SIC strikes set to paralyse isles
By RYAN TAYLOR RESIDENTS and businesses in Shetland will find themselves stranded next week when a planned 24-hour strike brings inter-island ferries to a halt….
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR RESIDENTS and businesses in Shetland will find themselves stranded next week when a planned 24-hour strike brings inter-island ferries to a halt….
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A LORRY driver was forced to flee from his burning cab on Monday morning as flames “licked up” through the foot well…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A MAN who had a lung removed by surgeons in Aberdeen after a mistaken cancer diagnosis is claiming compensation from NHS Grampian….
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR HUNGRY birds that thrive in wooded areas have been flying to Shetland in search of food. Record numbers of the two-barred crossbills…
READ FULL STORYWORK is under way to replace the lighting at Sumburgh Airport with a capital project worth almost £2 million. Much of the airfield ground lighting…
READ FULL STORYTHE WATERFRONT in Skeld has received a major funding boost of over £40,000 to help attract an increasing number of visitors. Skeld Waterfront Trust will…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON A GROUP of local businessmen have had their plan to renovate St Olaf’s Hall in Lerwick thrown out by councillors, despite planners…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS IT IS now six years since the founding of the charity Dogs against Drugs and five since Shetland’s first drugs dog, Buzz,…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS SULLOM Voe Terminal could potentially become a hub for reception of gas from new fields west of Shetland, according to Alex Kemp…
READ FULL STORYFAIR Isle suffered its wettest day on record last weekend when almost four inches of rain fell in 24 hours. Residents were had to avoid…
READ FULL STORY25 YEARS AGO Shetland’s milk producers have not put an offer in for Freefield Dairy. The closing date for offers was Friday, but despite talks…
READ FULL STORYLAST week was in Orkney was show week so the week was a gentle progress from Shapinsay to St Margaret’s Hope to Dounby and finally…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL MOTORISTS in Shetland are yet to see a substantial fall in prices at the petrol pumps despite the fact that the price…
READ FULL STORYA CONSULTATION on a Renewed Strategic Framework for Scottish Aquaculture was launched by environment minister Michael Russell this week. Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) secretary…
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