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View ArticleVARIOUS MARINE VACANCIES – SHETLAND
Scottish Sea Farms offer the following opportunities for skilled individuals with a passion for aquaculture. We operate a unique training and personal development programme designed to enable rapid...
View ArticleNight Hygiene Cleaner – Scalloway
Scottish Sea Farms is a leading supplier of farmed Atlantic Salmon operating in Shetland, Orkney and Mainland Scotland. We are seeking a “hands-on”, committed, and self-motivated person to join the...
View ArticleMissing woman found safe and well
A hunt for a missing tourist involving coastguards, police and the public has been called off after the 57-year-old was found safe and well this morning. The search, triggered after the woman failed to...
View ArticleExtra North Isles ferries to run tomorrow
Extra ferries will be running tomorrow between Unst, Yell and Fetlar. The Unst Yoal regatta is being held in Unst tomorrow and all ferries into the isle have been fully booked. As a result extra...
View ArticleMaddrim Media shortlisted for success
Local youth film group Maddrim Media will be featured at this year’s world renowned Edinburgh International Film Festival. The two Maddrim films, 14 is the Colour of Hate and It’s 2014, have been...
View ArticleConochies clinches top retailing prize
Conochies on Lerwick’s Commercial Street has been recognised as one of the best greeting card retailers in the UK. The shop was picked out at this year’s greeting card retailing awards – effectionately...
View ArticleFrightening prospect (Rosa Steppanova)
I hear Chris Bunyan wants to “sit around the table” with Sustainable Shetland. I don’t believe his dream will become reality. Sustainable Shetland is in all likelihood the largest ever constituted...
View ArticleExtra-time drama in senior Inter-County
Drama, passion and plenty of grit was on show as Shetland took on Orkney in this year’s Senior Inter-County. In a five-goal thriller the Shetland football team showed plenty of character, after taking...
View ArticleWindfarm risks acceptable? (Evelyn Morrison)
To the named supporters of the windfarm, I would ask, since we know that the mining of rare earth minerals in China is poisoning the land, lakes and people, how can they equate this with nice green...
View Article‘Nonsense’ over EU membership (Brian Nugent)
I have just been wondering about all this nonsense from Better Together about Scotland re-applying to join the EU. Some simple facts for people to consider: Scotland is at the moment part of the EU,...
View Article‘No’ vote means no advance (John Thomson)
I have just been wondering about all this nonsense from Better Together about Scotland re-applying to join the EU. Some simple facts for people to consider: • Scotland is at the moment part of the EU,...
View Article‘Lights Out’ as mark of respect
The floodlights at Lerwick Town Hall will be turned off for an hour next month to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Shetland Islands Council is supporting a nation-wide Lights...
View ArticleCommission could help rural issues
A commission may be set up to consider how to tackle issues that impact on rural communities. However, the Scottish government will only establish its Rural Connectivity Commission in the event of a...
View ArticleCustody for threatening behaviour
A man who pleaded guilty to entering a house uninvited, threatening a woman sleeping there and behaving aggressively, was sent back to custody when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court today. The court...
View ArticleGas plant worker banned from driving
A Portuguese worker at Shetland Gas Plant who drove when more than twice over the legal limit was fined and banned at Lerwick Sheriff Court today. Mario Alberto de Oliveira Torres, 51, of Rua...
View ArticleReaction to education strategy (Sounding Off)
A joint reaction has been written by parent council representatives following an amended strategy for secondary education adopted by Shetland Islands Council last week. Here they put forward their...
View ArticleDITT given Scalloway school contract
The contract for the refurbishment of Scalloway’s school has been awarded to local firm DITT. The project will see the relocation of the Scalloway Health Centre into the current primary school, while...
View ArticleSixth accommodation vessel arrives
A sixth floating accommodation vessel has arrived in Lerwick to house another 400 construction workers at the Shetland Gas Plant. The Gemini cruise ship has been brought to Shetland by Petrofac and...
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