A young American student collapsed and died last night after swimming in the sea off West Voe beach, Sumburgh.

WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SHETLAND

Friday, 18th May 2012 at 12:06

HEADLINES

TODAY: SUNNY SPELLS, SOME SHOWERS
TONIGHT: CLEAR SPELLS, LOCAL FROST
TOMORROW: MOSTLY DRY AND BRIGHT
DAYS 3-5: COOL, DRY AND BRIGHT, CHANCE OF FROST
DAYS 6-10: MAINLY DRY, BRIGHT. COOL NIGHTS

A man accused of stealing scrap metal was given an absolute discharge when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court today.

An Aberdeen man who brought £5,000-worth of heroin into Shetland was jailed for more than two-and-a-half years today when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court.

An electrician with a history of stealing money from clients’ houses was ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work for his latest offence.

I thank Andrew Halcrow for the courtesy of replying to my letter, and also thank him for his kind words in respect to my tenure as an SIC councillor and Shetland Charitable Trust trustee.

Andrew has had the good grace to admit that Sustainable Shetland does not have a viable project plan to maintain the Shetland electricity grid, post oil, and therein lies its dilemma. It seems to support smaller individual or community enterprises supplying only Shetland’s electricity needs despite the inherent difficulties, if not impossibility, of balancing such a grid.

The NINES project will allow around 30 per cent …

With 48 hours to go, Scalloway is gearing up for the official opening of its museum by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg. Finishing touches are being made to the museum and preparations for a community parade and party are well underway.