Resume ferry service or return our cash, Cluness warns Faroe
By JOHN ROBERTSON A diplomatic row is brewing with Faroe over Shetland’s lost millions in the crippled shipping line Smyril which the government there has…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON A diplomatic row is brewing with Faroe over Shetland’s lost millions in the crippled shipping line Smyril which the government there has…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR The family of a young builder killed when a canister of expanding foam exploded as he held it in his hands are…
READ FULL STORYBy PAUL RIDDELL The appalling condition of the Anderson High School was revealed in detail by headteacher Valerie Nicolson this week after she was forced…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Severe gales lashed the isles this week, throwing transport into disarray and disrupting power supplies. All inter-island ferry services, apart from a…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A second ambulance for Shetland is a possibility being considered by service chiefs who visited the isles for talks with NHS Shetland…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON The controversial plan for a slaughterhouse and meat factory in a Scalloway housing scheme caused tempers to flare in the Town Hall…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Stealing from a charity shop is about as low as you can get. So said CLAN 1,2,3 shop manager Rena MacKay after…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON It will be the culmination of years of preparation, so this year’s Guizer Jarl Stephen Mouat can be forgiven for feeling a…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON The next airline to operate Shetland’s inter-island flights must provide enough experienced pilots to avoid the recent problem where only one was…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON Scientists working on a major study into the causes of multiple sclerosis (MS) are appealing for volunteers from Shetland to take part…
READ FULL STORYA rededication service at St Columba’s Church in Lerwick was held last Thursday and attended by around 300 worshippers. The organisers were delighted to see…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON Two familiar faces on Da Street will soon be leaving. After almost 19 years supplying Shetlanders with their jewellery needs, David and…
READ FULL STORYThe SIC is hoping to inject £2.9 million into Shetland businesses over the next two years without falling foul of EU competition rules. The now-infamous…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON Salmon farmers in Shetland were waiting on just two more test results this week before they can be reasonably confident infectious salmon…
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