🎙 BBC reporter in Shetland.
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🏥 There are fresh calls to replace the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Shetland amid concerns about the structural integrity of the building. The island hospital in Lerwick provides healthcare for 23,000 people living in the far north. Full story here:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l2…
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⚽️ "Having your brother sitting next to you in a stadium when the game kicks off, it's everything."
💷 James and Stuart, brothers from Shetland, have spent about £6.5k each on a trip to the World Cup.
“We haven’t even bought a pint yet!"
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🚗 An eight-mile long oil spill has been reported on a road in the north of Shetland between Toft and Voe. Story here:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2p…
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🛩️ Loganair says flights from Inverness to the Western and Northern isles will be reduced from 19 July due to sustainability concerns. The regional airline says it can no longer maintain the current level of service.
📱 Story here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5p…
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The development and construction of an undersea tunnel between mainland Shetland and the island of Yell would cost £402m and take eight years to complete. Full story here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21…
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'I'm the man with the money,' Murrell told Shetland jeweller.
Great local angle on a major national story — by BBC’s John Johnston.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5p…
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☀️ Other parts are seeing soaring temperatures but it's only 11 degrees in Shetland.
📷 Konrad, from Stoke-on-Trent, is visiting Lerwick: "It would have been nicer to have had warmer weather...but we expected it to be a lot wetter and windier!" bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1w24llv…
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⛴️ On News at 7 (BBC Scotland): Island councils say the construction of tunnels, causeways and bridges could be cheaper than continuing to maintain ferries and harbours. Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney warn of ageing vessels and depopulation in some communities.
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Cameron Angus-Mackay retweeted
May 12
The results are in - the BBC was the place millions came to get all their #elections news!
On elections results day:
💻Around 19m unique visitors to BBC News Online - the highest since the 2024 General Election.
➡️Nearly 24m viewed our live results web page - across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Local
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Police are following a "positive line of inquiry" after two teenagers were assaulted in Lerwick on Friday night. Read the latest here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqp…
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🎥 A political earthquake in the far north. The SNP’s Hannah Mary Goodlad has won the Shetland Islands constituency with a majority of over 1500 votes. This is a part of the country where the Liberal Democrats have been dominant for decades.
📺 Here’s my report:
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🗳️ SNP’s Hannah Mary Goodlad wins Shetland Islands constituency with 5,453 votes. This is a part of Scotland where the Liberal Democrats have been dominant for decades. The result represents a political earthquake in the far north.
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NEWS: Alistair Carmichael, the LibDem MP for Orkney and Shetland, has congratulated the SNP’s candidate for Shetland Islands, saying it looks as if his party has lost the seat. The shift represents a political earthquake in the far north.
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Carmichael says it’s been a ‘difficult campaign’ locally but insists his party will still be in the isles to see Hannah Mary Goodlad delivers on what she has promised.
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🎥 Shetland Returning Officer Jan Riise collects the ballot boxes from Bressay.
📻🎙️ Live election coverage starts at 9:30am on BBC1 and BBC Radio Scotland
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🌨️ Shetland had a flurry of heavy snow just hours after the UK recorded its coldest May night in five years. Read more here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4p…
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Cameron Angus-Mackay retweeted
Musicians from round the world have gathered for the 44th annual Shetland Folk Festival
See more stories from Scotland bbc.in/4bPBj1z
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🎻 44th Shetland Folk Festival is underway. Around 3000 people are at the event, with performers from USA, Mexico, Canada and Switzerland.
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Volunteers are refurbishing a 40-year-old oxygen chamber in Shetland in a bid to offer hyperbaric therapy to people suffering from chronic illnesses. Experts highlight the lack of evidence to demonstrate health improvements but some are reporting breakthroughs. On @BBCRadioScot
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