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Port authority signs deal for monitoring system
Lerwick Port Authority has signed a £450,000 contract with high-tech navigation company Transas to provide a new Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) for the harbour. The new system is necessary to replace...
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SIC struggles to maintain assets, committee hears
There is a big gap between the amount the council can afford to spend and what it would need to maintain all its assets, a meeting was told. Councillor George Smith called the report “downbeat”, and...
View ArticleSafety board gives its support for emergency tug cover
Further weight has been added to the argument in favour of retaining emergency tug cover around the isles. Members of the local community safety and resilience board have given unanimous support for...
View ArticleScalloway drug supplier jailed for three and a half years
A long-term drug user is beginning a prison sentence of three and a half years after he admitted supplying heroin. Allan Maclean, 47, of Scalloway, was trying to pay off drug debts when he agreed to...
View ArticleMan with needle is given 10 months
A repeat offender has been sentenced to a total of 10 months in prison after he was found outside an address without lawful authority. John Gibson, 38, of Lerwick’s Bruce Crescent claimed to have been...
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Whalsay’s Michelle triumphs in Glasgow cross country run
A mud-splattered but happy Michelle Sandison crosses the finish line to win. Whalsay runner Michelle Sandison, who lives in Glasgow, produced another exceptional performance to win the West of Scotland...
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R2-D2 bin found – in a garden not far away
A bin styled on the famous Star Wars robot R2-D2 has made its way back home to the arts centre foyer thanks to people power and Facebook. The R2-D2 bin has been returned to Mareel. Police made...
View ArticleFerry sailings affected by weather
Tomorrow’s scheduled sailing of the Northlink ferry Hjaltland to Kirkwall and Aberdeen has been pushed ahead to mid-day owing to bad weather. Passenger and car check-in will open at 11:00am and will...
View ArticleNuclear waste transport risks (Tor Justad)
I refer to the item headed “Politicians get ready for a fight to ensure tug provision remains” (Shetland Times, 4th December). I would wish to draw attention to the proposal from the Nuclear...
View ArticleCrisis time for football (Liam Billington)
This year was in many ways an excellent one for football in Shetland. A high-quality league season ended with Celtic clinching the title in a dramatic playoff after their season-long battle for...
View ArticleJudges reject legal challenge against Carmichael
Judges have rejected the legal attempt to have Alistair Carmichael unseated as MP for the isles. Four Orkney constituents raised an action against Mr Carmichael under the Representation of the People...
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Case was ‘politically-motivated’, says Carmichael
The failed case against Alistair Carmichael’s election was politically motivated and representative of an “unhealthy” political situation, the MP has said. Reacting to the judgement that dismissed the...
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Justice has not been done – Skene
Alistair Carmichael’s SNP opponent at this year’s General Election has hit back at claims by the Lib Dem MP that the legal battle brought against him was politically motivated. Danus Skene with...
View ArticleJail for man found with heroin
A man who brought heroin into Shetland was sent to prison when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday. Gregor Manson, 37, whose address was given as Carradale Guest House, King Harald...
View ArticleFoula’s only pupil returns to school after chimney repairs
The mother of Foula’s only school pupil is relieved that her son can finally get back to school now that the building has been declared safe after being closed for four weeks. Resident Penny Gear was...
View ArticleHunter explains why trust has set aside cash for PR
Shetland Charitable Trust has budgeted nearly £50,000 for increased administration costs and £14,400 for public relations despite agreeing cuts of almost £400,000 in what it pays out to organisations...
View ArticleMore ferry delays
Bad weather has once more disrupted Northern Isles ferry services with the Hrossay, which is to sail from Lerwick at 7pm tonight, expected to be delayed by up to three hours before arriving at Aberdeen...
View ArticleScollay remanded in custody after admitting child abuse
Local musician Alan Scollay appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to charges of historical abuse dating back to the 1980s. Scollay, 58, of Grodians, Lerwick, was remanded in...
View Article‘French-gate’ result, responses , reactions and more.
• Don’t miss extensive coverage of story surrounding isles MP Alistair Carmichael, and the case against his election in May following the leaking of a Scotland Office memo. Plus … • A long-term drug...
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Online bullying is serious problem, conference hears
At the Safer Shetland event are (back, from left): Kate Gabb, Kirsten Keay, Edward Hallam, Matthew Johnson, Logan Johnson, Kelvin Anderson, Lesley Gray. Front: Wendy Lowe, Freya Balfour, Kane Paul,...
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