Scottish environment minister Stewart Stevenson was in Shetland today to visit salmon and mussel farming sites and hold talks with industry leaders.
Click here for full story...A young American student collapsed and died last night after swimming in the sea off West Voe beach, Sumburgh.
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It was a historic, moving and above all celebratory day for the people of Scalloway as Norway’s Prime Minister graced the village to officially declare its brand new museum open.
Click here for full story...Plans to turn the Dales Voe base into the UK’s biggest and most modern oil rig decommissioning yard have received a £10 million funding boost today from the Scottish government.
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BP has ordered four new platform support ships which will be based in Aberdeen and deployed in the company’s West of Shetland and Norwegian operations.
Click here for full story...A man accused of stealing scrap metal was given an absolute discharge when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court today.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Shetland on a visit which will see him open the new Scalloway Museum tomorrow morning and help further cement the close historical ties which bind islanders and Norwegians together.
Click here for full story...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.
Click here for full story...Two giant Norwegian salmon companies which own all the salmon farms south-west of the Mainland are to be freed of restrictions relating to the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009.
Click here for full story...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.
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