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Junior youth clubs could bear brunt of latest round of cuts
Cuts of 25 per cent are to be made from the council’s youth services this year and junior youth clubs and part-time youth workers seem likely to be those who will lose out. In a series of consultation...
View ArticleHjaltland Housing Association enlists tenants’ help in launch of new website
Hjaltland Housing Association has launched a new website produced by Lerwick-based NB Communications. When the association decided to commission a new website, it invited a number of its tenants to be...
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Opening night Cunningsburgh show lives up to expectations
Click to enlarge The line-up last night at Cunningsburgh on the opening night of the 33rd Shetland Folk Festival promised much. And it promptly delivered on a committee promise to festival stalwart,...
View ArticleGrand finale from April Verch provides highlight at Hamnavoe
Hamnavoe Hall filled to the brim last night as crowds gathered to hear what the 33rd folk festival had to offer. First on stage was local ensemble Haltadans, who impressed with their dynamic set of...
View ArticleWeather Outlook for Shetland – Friday, 3rd May 2013 at 11:41
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SHETLAND Friday, 3rd May 2013 at 11:41 HEADLINES TODAY: Mostly dry and bright.TONIGHT: Rain or sleet.TOMORROW: A brighter interlude then more rain. Turning milder.DAYS 3-5: Often...
View ArticleBritish-made Americana enthralls Legion audience
Thursday night’s opener at Lerwick’s Legion contained highlights aplenty during a five-act, four-hour concert where the standard of musicianship seldom fell below outstanding. I’m afraid I can’t tell...
View ArticleNew film will explore modern fishing industry and its compexities
A new film which explores the challenges faced by owners of fishing vessels will be shown in Shetland this month. The Business of Fishing will be screened at the NAFC Marine centre in Scalloway on 14th...
View ArticlePolitically incorrect polkas prove a treat for Legion crowd
“You’re in for a treat.” That was the prediction from the bar staff at the Legion in Lerwick who’d heard the sound check ahead of last night’s concert. There was an Irish theme running through the...
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Whale’s body washed up in Yell
A dead whale was discovered off Yell on Friday morning. Shetland Coastguard was contacted when the remains were found shortly before 10am at Burra Ness in the isle. The whale which was discovered in...
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Hillswick audience impressed by visiting festival acts
Arriving at Hillswick on Friday evening the popularity of the forthcoming concert was obvious. At just after 7pm, with the doors still closed, at least 50 people were queued outside and cars parked all...
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Cuban sounds get Clickimin crowd dancing like never before
I can’t think of a Shetland Folk Festival concert at the Clickimin that had quite so many people up on their feet dancing. Four acts and a crowd willing and full of, well, energy among other things....
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Lifeboat called to tow in creel boat
The Aith Lifeboat was called out yesterday to tow in a creel boat and its four crew after it suffered from engine failure. The Lerwick-registered 10 metre creel boat Ivy Leaf was on passage from West...
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Roaring crowd revels in the Isles’ Gathering.
It’s difficult to know where to start when describing such a fantastic night of music. Brought together by musical directors Margaret Scollay and Douglas Montgomery the Isles’ Gathering at Mareel last...
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Festival’s newest member arrives
Shetland Folk Festival has it’s newest member – little Hamish McLeman. Committee member Mhari Pottinger gave birth to him at 2.16am on Sunday. Mhari had busily been working on the folk festival to the...
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Gray: squandering of oil money since 2000 caused SIC spending crisis
Click on image to enlarge. Shetland Islands Council would not be facing any school closures or cuts to its ferries budget if it hadn’t squandered tens of millions of pounds from its oil reserves since...
View ArticleVisiting folkies applaud “amazing” landscape and festival hospitality
Islanders once more turned out in their droves to see over a dozen visiting acts fiddling, strumming, picking and singing their way through 24 concerts over four days at the Shetland Folk Festival....
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Sparrow monitoring project launched on Westside
A project to monitor one of the most common birds in Shetland has been launched on the Westside. The house sparrow is under threat in many parts of Britain and has been added to conservationists’ “red...
View ArticleTourist trade (Paul Meyer)
The importance of tourist and visitor trade to our area must not be overlooked. Tourism attracts up to 60,000 visitors a year to Shetland and is worth over £17 million income for the isles. The Bigton...
View ArticleMore criticism for Serco over ferry discount changes
Serco has come under renewed fire over changes to its fare discount scheme which have forced some groups to pay extra for ferry travel south. Lerwick Community Council plans to write to Scottish...
View ArticleSickness outbreak forces ward closure
Ward 1 at Gilbert Bain Hospital is closed to new admissions and visiting has been restricted following an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting. Hospital staff are investigating the cause and infection...
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