Stormy weather hits ferry service
FRIDAY’S NorthLink ferry sailings from Aberdeen to Lerwick and from Lerwick to Aberdeen have been cancelled due to strong winds. Tomorrow night’s sailings are also…
READ FULL STORYFRIDAY’S NorthLink ferry sailings from Aberdeen to Lerwick and from Lerwick to Aberdeen have been cancelled due to strong winds. Tomorrow night’s sailings are also…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL FLYBE and Loganair are coming under growing pressure to reverse the introduction of vastly inflated ancillary charges and fees for flying in…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL MONOPOLY fuel distributor in the isles GB Oils is refusing to talk publicly about why Shetland motorists are continuing to pay among…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL A FORMER senior official at the City of Edinburgh Council has vowed to be “innovative” in addressing the challenge of continuing to…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL THE VALUE of the council workers’ pension fund has taken a hammering as a result of the global financial crisis in recent…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR THE SAXA Vord leisure complex which helped bring regeneration to Unst after the RAF pulled out of the island in 2005 has…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON WOMEN in Shetland are producing more babies than any other part of Scotland, giving the islands its highest birth rate for 12…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS HOSPITAL cleaning and catering in Shetland are to be taken back within the NHS, Scottish public health minister Shona Robison revealed during…
READ FULL STORYRANDOM drug and alcohol testing is set to be imposed on council employees who work with boats, road vehicles and other potentially dangerous machinery. SIC…
READ FULL STORYCOUNCIL services could again face serious disruption if union members vote against a revised pay offer in the long-running wages dispute. Union members are to…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON COUNCIL staff are in line for an equal pay deal described by chief executive Morgan Goodlad as “the best package offered anywhere…
READ FULL STORYA PLAYFUL otter made the day for walkers in the Tingwall area last Wednesday. Andrew Swanston, home from Edinburgh to visit relatives in Tingwall, and…
READ FULL STORYWITH 1,000 days to go, preparations are underway to host a fantastic display and welcome thousands of international sailors to Shetland during the Tall Ships’…
READ FULL STORYA TOTAL of 21 new students joined the Cadet Training Programme at the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway this week. The group, consisting of deck…
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