Hockey girls ready for semi-final challenge
The Shetland hockey team faces one of its biggest ever challenges on Sunday with the semi-final of the Scottish District Cup. The team, captained by Nicola Balfour, face Erskine Stewart’s Melville 2 at...
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Six figure bill for destroying medical waste
It costs NHS Shetland £150,000 a year to ship medical waste south for destruction – enough to pay for four nurses. The revelation comes as patients who take regular medication are being urged to review...
View ArticleChip shop break-in man jailed
A Merseyside man was jailed for four months at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Tuesday after admitting breaking into the Fort Chip Shop. The court was told 28-year-old Dominic Benjamin Jordan had come to...
View ArticleDrivers fined
A speeding driver was caught breaking the limit in a 60mph area outside the town at the weekend. The motorist was handed a fixed penalty notice after being nabbed driving at 75mph shortly before 10pm...
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SVT 10th ANNIVERSARY EDUCATIONAL TRUST OPPORTUNITY FOR SHETLAND STUDENTS
Applications are invited to apply for educational scholarships worth up to £4000 over a two-year period. Click the link below to download an application form. 2014 SVT Scholarship Application Form...
View ArticleQuestion on timings (Gordon Thomson)
Our action group CURE (Communities United for Rural Education) is increasingly concerned at the additional workload implications of the recent and ongoing school consultations, upon staff and education...
View ArticleNorröna return discussed at London meeting
Moves are afoot to bring the Scandinavian cruise ship Norröna back to Shetland following a meeting in London between SIC Convenor Malcolm Bell and Faroese Prime Minister Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen....
View ArticleNORTHERN LIGHTS CAFE & ART GALLERY
This is an opportunity to acquire a Cafe/Art Gallery located in a scenic coastal area of Unst. Furnished and fitted out to a high standard, the Café is frequented by locals and visitors alike and...
View ArticleVOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ESTATE
5-door estate with tow bar, new all weather tyres fitted December 2013, good service history.
View ArticleArtic Driver
EMN Plant Ltd is a plant hire, contracting, haulage and quarry business based at Sella Ness, Graven. An opportunity has arisen at our Sella Ness/Lerwick Depot for a full-time: Artic Driver Attractive...
View ArticleHGV / PLANT ENGINEER
EMN Plant Ltd is a plant hire, contracting, haulage and quarry business based at Sella Ness, Graven. An opportunity has arisen at our Sella Ness Depot for a full-time: HGV / PLANT ENGINEER Attractive...
View ArticleKeenlee
Very spacious, four bedroom detached property in attractive ‘walk-into’ order, benefiting from fine views and conveniently situated within reach of a wide range of amenities including several local...
View Article23 Kantersted Road
Two bedroom, single storey, detached property situated at the end of a small cul-de-sac close to Tesco supermarket. In addition to two double bedrooms the accommodation also includes a sittingroom,...
View ArticleScatlands
Beautiful, two reception room / three bedroom detached house in ⅓ acre site enjoying stunning views east and west, for sale with a 7½ acre owner-occupied registered croft. Comprehensively renovated in...
View Article7 Port Arthur
Two bedroom, single storey property by the Fisheries College, within walking distance of amenities including several shops, the school & swimming pool, and just 6 miles from Lerwick. The elevated...
View ArticleStoney Brae
Spacious, four bedroom detached house set in wonderfully secluded, ¾ acre site at Upper Hellister, within easy reach of Lerwick (10 miles) and Brae / Sullom Voe. Quietly situated well back from the...
View ArticleHillcrest
Attractive four bedroom detached property in ⅓ acre established site enjoying undoubtedly one of the finest views in Shetland, over Whiteness Voe & South Whiteness to the islands of Hildasay, Papa...
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Quite a queue for Quendale quintuplets
The lambing may be proving particularly hard going for crofters and farmers just now, but spare a thought for Quendale Farm. One of the South Mainland holding’s 800-plus breeding sheep has proved to...
View ArticleAdvice bureau tackles unrest over housing
The number of complaints about private rental housing received by Shetland Citizens Advice Bureau has almost doubled in a year, with problems including tenants being given eviction notices. CAB manager...
View ArticleTonic for Unst with gin production
Britain’s most northerly gin distillery is set to begin operations in Unst next month. And it will have a true Shetland flavour, with botanicals such as juniper sourced in the isles. The Shetland...
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