Coastguard chiefs defended a decision to bar MCA staff from giving evidence to an inquiry into station closures during a frosty meeting at Westminster today.

The SIC is clubbing together with representatives of industry, charities and public bodies for an exercise aimed at identifying what the Shetland community should strive to achieve over the next two decades.

The Olive Tree cafe in Lerwick’s Toll Clock Shopping Centre has new owners this week.

Shetland Triathlon Club members Lynsey Henderson and Kevin Gifford started their 2011 triathlon season by heading to Glasgow on Sunday to attend the GE Strathclyde Park triathlon.

The council’s decision to close Uyeasound School is yet another nail in the coffin for Unst.

Why is the proposed new Anderson High School building exempt from the education budget cutbacks?

NorthLink is delaying the sailing of the Hjaltland from Aberdeen tonight until midnight due to a westerly storm forecast for today for the north of Scotland. She is expected to arrive in Lerwick at 2pm tomorrow.

The funeral of Janet Johnston, which had been due to take place at 2pm tomorrow at St Columba’s Church in Lerwick, has been delayed.

Five Shetland beaches have received Rural Seaside Awards from Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Plans for a new stretch of road in Tingwall will face scrutiny this week amid fears a rare type of elm tree and a unique bird species could be lost.