Mareel price tag forces rethink
RECENT delays in the building of the cinema and music venue Mareel have been caused by the tender coming in substantially over the £12.2 million…
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Calls for ‘adequate fire cover’
THREE chalets were destroyed in a fire at Leraback, Foula last week. A call was made to the fire and rescue services at 5.19pm on…
READ FULL STORYWoman delighted after quick diagnosis helps save her sight
THE BEST Christmas gift imaginable was recently given to a woman from Scalloway when her sight was saved after an accident. Chris Barton, 54, who…
READ FULL STORYChange to ‘unfair’ planning laws required, says Wills
THE PLANNING system is far too heavily weighted in favour of large corporations, a councillor has claimed in the aftermath of Tesco’s successful application last…
READ FULL STORYNine from isles killed by drugs in the last decade
SHETLAND suffers more deaths from illegal drugs than Orkney and the Western Isles combined. In the 12 years between 1996 and 2007 there have been…
READ FULL STORY‘Eye off the ball’ at EU talks, fishing chief says
By LOUISE THOMASON FINAL decisions made at the EU Fisheries Council last week have resulted in good news for Scottish fishermen overall. However, Shetland Fishermen’s…
READ FULL STORYNorthLink refits to get under way immediately after Up-Helly-A’
NORTHLINK Ferries has confirmed the schedule for the forthcoming annual refit on its passenger ferries Hrossey and Hjaltland. The survey and refit period will begin…
READ FULL STORYSIC needs to learn how to talk, says new chief
SHETLAND Islands Council’s new executive director of infrastructure services wants to see an improvement in the level of communication – both within the local authority…
READ FULL STORYCLAN effort defies economic downturn
ORGANISERS of the CLAN 1,2,3 appeal will be celebrating the festive period with the news that funds raised for a new cancer centre in Aberdeen…
READ FULL STORYScottish MEP urges reflection ahead of talks on pesticides
SCOTLAND’S only full member of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee, Alyn Smith, has urged his fellow MEPs to reflect over the holiday period on the…
READ FULL STORYWatch out, a thief might be about . . .
SHETLAND residents are being warned about the dangers of Christmas car crime. According to Scottish Government statistics, car crime in Scotland rises by an average…
READ FULL STORYBoneshaking gales set the cat howling
THE GALES this week have been real bone shakers. There were gusts on Friday night which shook the house so violently that it woke us…
READ FULL STORYSeasonal robins takes his bow
THE ROBIN is one of our best known and best loved birds. Adults are unmistakeable with their rusty-red bib which covers the entire breast and…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
LILY, the supreme illustrator, always has flowers in the house, and whenever I return to Shetland after staying with her I vow to do the…
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