Fuel supplier under pressure
By JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLAND’s main fuel supplier GB Oils is to come under pressure to cut its prices by the body which controls the island’s…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLAND’s main fuel supplier GB Oils is to come under pressure to cut its prices by the body which controls the island’s…
READ FULL STORYWE have been asked to point out that the plans for the proposed Bressay tunnel do include a cycleway/walkway and will not be purely for…
READ FULL STORYNORWEGIAN fishing chiefs have been criticised for pushing for a huge increase in mackerel quota for next year. High level talks in London between the…
READ FULL STORYTHE IMPROVEMENT in the weather after the recent storms may have been welcomed by most people, but it has led to quieter times at Lerwick…
READ FULL STORYTHE LERWICK Branch of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution held its annual charity ball and raffle on Friday at the Town Hall. Guests enjoyed a…
READ FULL STORYBUSINESS at the fishmarkets have been “fairly busy,” with prices remaining strong throughout the week. A spokesman for LHD said a number of boats were…
READ FULL STORYA DVD filmed at sea by fishermen on various different kinds of fishing boats includes Shetland vessels. At The Fishing, Volume 9 features trawling for…
READ FULL STORYPLANNING control of Shetland’s aquaculture industry must remain within the islands, councillors heard this week. SIC coastal zone manager Martin Holmes told members of the…
READ FULL STORYA BALLOON launch is to take place at the Gilbertson Park on Sunday in memory of teenager Stuart Henderson, who was killed a year ago…
READ FULL STORYSHETLAND Arts has announced the recommencement of the Family Traditional Music Sessions. The sessions, held in different venues, are open to people of all ages…
READ FULL STORYVAILA Fine art is currently holding an uplifting and inspiring exhibition of watercolour paintings by well known local artist Peter Davis. Davis has recently returned…
READ FULL STORYTHIS month’s Shetland Life offers a varied feast of subjects with a seasonal emphasis on food. Editor Malachy Tallack’s editorial warns that none of us…
READ FULL STORYI AM delighted to see this month bring the fourth release from the Thomas Fraser collection, That Far Away Land. Thomas Fraser was born in…
READ FULL STORYTHE ROWAN Tree Theatre Company is performing a play based on two First World War poets as part of Shetland Arts’ autumn touring theatre programme….
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