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How do we reconcile change? Viking wind farm and the consequences

When Shetland embarked on that protracted Viking wind farm journey more than two decades ago, ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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Penny Armstrong (left) and Alan Robertson (right)

Organic veg producers in Shetland say climate crisis still not taken seriously

FOOD producers Transition Turriefield say they are “tired of fighting to get enough” funding from ...
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The Just Transition Commission launches its report weeks after the controversial Viking Energy wind farm was switched on. Photo: Shetland News

Community empowerment key to just transition

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is set to call for the introduction of the statutory right ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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“We can all play a part in changing the culture” – call to tackle stigma around alcohol use

NHS Shetland alcohol and drug development officer, Wendy Henderson, said there remains stigma against people ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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‘Warmth and determination’: Jen’s masterful reports from inside Ukraine now available as a book

When a young local journalist fulfilled her lifelong dream of living and working in Russia, ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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The jarl squad marching up Commercial Road in Lerwick for Up Helly Aa | Photo from Shetland News

A historic Up Helly Aa in Lerwick as women join the jarl squad

After a long wait to become guizer jarl of Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa, local Richard ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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Shetland Women's Aid

Island victims of domestic abuse disadvantaged by justice system

The island-specific obstacles for victims of domestic abuse in finding access to appropriate legal representation ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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