Summer yachting season in full swing
LAST week proved to be busy once again for Lerwick Harbour, with the yachting season in full swing and a number of other vessels arriving….
READ FULL STORYLAST week proved to be busy once again for Lerwick Harbour, with the yachting season in full swing and a number of other vessels arriving….
READ FULL STORYLERWICK Port Authority re-appointed its chairman and vice-chairman at its annual general meeting this week. Brian Anderson, part-owner of farming company GB & AM Anderson,…
READ FULL STORY25 YEARS AGO Over £10,000 is to be spent on celebrating the Lerwick Town Hall centenary next month by Shetland Islands Council. Last Thursday the…
READ FULL STORYAS MP for Orkney and Shetland I have many illustrious predecessors. Jim Wallace and Jo Grimond are perhaps among the best known to the current…
READ FULL STORYHarbour movements IT WAS a quiet start in the week up to Friday, with mainly fishing boats and the Ronja Settler operating in Scalloway Harbour….
READ FULL STORYPAUL MEYER is the editor of a website, www.ripoff.co.uk, which campaigns on behalf of British consumers for lower prices. He recently moved to Shetland and…
READ FULL STORYSHETLAND Canoe Club held its fifth sea kayak symposium over the weekend of 4th- 7th July at Bridge End Outdoor Centre in Burra. The symposium…
READ FULL STORYMossbank Musical Evening Mossbank Guides, Brownies and Rainbows held their end of term concert in the Mossbank School on 5th July. It was well attended…
READ FULL STORYBY Lawrence Tulloch L-plate drivers LEARNER drivers in the Isles are not required, by law, to have a qualified driver with them. Another concession is…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR SHETLAND could soon be at the forefront of tidal power, if plans by a Swedish company come to fruition. Sea Power International…
READ FULL STORYBY Val Turner SUPRISES always happen as time begins to run out for archaeological excavations. As the Viking longhouse excavations at Underhoull and Hamar draw…
READ FULL STORYBY Miriam Brett Bodega first made their name when they won the prestigious BBC2 Young Folk Musicians of the Year in 2006. Since then, the…
READ FULL STORYJOCASTA Sleeps, a band with strong Shetland connections, played their highest profile gig to date at T in the Park last weekend. The half-Shetland, half-Glasgow…
READ FULL STORYBy Melissa Duncan SHETLAND fiddler Catriona MacDonald is set to play a concert at the opening of the first Hardanger fiddle museum in Bø, Norway,…
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