Aith lifeboat was called on for a repeat rescue on Wednesday evening.

A year ago coastguards called out the lifeboat to find and tow in a boat with a lone Faroese rower on board. Along with his cat, he was en route from Faroe to Denmark when bad weather off Shetland put him in difficulties.

Letters can be ephemeral objects, easy lost or destroyed, misplaced during housemoves or considered irrelevant as the years go on.

Lilley Construction has been awarded a £2.8 million contract from Lerwick Harbour Trust for building the next phase of the oil rig base at Dales Voe.

In my time as MP for Orkney and Shetland I have made it my business to take an interest in shipping matters. Remarkably few MPs do but as a representative of island communities in a parliament of an island nation it has always been something of a no-brainer for me.

Only five schools closed in Shetland on Friday due to the bad weather: Aith, Happyhansel, Sandness, Skeld and Mid Yell.

A type of smoked salmon developed by a Shetland firm has won a coveted Q award at the annual Quality Food Awards held in London.

Quarff card delivery We know, of course, that Father Christmas has his elves to help him out at this busy time of year, but in Quarff he can also rely on some young human helpers.

The Scottish government was the bearer of bad news for the SIC on Thursday when it announced that its revenue support grant will be £1.1 million less than what the local authority was planning for.

The council may decide to hold a new round of public consultation over Viking Energy’s proposed windfarm in the new year, it has emerged.

Reigning league champions Delting cruised to a 3-0 victory in the final of the Fraser Cup against Celtic on Saturday afternoon, with two goals in the early stages effectively killing the game off.

A Merv Jamieson header from a corner and a Leighton Flaws effort after he had surged forward from midfield set the Brae…

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 separate ways six years ago effectively left him out of work.

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 what he described as “very positive” initial discussions about how to react to major criticisms in the Accounts Commission’s recent report on the local authority.

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 be stopping off in Lerwick next Thursday for a re-arranged show at Clickimin.