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By JOHN ROBERTSONTHE SPIRITS company Blackwood is being relaunched as a new outfit called Catfirth Limited in a bid to keep the Shetland whisky distillery plan alive.According to documents seen by The Shetland Times, action by the Bank of Scotland to recover debts has effectively pushed three Bl... Read more...
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHSA LITTLE girl whose survival has been described by the medical profession as a “miracle” is now enjoying life back home in Lerwick.Eight-year-old Ellie Lynch nearly died when she collapsed one morning in May. Her pulse had stopped but she was brought back to life by the ... Read more...
By RYAN TAYLORFLIGHTS to and from Shetland have largely escaped Loganair’s plans to cut back its summer schedule in the face of rising fuel prices.Fears had been voiced that the airline’s service to the isles could face severe disruption as it struggled to combat increasingly expensive runni... Read more...
By NEIL RIDDELLAROUND 700 pupils throughout the isles received their exam results this week, with the schools service hailing a “very good” standard as Shetland’s teenagers continue to outperform their counterparts at a national level.The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) results wer... Read more...
By JOHN ROBERTSONSHETLAND public funds are handed out every year to some of the islands’ most prosperous businesses without the community being told where its money has gone.The SIC allows commercial companies to ask for cash help with a range of basic activities regardless of their abil... Read more...
By JOHN ROBERTSONTHE PEOPLE of Skeld are to launch a drive to revive the economic fortunes of their community, including finding new uses for the empty Shetland Smokehouse buildings.The first step is to be a community day, pencilled in for Saturday 20th September, to glean opinion and ideas ... Read more...
LIGHTHOUSE keepers brought with them many things to help survive when stationed on Fair Isle. One of the lesser known traditions was golf.The six-hole course on the Skaddan grounds at the South Lighthouse has been restored by one of the isle’s newest residents, Tommy Hyndman.The course was on ... Read more...
By RYAN TAYLORA TEAM set up to reinvigorate the economy in Unst has come under fire from some of the very businesses it was designed to help. The Unst Response Team was established by Shetland Enterprise after the RAF closed its Saxa Vord base three years ago. Community leaders in the North Isles ... Read more...
25 YEARS AGOSecondary school pupils from the Skerries will not be forced to go to school in Lerwick – the secondary department at the island’s school is to remain open.This was announced on Monday by the SIC education committee chairman Mr Bill Smith following his review of the school’s f... Read more...
IT IS exam results week. I appreciate the angst and dread as Tuesday approached with the arrival of the postie.A big hand by the way to Shetland’s mail services for delivering the A4 sized envelope to students across the isles.These were the ones who had opted for the results to arrive the... Read more...