"There has been a real desire to tackle long-standing problems at Shetland Islands Council, " he said.
We generate enough power in this ship to power the whole of the Shetland Islands.
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The Shetland Islands were given from Norway to Scotland in the 15th Century as part of a royal dowry.
Meanwhile, a retired teacher from Buckley, Flintshire, died in a road crash on the Shetland islands.
In the UK, it increased its majority stake in the offshore Schiehallion oilfield west of the Shetland Islands.
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One reported loss in Scotland outside the Shetland Islands, and which has still to be found, was the Trompetteer.
In September, Shetland Islands Council (SIC) passed a five-year medium term financial plan.
Primary school class sizes are smallest in the Western Isles (14 pupils), followed by Shetland Islands and Orkney (both 17).
The author of that, American sociologist Jonathan Church, spent time on the Shetland Islands investigating what he called "confabulations of community".
The Chevron-operated Rosebank project is located approximately 130km (80 miles) north west of the Shetland Islands, in water depths of approximately 1, 100m (3, 700 ft).
Only Clackmannanshire, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and South Ayrshire local authority areas have shown increases in average property prices compared with the previous year.
In their responses, campaign group Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) and Shetland Islands Council said they wanted it to be stored at the Caithness site.
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In Scotland, the most desirable place to live was named in a Bank of Scotland survey as the Shetland Islands, ousting Aberdeenshire from top spot.
Their Atlantic Odyssey cruise is the ultimate in ice vacations, lasting nearly 40 days, with visits to the Antarctic peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands.
Is this really a legitimate business transaction involving an Italian manufacturing subsidiary, two Caymans corporations and a licensing entity based in the Shetland Islands, or is it just a clever way to avoid paying U.S. taxes?
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Shetland Islands Council welcomed the extra sailing.
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On a notoriously violent patch of the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland and 160 kilometers west of the Shetland Islands, where winds howl at 80 kilometers an hour and waves can run 30 meters high, a brutish red vessel rolls in a mounting breeze.
Sights you can expect to gawk at in awe on your voyage include a variety of points on the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, a whole mess of seals, four different types of penguins and a starkly beautiful panorama of unforgiving rock, ice, and snow.
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Last Wednesday at 2.10pm GMT, police arrested Davis from his home on Shetland, a rugged collection of islands above Scotland known for having super-fast broadband coverage.
The MP said the torch was already visiting several islands around the UK, including Jersey and Shetland.
Shetland's Council has been trying to reshape education across the islands for at least the past 11 years.
Loganair has put on an extra flight between Aberdeen and Shetland on Saturday and retailer Tesco chartered a Hercules transporter plane to fly supplies to the islands to restock empty shelves.
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