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LOCAL recipients of this year's Saltire Awards will be revealed in a short film set to be streamed online at 7pm on Wednesday (2 June). The film, which was made because the usual awards ceremony is off limits due to Covid restrictions, will be broadcast on the Voluntary Action.
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HEALTH and care services, schools, employers and businesses across the community are being encouraged to recognise the vital contribution made by unpaid carers in Shetland.
It comes as part of the national carers week, which is taking place between 7 and 13 June.
Locally the event will be held online as well as at Fjara in Lerwick.
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Shetland Carers and Fjara are collaborating to provide a free ‘Cuppa and Cake’ offer to a carer and a companion between 7 to 13 June.
During the week Shetland Carers is also running a competition where carers who send in a photo of how they ‘take a break’ will be entered into a prize draw to win a Sleeping Beauty voucher.
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THE COUNCIL has taken delivery of more than 4,000 tonnes of road salt ahead of what it says will likely be the coldest period of winter.
It was transported on a freight vessel yesterday (Wednesday) which arrived into Scalloway from Northern Ireland.
With more wintry conditions expected in the coming days and weeks, the council’s roads service is asking motorists to take particular care on the roads.
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Roads manager Dave Coupe said: “We’re prepared for winter with a fresh stockpile of road salt which will see us through a cold few weeks.