Women for independence group launched
The newly-formed Shetland Women for Independence held their public launch in Islesburgh on Thursday night. Around 25 people attended and held a lively discussion on the referendum, setting the tone for...
View ArticleSeven banned as police target drink drivers
Seven motorists have been banned from driving in the past week, according to Shetland police. Police said the punishemnts were handed down for various offences including drink driving. The bans have...
View ArticleButcher moving into Lerwick
Lerwick is due to gain a second butcher’s shop again as part of an expansion by Scalloway Meat Company. The business is taking on the former Travelscope premises in the Toll Clock Shopping Centre in a...
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Bressay hotel couple disappear
The owners of the Maryfield Hotel in Bressay have been left dismayed after the Canadian couple to whom they leased the property disappeared. David Wood and his wife Linda leased the hotel, the only one...
View ArticleFibre broadband plan welcomed
Lerwick has been chosen as the first island community in the country to be offered fibre broadband as part of a £410 million partnership. The town joins Keith in Moray as the latest areas to be...
View ArticleNight heron grabs spotlight this morning
A night heron is the latest avian stranger to set foot in Shetland, with one being spotted in Reawick this morning. Resembling nothing so much as a stunted haegrie with a dark cape, the black-crowned...
View ArticleRight is good and wrong is bad (Ernie Lockwood)
I went to work in the North Sea in the early 1970s. Accountancy, legal and safety were hastily knocked together departments in oil-related companies. Fast forward to 2014 when the private accountancy...
View ArticleAudio description brings cinema to life
A new service for people with failing eyesight which will help them enjoy the cinema again is now available at Mareel. The service, which is called “audio described” (AD) movies, involves a narrator...
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From the traditional to the bizarre … Shetland’s got talent
Lauren Johnson 16, and Megan Nisbet, 13, from Yell wowed the judges. Photo: Kevin Osborn Last night’s Shetland’s Got Talent was an extravaganza of entertainment which combined a fund-raiser for cancer...
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Record entries for young fiddler event
Competition organisers Vaila Grant and Valerie Watt are presented with the Catgut and Ivory Trophy by Cecil Hughson and Gussie Angus from the BBC Radio Shetland programme of the same name. Shetland...
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‘Put brakes on airport motorsport proposal’
Councillors will this week be urged not to allow motor sport events to take place at Tingwall Airport. The environment and transport committee will consider a report on Wednesday recommending the...
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NAFC hosts special guests to celebrate 20th anniversary
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael and Maritime & Coastguard Agency chief executive Sir Alan Massey will be among the guests attending a 20th anniversary celebration at the NAFC Marine Centre...
View ArticleBlaze in airport freight shed
Firefighters were called to Sumburgh Airport this afternoon after a report of a freight shed on fire. The alarm was raised at 12.41pm, and fire appliances from Sumburgh and Sandwick were called to the...
View ArticleMan accused of making threats to kill
A man has been remanded in custody after being charged with brandishing a knife and threatening to kill in a Lerwick address. Alexander Nicholson, 25, of Bathgate appeared in the dock in private before...
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View ArticleLifeboat rescues tourist vessel
Shetland tourist vessel the Alluvion had to be rescued this morning after breaking down five miles south of Lerwick harbour. Lerwick lifeboat was launched following a call to the coastguard at 7.40am....
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Restored complex will light up summer visits
The restored Sumburgh lighthouse complex will open to the public a week today for the summer season. The £5.4 million Shetland Amenity Trust project is complete, with the lighthouse and surrounding...
View ArticleNew high school plans submitted
A planning application has been submitted for the new Anderson High School and halls of residence at its Clickimin site, marking an “important milestone” in the development of the major project....
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Team Novus clocks up enterprise win
Team Novus celebrate their Young Enterprise victory. From left: Lyla Moncrieff, Michaela Peterson, Eilise New, John Robinson, Louie Gray, Miriam Veenhuizen, Jenny Watt. Photo: Dave Donaldson Clocks...
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Oscar Charlie name to stay
For many years the name has been synonymous with helicopter search and rescue operations around Shetland. Hundreds of children have stared awestruck at the skies or during lifeboat gala days and the...
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