Severe gale force winds cause disruption and damage throughout isles
Severe gale force winds caused damage and disruption to national and local ferry services and flights today – and destroyed a caravan in the Skerries.
READ FULL STORYDay: 1 December 2011
Unst bus and taxi driver cleared of drink driving after procedural errors
An Unst bus and taxi operator accused of driving while nearly three times the legal alcohol limit was acquitted on a technicality today at Lerwick
READ FULL STORYFamous film director Scorcese claims Shetland ancestry
American film director Martin Scorsese has Shetland blood, he declared today.
READ FULL STORYWe will act if required (David Robb)
As your readers will be aware, the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) wrote last week to the trustees of the Shetland Charitable Trust asking them to
READ FULL STORYSt Olaf Street dental practice set to re-open on Monday
NHS Shetland has announced that the St Olaf Street Dental Practice will be re-opening as part of the NHS salaried dental service on Monday.
READ FULL STORYNew-look cover as Morton makes debut as Life editor
This month’s Shetland Life, on sale today, is the first to be produced by new editor Tom Morton.
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 02.12.11
The most severe global financial crisis since the Great Depression is getting worse.
READ FULL STORYSpaekalation
Last year while he was on a visit to China, Prime Minister David Cameron was involved in a diplomatic incident that had more than a
READ FULL STORYSome of the best current reading – with a 20 per cent festive discount
It’s time to highlight this year’s excellent Christmas books offers from The Shetland Times Bookshop. This year there are 24 titles to choose from, each
READ FULL STORYTimes Past
The TV licence detector squad’s recent campaign in Shetland has prompted a sudden rush of work in the main Lerwick post office, with up to
READ FULL STORYLetter from Westminster
For the first nine years that I was in Parliament autumn statement and budget days were routinely an excuse for me and my colleagues from
READ FULL STORYImmoral and hypocritical? (Brian Nugent)
If our MP wants to revise public pension schemes, he should start with the best public pension scheme of the lot – that of MPs.
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