Fire rages through West Side house
Fire raged through a house in Clousta during the early hours of this morning. The alarm was raised at around 4.15am. Fire crews from Bixter, Walls and Scalloway rushed to the scene to help deal with...
View ArticleLamentable record (Jonathan Wills)
Charlie Gallagher’s disgraceful and unwarranted personal attack on Alistair Carmichael does him and his cause no credit. He has embarrassed his party and its candidate. He should apologise. Like Mr...
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Joint probe into Clousta house fire
Police and fire brigade officers will launch a joint investigation into a fire that has devastated a house in Clousta. A police vehicle stands guard at the fire destroyed house in Clousta. Photo: Dave...
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Two town housing projects under way
Building work has begun on two new projects in Lerwick totalling £3.5 million which when complete will accommodate 55 tenants. Bank of Scotland relationship manger David Nicolson (left) and Hjaltland...
View ArticleYouth project faces uncertain future
The future of the Peer Education Project in Shetland is uncertain as funding for another year was not approved by the education and families committee today. However the committee agreed to ask the NHS...
View ArticleMan dies in house fire
Police this afternoon confirmed that a man died in a house fire at Clousta in the early hours of this morning. Police and the fire brigade will be launching a joint investigation following the fatality...
View ArticleAmbulances called to two crashes
Ambulances attended two near simultaneous car accidents at the South Lochside area of Lerwick yesterday afternoon. A woman was taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital after a single vehicle accident at...
View ArticleMissing woman found at Port Arthur in Scalloway
Scalloway woman Leigha Williamson, who went missing yesterday, has been found. Police confirmed that the 44-year-old had been discovered at Port Arthur, the same area of the village she went missing...
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Candidates address voters at hustings event
Election candidates battled it out last night in Shetland Museum and Archives as they bid to become the next northern isles MP. Four out of the five candidates faced a packed audience of voters at BBC...
View ArticleSafeguarding the future (Richard and Victoria Gibson)
This is a letter to all the candidates for the Northern Isles in the General Election. Evidence that climate change will seriously threaten our lives grows daily and yet none of you appear to have...
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Maritime history lecture to be broadcast online
A PhD student who is researching the history, folklore and construction of Shetland boats will give a lecture that will be broadcast live on the internet. Marc Chivers’ talk, “The Shetland boat:...
View ArticleSheriff gives ‘absolute menace’ another chance
An “absolute menace” who forced traffic to stop and threatened to kill himself has been spared a custodial sentence at Lerwick Sheriff Court. But Nathan Hilditch has instead been ordered to carry out...
View ArticleDrink driver is jailed and gets 10-year ban
A man has been told there was “no alternative” to a custodial sentence after he was found guilty of being at the wheel while close to five times the drink driving limit. Andrew Goodlad, 55, of Harbour...
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Folk Festival gets under way with stellar opening concert
The 35th Shetland Folk Festival is under way, with folk queuing more than two hours for a glimpse of this year’s visiting acts. Crammed into room 16 at Islesburgh in the festival club music fans were...
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Skene cannot read my father’s mind, says Johnny Grimond
The son of the late Liberal stalwart Jo Grimond has described Danus Skene as “presumptuous” after the SNP candidate accused the Lib Dems of failing to hold true to his father’s principles. Johnny...
View ArticleIn this week’s Shetland Times
In this week’s Shetland Times: •Difficult questions are asked of the Scottish government following claims the bid by the publicly-owned NorthLink Ferries to run the lifeline ferry service undercut...
View ArticleFerry deal ‘a cock-up that turned into a cover-up’
The Scottish government has been accused of a cover-up after failing to answer questions about its decision to award the 2012 Northern Isles ferry contract to Serco, The Shetland Times can exclusively...
View ArticleAircraft diverts after engine shut down
A Loganair flight from Sumburgh to Edinburgh was forced to divert after one of its engines was shut down. The captain of the Saab 340 aircraft took the precautionary step after an air pressure...
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Floortje tells Islands’ story
The hazy light of the early evening and the mist tumbling off the cliffs. Rediscovering home has been an intriguing experience for photographer Floortje Robertson. After setting sail for Glasgow,...
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Festival is back with a bang in Bigton
The folk festival is back … and if opening night in Bigton was anything to go by it’s back with a bang. By the end of the evening Danish band Habadekuk had the crowd on its feet clapping and stamping...
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