Islanders’ carbon footprint among the biggest in Britain, says new study
Carbon dioxide emissions per head of population in Shetland are among the highest in Britain and almost double the Scottish average, according to damning new
READ FULL STORYCarbon dioxide emissions per head of population in Shetland are among the highest in Britain and almost double the Scottish average, according to damning new
READ FULL STORYLabour’s Westminster candidate for Orkney and Shetland says the most pressing issue for the isles is finding ways of attracting young people back here once
READ FULL STORYLerwick lass Kathryn Spence has been selected to take part in a national performance of Tam o’ Shanter as part of the Homecoming Scotland 2009
READ FULL STORYOne of the conservation groups that came out against the Viking Energy windfarm has urged the council to call a public inquiry into the proposed
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council is one of the highest risk local authorities in the country when it comes to the management of money, councillors were informed
READ FULL STORYSix jobs are being lost in Shetland with the closure of Moulded Foams’ factory in Lerwick, which made polystyrene boxes for the fish farming industry.
READ FULL STORYA woman who supplied heroin to a teenager who died after taking it was warned she is likely go to jail by the sheriff on
READ FULL STORYThree women who broke into the Mossbank shop before stealing thousands of pounds worth of goods avoided being given a jail sentence when they appeared
READ FULL STORYFolk who savoured the mouthwatering offerings at last year’s first Shetland Food Festival will be looking forward to seeing what’s on offer for 2009.
READ FULL STORYA truly historic event took place in Scalloway this week with the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of the conversion of the new Scalloway
READ FULL STORYFive students who began their nursing studies at Shetland College are off to university – and have rented a flat together.
READ FULL STORYA screening programme to detect early signs of bowel cancer in older people is to start on Thursday.
READ FULL STORYVoters have been heading to polling stations in the isles to elect political representatives to various bodies for almost two centuries, and now a council-funded
READ FULL STORYFive former Shetland whalers have just returned from a reunion in Norway where two of them bumped into old shipmates they had not seen for
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