Former optician sues wife and ex-business partner for £800,000
A former Lerwick optician is suing his estranged wife and erstwhile business partner for more than £800,000, claiming that her actions after they went their
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New chief executive ‘positive’ after first meeting with all councillors
New SIC chief executive Alistair Buchan came face to face with all councillors this week for the first time since taking up the post for
READ FULL STORYGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Earle looking forward to Shetland trip
Multiple Grammy winner Steve Earle, the outspoken singer-songwriter responsible for a host of classic Americana songs including Copperhead Road, Guitar Town and Galway Girl, will
READ FULL STORYAfter four decades on the Mousa ferry run, Tom calls it a day
Tom Jamieson could hardly have taken in just how big a part his pleasure-boat service to Mousa would play when he first started ferrying tourists
READ FULL STORYWork begins on pilot scheme to help first-time homebuyers
The foundation of a new pilot scheme designed to subsidise home ownership for first-time buyers in the isles who are on low incomes was approved
READ FULL STORYBible week visitor prophesies a future with more churchgoers
The downward trend in UK church attendances could be about to go into reverse, with Shetland apparently at the cusp of the changing picture.
READ FULL STORYRevamped Montfield is a far cry from the former hospital ward
With its bright and airy corridors, soft colours and cosy rooms the new council-run care centre at Montfield is a world away from the hospital
READ FULL STORYSongs from the past for the present
Protest songs about job losses, corporate greed and social injustice, with a healthy dollop of anti-banker sentiment, will provide an extremely topical subject matter for
READ FULL STORYTesting people’s assumptions about erotica will be aim of fiction writer Mitzi Szereto
Bringing something different to this year’s Wordplay Festival is writer Mitzi Szereto, who specialises in erotic fiction.
READ FULL STORYPlay about ancient China staged in old fish tank
Audiences at Shetland Youth Theatre’s production of More Light last week were taken through a truly memorable and awe-inspiring experience.
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 03.09.10
The first skirmishes of next year’s Scottish parliamentary election took place this week. The subject: ferries. The combatants: the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.
READ FULL STORYTimes Past
Shetland and Orkney fishermen are meeting today to discuss their next steps in a campaign to protect local fishing grounds.
READ FULL STORYLetter from Westminster
I confess that I have always been sceptical about the decision to roll out a “pilot scheme” for Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) in the Western
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