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‘Historic moment’ as Loganair purchases five all-electric planes  Shetland News

Man dies after single vehicle crash on Shetland island  BBC

This week’s Times Past features a Home Office raid; a fire at a whaling station and a look back at the 1986 Junior Golf Shetland Open.

It has taken some time for the government to grasp the seriousness of the issue, but we are starting to see some progress.

HM Coastguard received a report from the stricken vessel, which was in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Shetland, at around 1am on Saturday.

Community safety and resilience board chairman Allison Duncan said it had been raised at the latest Sandwick Community Council meeting.

TIMES PAST: Immigrants arrested after raid on takeaways; tug service saved; Shetland to host island games; fishing boat saved from sinking; illegitimate births registered; Fire at whaling Station  Shetland Times

OPINION: ‘It feels as though we have the wind at our backs’ in campaign to defend coastguard volunteers from remuneration cuts  Shetland Times

Man dies after single vehicle crash on island  bbc.com

Volunteer lifesavers rescue vessel after she lost power in the Atlantic  Shetland Times