Freight vessel set to arrive in Lerwick tomorrow
Freight vessel the Hildasay is due to leave Aberdeen for Lerwick at noon tomorrow. This is following the cancellation of ferry services due to severe weather. Serco NorthLink said she was due to...
View ArticleCash boost for Burravoe Co-op
Co-operative Group members in the Highlands have given a £500 grant to help the Burravoe Food Co-operative in Yell. The cash boost is from the Co-operative Membership Community Fund, which is...
View ArticleBressay Primary ‘closure report’ published
Council officials have set out recommendations to close Bressay Primary School and bring nursery education in the isle to an end. A weighty consultation report has been published on the council’s...
View ArticleMan in court accused of stealing van
A man accused of stealing a van from Grantfield Garage over the weekend has appeared in court charged with the offence. But Craig Moverly, 44, of Burnside, Lerwick, did not tender a plea when he...
View ArticleAccused of intending to steal
A teenager has been accused of twice intending to steal from properties in Lerwick at the weekend. Mark Rushby, 17, of the town’s Haldane Burgess Crescent is charged with being found in the curtilage...
View ArticlePolice investigate claims moorings were cut
Police are investigating if the moorings of a fishing boat were deliberately cut after the vessel was found on a beach near Collafirth Pier where she was berthed. A spokesman for Shetland Coastguard...
View ArticlePolice respond to Brae incident
Shetland police are continuing to deal with a disturbance in the centre of Brae after being called out this afternoon. The force tweeted they were at the scene along with the ambulance service on...
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Three in custody after Brae incident
Police were still on the scene in Brae on Tuesday morning as investigations continued. Photo: Dave Donaldson A man in his 30s is in hospital and three men are in custody following an incident at the...
View ArticleBrakes put on town 20mph proposal
Councillors have put the brakes on plans to consult on a 20mph speed limit along part of Lerwick’s town centre. The environment and transport committee voted four to three to hold back on seeking...
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Helicopter crash committee to visit Aberdeen
Evidence over last year’s fatal helicopter crash which killed four offshore workers will be heard in Aberdeen. The investigation launched by the Commons Transport Select Committee will hold an open...
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Weather hits ferries, roads and supermarkets
There was not much in the way of fresh produce on the Tesco shelves thanks to the cancellation of freight ferry services. Photo: Dave Wheeler Ferry arrivals and sailings have again been disrupted by...
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Gas plant strike is on as offer rejected
Union leaders say gas plant workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected an offer aimed at bringing an end to the rumbling dispute over the Sullom Voe project. GMB and Unite members had been holding a mass...
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Bards’ work to appear on da street
Five of the successful Bards launch their poetry posters at the Visit Shetland shop. Back (from left): Morag Nicolson from Shetland Library; Shetland Forwirds mascot Dratsi; Bards Barbara Fraser and...
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Globe butchers to close
It’s been a feature of the Lerwick commercial scene for four generations – but the Globe Butcher’s shop will close at the end of March. Butcher Keith Moffat told The Shetland Times that he had made a...
View ArticleMan faces assault charge
A man has appeared in private at Lerwick Sheriff Court charged with assault to severe injury and danger of life. Sydney Peter James Johnson, 21, of Brae appeared from custody on a petition before...
View ArticleSkerries closure not called in
The decision by Shetland Islands Council to close the Skerries secondary will not be called in by Scottish ministers. That means the department will close on 4th July, after which pupils will receive...
View ArticleFerry journeys changed due to bad weather
Today’s ferry service to Kirkwall and Aberdeen has been changed due to predicted bad weather. Serco NorthLink said the Hrossey was due to leave at 5.30pm but instead will leave at 3am tomorrow, sailing...
View ArticleA time to remember (George Burgess)
This is a year in which we look back at World War One and the effect it had on Shetland and Shetlanders. My father was one who went off with the Gordons to fight in France. As far as the battles were...
View ArticleMarket Cross crash a ‘monumental error’
A Lerwick man made a “monumental error” when he drove off in the early morning without waiting for his misted windows to clear. Fifty-eight year-old Andrew Mcguinness crashed into the Market Cross in...
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