Blackwood is relaunched to revive whisky distillery plan
By JOHN ROBERTSON THE SPIRITS company Blackwood is being relaunched as a new outfit called Catfirth Limited in a bid to keep the Shetland whisky…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON THE SPIRITS company Blackwood is being relaunched as a new outfit called Catfirth Limited in a bid to keep the Shetland whisky…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A LITTLE girl whose survival has been described by the medical profession as a “miracle” is now enjoying life back home in…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR FLIGHTS to and from Shetland have largely escaped Loganair’s plans to cut back its summer schedule in the face of rising fuel…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL AROUND 700 pupils throughout the isles received their exam results this week, with the schools service hailing a “very good” standard as…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLAND public funds are handed out every year to some of the islands’ most prosperous businesses without the community being told where…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON THE PEOPLE of Skeld are to launch a drive to revive the economic fortunes of their community, including finding new uses for…
READ FULL STORYLIGHTHOUSE keepers brought with them many things to help survive when stationed on Fair Isle. One of the lesser known traditions was golf. The six-hole…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A TEAM set up to reinvigorate the economy in Unst has come under fire from some of the very businesses it was…
READ FULL STORY25 YEARS AGO Secondary school pupils from the Skerries will not be forced to go to school in Lerwick – the secondary department at the…
READ FULL STORYIT IS exam results week. I appreciate the angst and dread as Tuesday approached with the arrival of the postie. A big hand by the…
READ FULL STORYA LARGE metal pipe from a barge wreck off the Bard of Bressay had to be taken ashore for scrapping this week. Harbour tug the…
READ FULL STORYTHE FIRST leg of this year’s Tall Ships Races ended in Måløy last weekend with five young Shetlanders aboard the first-placed Class A ship Christian…
READ FULL STORYMORE details have emerged about the American TV show West Side singer Jillian Isbister is to star in. The Shetland Times revealed in June that…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR CHANGES in legislation could lead to the island’s stretched housing service catering entirely for homeless people. Shetland Islands Council’s head of housing…
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