Major plan for 200 houses on Staney Hill to ease shortage
By NEIL RIDDELL LERWICK could be in line for a huge programme of house building on the Staney Hill in an effort to address the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL LERWICK could be in line for a huge programme of house building on the Staney Hill in an effort to address the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL GB OILS has come under increasing pressure over the continuing high prices at fuel pumps in Shetland, which are leading to motorists…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL SHETLAND MSP Tavish Scott is calling for the competition authorities to launch an investigation into Flybe’s credit card charges, which run into…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON A “WORLD-CLASS” visitor centre with a grass roof might be built in 2012 to house Old Scatness Broch at a cost of…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON THE GAME is finally up for bargain retailer Chris Hodge after his epic battle to stay afloat. Mounting legal and financial problems…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS MOST of the young people seeking apprenticeships will not get them because of lack of government funding, and the situation could get…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A COMPLEX web of ongoing planning issues are behind a lengthy delay in getting CCTV cameras in Lerwick’s town centre. A network…
READ FULL STORYOPTIONS for returning the library service to its former premises on the Lower Hillhead were put before Lerwick Community Council this week. A lack of…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR CELEBRATED author James W Irvine is to receive a prestigious Norwegian award in recognition of his writing achievements. The prolific writer of…
READ FULL STORYTHE COUNCIL is looking to station a closed-circuit TV camera at Sound Service Station in an attempt to halt the splurge of vandalism at Clickimin…
READ FULL STORYA BARMAID from Shetland has been praised by police after she jumped into the River Clyde to rescue a woman who was trying to kill…
READ FULL STORYCOUNCILLORS should tell the public what can be achieved in the lifetime of this council. That is the feeling of Shetland North councillor Alastair Cooper,…
READ FULL STORYWEEKS before the council has to set its annual budgets, the SIC is continuing to refuse to say whether it has adequate insurance cover against…
READ FULL STORYTHE NUMBER of passengers using Sumburgh airport has increased by 5.2 per cent in the last six months on the same period last year to…
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