Christmas bonanza for stores as isles shoppers spend record sums
BUSINESS was booming in Shetland shops in the run-up to Christmas this year, with little sign of belt-tightening in the face of the credit crunch….
READ FULL STORYDay: 31 December 2008
Pound’s slide a boost for crofters
FARMERS and crofters could be among the few to benefit from the pound’s plunging performance against the euro when they receive their annual subsidies from…
READ FULL STORYDental shortage
SHETLAND is among the rural areas hardest hit by a shortage of NHS dentists. Figures released this week show 2,182 patients are on a waiting…
READ FULL STORYGreen MSP demands ban on shooting seals
A GREEN MSP is demanding a ban on the shooting of common seals to help boost declining numbers. Robin Harper says 3,000 to 5,000 common…
READ FULL STORYDispute over increase in ferry fares
A ROW has broken out over government plans to impose above inflation fare increases for ferry services to the Northern Isles. Shetland MSP and former…
READ FULL STORYFishing community brings cheer to CLAN with £15,000 donation
THE FISHING community throughout Shetland has come up trumps with a seasonal donation of £15,000 to the CLAN 1,2,3 appeal. The money came from a…
READ FULL STORYHome rule talks
THE UK Cabinet discussed giving assurances to Shetland that devolution would not affect the isles’ oil fund or rate support grant in 1978 after MP…
READ FULL STORYBoard to chart Mareel project
FOLLOWING complaints by some councillors that they were being kept in the dark over progress on the Mareel project, a sounding board has been created…
READ FULL STORYCelestial new year and calendar New Year make for a double celebration
HAPPY New Year! The light is on its way back. On the 21st of December, the sun, seen from our kitchen window, set right over…
READ FULL STORYHarbour quiet
LERWICK harbour has been very quiet over the festive period, with a marked decrease in oil-related activity. The fishery protection vessel Hirta was in the…
READ FULL STORYIvory gull highlight of quiet month in north
DECEMBER was a fairly quiet month for wildlife in the North Isles. The highlight has to be the first winter ivory gull found at Oddsta…
READ FULL STORYTysties show off their fine grey winter plumage
THE BLACK guillemot, or tystie, one of our most widespread and best known seabirds, appeared for the first time on the Shetland list in 1769….
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
IT HAS occurred to me on occasion to do a horticultural review of the year that’s (almost) past, but whenever I attempt to write such…
READ FULL STORYFinal proof that official history of Salvesen & Co missed out key ship
By CHARLIE SIMPSON FOR fully more than half of last century, the name of Christian Salvesen & Co of Leith was known in just about…
READ FULL STORY
Get Latest News in Your Inbox
Join the The Shetland Times mailing list to get one daily email update at midday on what's happening in Shetland.