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Local food producers have enjoyed success at the first Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards. Thule Ventusâ salt cod pate and Uradale Farmâs beef sassermaet both won awards, while Lerwick Breweryâs Azacca Amarillo IPA bagged a bronze prize. Thule Ventusâ David Polson said he was âabsolutely delightedâ to see his pate win two awards.
Royal Mail has begun using space at the Brae leisure centre, giving it a base from which to make deliveries in the North Mainland. Shetland Recreational Trust said that it should have âminimal impactâ on the surrounding area, and it allows the organisation the opportunity to open facilities from 7am and invest in the leisure centre in the longer term.
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GRANTING the men who work on the councilâs tugs at Sella Ness long service awards of one extra monthâs salary could â potentially – expose Shetland Islands Council (SIC) to millions of pounds worth of equal pay claims.
SIC chief executive Maggie Sandison told
Shetland News that it was not possible for the tug workers to start unpicking their special contractual arrangements with the council without undoing the entire set-up.
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The men working on the Sullom Voe tugs have now overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action at the oil port, due to start in the middle of May.
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A GROUP of disgruntled fishermen are challenging the local inshore shellfish fishery organisation – calling for it to become more transparent and accountable.
They claim the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) has become a âclosed shopâ, preventing new fishermen from entering the inshore fishery sector.
They further allege that the organisation, created more than 20 years ago, is acting against the spirits of its founders by allowing fishing permits to change hands for as much as £40,000.
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The SSMO has strongly defended its approach to managing the inshore waters by saying new entrance licences were being issued regularly, though application processes are usually oversubscribed.
Woman Finds a Message From 21 Years Ago in a Bottle on the Shore of Shetland Islands
While walking on the beach, a woman from the Shetland Islands in Scotland discovered a bottle with a note from 21 years ago. The message was written in the Faroese language.
Megan Keppie was on a walk with her friend, Lisa, on Feb. 28, when she stumbled upon the plastic bottle with a green cap.
“I never look for messages in bottles whenever I see bottles on beaches, I just feel sad that there is so much rubbish about,” Megan told The Epoch Times via Facebook Messenger. “A minute before I found the bottle [Lisa] said ‘wouldn’t it be funny if we found a message in a bottle,’ then she actually stepped over it because she got distracted by the buoy on the beach.”