North boats cancelled due to severe winds
SEVERE gale-force winds have forced the cancellation of the ferries to and from Aberdeen on Friday night. The 17.30 Hrossey sailing from Lerwick to Kirkwall…
READ FULL STORYSEVERE gale-force winds have forced the cancellation of the ferries to and from Aberdeen on Friday night. The 17.30 Hrossey sailing from Lerwick to Kirkwall…
READ FULL STORYA SECOND man, aged 44, will be reported to the procurator fiscal in Lerwick following the deaths of baby seals on a small island off…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON COUNCILLORS are set to face greater pressure than ever before to shut rural schools because Shetland’s expensive education service can no longer…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A MAN who suffered a near-fatal heart attack was taken to hospital more than an hour after his wife dialled 999 by…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A ROW has broken out over a proposed new meat processing plant at the former No Catch factory in Scalloway. Shetland Abattoir…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL FRESH efforts are to be made to try and secure a better share of profits from Sullom Voe Oil Terminal for the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL DANISH firm MT Hojgaard has been selected as the preferred bidder to build the £8.5 million new Mid Yell Junior High School….
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL CHARITIES regulator OSCR is calling on Shetland Charitable Trust to devise a plan to reform the way it operates by next summer…
READ FULL STORYA MAN who downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children from the internet has walked free from court. Paul Brentnall, from Mossbank, was caught after…
READ FULL STORYSCALLOWAY man Alec Johnson had an unusual end to his holiday recently when he was one of the hundreds of tourists to be caught up…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A DEDICATED project manager has been appointed to help bring the new Anderson High School to fruition following its troubled gestation. Alister…
READ FULL STORYA 47 YEAR OLD man has been charged in connection with the deaths of 18 grey seal pups found on a beach on a small…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL NEW technology could allow Viking Energy to significantly reduce the number of turbines needed for its highly contentious proposal to build a…
READ FULL STORYLERWICK Town Centre Association has been awarded £20,000 of Scottish government funding to develop the area as a Business Improvement District (BID). Established about 15…
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