The island groups of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles are all currently regions of Scotland. Their constitutional status has periodically been discussed...
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Fair Isle (category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland)
Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly 38 kilometres (20+1⁄2 nautical miles) from the Shetland Mainland and about 43 kilometres...
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Hans J (21 April 2011). "Joan Armatrading to 'tie the knot' in Shetland". Shetland News. Retrieved 29 August 2023. "Singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading...
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The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of 3,687 km2 (1,424 sq mi). They lie about 120...
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Scotland. 29 September 2016. "New 50-seater aircraft touches down". Shetland News. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2024. "Eastern Airways expands...
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celebrated annually on the last Tuesday in January in Lerwick, the capital of Shetland, Scotland. A Guizer Jarl has featured in each Lerwick Up Helly Aa since...
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The Shetland Movement was a pressure group and political party created in 1978 to advocate for greater autonomy in Shetland. The group called for the...
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campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021. "Cox on isles accent". Shetland News. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2021. Young, Neil (18 June 2014)...
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but is now considered incorrect. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands...
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Scatsta Airport (category Airports in Shetland)
SCS, ICAO: EGPM), was a commercial airport on the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) north of Lerwick and...
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2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019. "Loganair plans to revamp fleet". Shetland News. 29 November 2018. Craig Hoyle (2016). "World Air Forces Directory 2017"...
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